Editing Consumer electronics (section)

===Retailing===
{{See also|Consumer electronics store}}
[[File:Gigantti Kokkola 20190612.jpg|thumb|[[Elkjøp|Gigantti]] store in [[Kokkola, Finland]]]]
Electronics retailing is a significant part of the [[retail]] industry in many countries. In the United States, dedicated [[consumer electronics store]]s have mostly given way to [[big-box stores]] such as [[Best Buy]], the largest consumer electronics retailer in the country,<ref name="Murphy">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140125/ISSUE01/301259976/why-consumer-electronics-retailers-are-the-next-record-store | title=Why consumer electronics retailers are the next record store | magazine=[[Crain's Chicago Business]] | date=27 January 2014 | access-date=11 September 2014 | author=Murphy, H. Lee}}</ref> although smaller dedicated stores include [[Apple Store]]s, and specialist stores that serve, for example, audiophiles and exceptions, such as the single-branch [[B&H Photo]] store in New York City. Broad-based retailers, such as [[Walmart]] and [[Target Corporation|Target]], also sell consumer electronics in many of their stores.<ref name="Murphy"/> In April 2014, retail e-commerce sales were the highest in the consumer electronic and computer categories as well.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/11/us-retail-ecommerce-sales_n_5134269.html | title=US Retail Ecommerce Sales Highest for Computers, Consumer Electronics | work=[[The Huffington Post]] | date=11 April 2014 | access-date=11 September 2014 | author=eMarketer | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912094310/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/11/us-retail-ecommerce-sales_n_5134269.html | archive-date=12 September 2014 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Some consumer electronics retailers offer [[Extended warranty|extended warranties]] on products with programs such as ''[[SquareTrade]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hold-off-extended-warranties-until-you-read-this/ | title=Hold off extended warranties until you read this | publisher=[[CBS News]] (Moneywatch) | date=19 December 2011 | access-date=11 September 2014 | author=Sherman, Erik | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912092236/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hold-off-extended-warranties-until-you-read-this/ | archive-date=12 September 2014 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
{{Category see also|Consumer electronics retailers}}

An electronics district is an area of commerce with a high density of retail stores that sell consumer electronics.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology/20599573 | title=Look round Shenzhen's Electronics District | work=[[BBC News]] | date=8 December 2012 | access-date=20 July 2016 | last=Cellan-Jones | first=Rory | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722142010/http://www.bbc.com/news/technology/20599573 | archive-date=22 July 2016 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
{{Category see also|Electronics districts}}