Walmart and VIZIO announced an agreement for Walmart to acquire VIZIO for approximately $2.3bn. This analysis report provides Omdia's commentary on the acquisition and it's impact to the market, retailers, and supply chain.
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Special report – Walmart’s acquisition of VIZIO and its impact on the market, retailers, and supply chain
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Deborah Yang
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Deborah Yang is an expert in the research and analysis of the global flat panel display supply chain, with over 20 years of experience. Working in the displays team, Deborah is responsible for the display and OEM supply chain research for TV, monitor, notebook, tablet PC and industrial display products, including covering the display industry dynamics, pricing trends, and business relations and strategy in the Omdia technology group.
Deborah Yang previously worked at IHS Markit, following its acquisition of DisplaySearch, as director of Taiwan and China display market research. Prior to DisplaySearch, Deborah spent over 10 years at Royal Phillips Electronics, where she was the business intelligence manager for the flat panel purchasing department of the Philips CE Business Group. Deborah received an award for her role as senior market analyst at Philips and was a nominee for the Royal Philips Electronics PD PBE Best Practice Award. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Preston University, Wyoming, US, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from SooChow University, Taiwan.
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Patrick Horner
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Patrick leads the team of analysts focused on consumer electronics. While they cover a broad area of all home electronics products, there is a particular emphasis on understanding the evolving television market. Uncovering the trends and market direction helps to deliver the insights to forge future strategic decision making.
After graduating from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, Patrick began his career as a retail buyer for Target Corporation. After eight years in senior buying roles, he switched sides to sell for manufacturers at national accounts. He also completed an MBA in Marketing. Working for both Casio and Philips, he sold literally billions of dollars of product to Best Buy and Target. After working for many years in sales, he joined Casio’s Tokyo office of Research and Development. There, he developed product strategy and consulted directly with the senior executive team.
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