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Ben Arnold

  • Executive Director, Industry Analyst - Consumer Technology, Circana
United States, Watford High Street Railway Station
As seen in: Circana, Medium, Manchester Evening News, Manila Bulletin, Yakima Herald-Republic, TWICE, Design News, Plastics Today, Manufacturing Engineering & Technology, ColumbiaMagazine.com, Digital Imaging Reporter
Starting Point Guard; Industry Advisor for Consumer Technology & Office Products @WeAreCircana focused on XR/AR, Consumer Devices, other cool stuff
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Wired Headphones Growth Is a Throwback to 2016

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By Ben Arnold
| Circana
Feb 25, 2026 Nearly 10 years ago, I heralded the rise of Bluetooth headphones  as the dominant connection type in stereo headphones, overtaking wired devices in market share. At the time, Bluetooth had grown in popularity to become the majority of sales in the stereo headphones market, accounting for 54% of total dollars in July 2016. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Spending on Fitness Trackers Grows 88% in 2025

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By Ben Arnold
| Circana
New wearable technology form factors and expanding capabilities appeal to consumers’ desire to track their health and wellness CHICAGO – September 18, 2025– Year-to-date U.S. retail sales revenue of fitness tracking devices has grown 88% compared to a year ago. More than 1.3 million fitness tracker devices were purchased during the first seven months of 2025, a 35% increase over last year, according to recent retail tracking data from Circana, LLC.
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Technology Holiday Retail Sales Pulse

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By Paul Gagnon, Mike Crosby, Ben Arnold
| Circana
By Paul Gagnon, Mike Crosby and Ben Arnold We have reached the peak of the holiday shopping season, and before results for Black Friday and Cyber Week are available, we thought it would be important to check in and see how the season is progressing. So far, seven weeks into the holiday quarter, consumer technology sales are running close to 2023 at this same time, although there was a significant dip in weeks 44 and 45. However, this wasn’t unexpected.
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