BCN Retail, the Japanese electronics industry retailers' association, has released a report on sales data of various consumer electronic products up to December 2024, and it shows that camera sales are in rude health, led by the resurgence in compact cameras.
The report details sales of computers, televisions and cameras, and shows that in December 2024, overall camera sales were up by 123.7% compared to the same time in 2023. In the above graph, cameras are represented in yellow, showing that they generally increased year-on-year, with a dip in early fall where sales fell significantly below the previous year's level, and regained momentum once again in November and December, where they significantly exceeded last year's level.
