Albany, NY (PRWEB) January 10, 2014 -- The global wearable technology market stood at USD 750.0 million in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 5.8 billion in 2018, at a CAGR of 40.8 percent from 2012 to 2018. North America is expected to maintain its lead position at 43.0 percent of the global wearable technology revenue share in 2018 followed by Europe.
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The estimates and forecast along with detailed analysis of these products have been provided in this report. The drivers, restraints and opportunities (market dynamics) with reference to wearable technology market have been covered in detail. The report also contains the impact analysis of the drivers and restraints and this would serve as a strategic tool for making informed decisions.
The company profiles of major players namely Medtronic, Adidas, Abbott, Nike, Eurotech, Garmin International Inc., Sony, Suunto, Google and Zephyr have been included in this report. Our company profiles provide company overview, business overview and strategy adopted by companies, financial overview, and their recent developments which will be helpful in assessing the competition in the market.
We have used secondary research for deriving our market numbers for each segment of the research report and further validated our analysis with C-level executives of major companies operating in the wearable technology market through means of primary research to finally come up with our results. This research is specially designed to estimate and analyze the performance of wearable technology in a global scenario. The research provides in-depth analysis of wearable technology, historical data and statistically refined forecast for the segments covered. The study presents a comprehensive assessment of the stakeholder strategies, winning imperatives for them by segmenting the global wearable technology market as below:
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Wearable technology market segmentation
Fitness and Wellness
Smart clothing and smart sports glasses
Activity monitors
Sleep sensors
Others
Infotainment
Smart watches
Augmented reality headsets
Smart glasses
Others
Healthcare and Medical
Continuous Glucose Monitor
Drug delivery
Monitors
Wearable patches
Others
Industrial and Military
Hand worn terminals
Augmented reality headsets
Others
The geographies covered in this report include
North America
Europe
Asia Pacific
Rest of the World (RoW).
Wearable technology market is in early stage of evolution with growing adoption in various end-use segments such as fitness and wellness, healthcare and medical, industrial and military and infotainment sectors. Wearable fitness and wellness products include smart clothing, activity monitors, sleep sensors and others; whereas the infotainment segment includes smart watches, smart glasses and heads-up displays among others. On the other hand, products like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), drug delivery, and wearable patches are being predominantly used in healthcare and medical sector. Hand worn terminals, heads-up displays and other such products are being used in the industrial and military settings.
Among all the wearable technology end use segments, the healthcare and medical segment held the largest revenue share followed by fitness and wellness in 2012. However, in 2018, the infotainment segment is expected to surpass the fitness and wellness segment driven by robust growth of smart watches and smart glasses. The healthcare and medical segment accounted for about 35.1 percent of the overall wearable technology market in 2012 primarily due to the rising aging population and increase in diabetic population.
Wearable technology is driven by factors like compactness, portability and easy use along with the multi-functionality and increasing applications of these products in various sectors. The increasing adoption of such technically advanced products among youth coupled with increasing demand for real time and actionable data will also fuel the growth of the wearable technology market. However, factors including high price and lack of consumer awareness are expected to hinder the market growth.
North America led the wearable technology market growth with high adoption rate and better consumer awareness in the region. The North America region contributed over 2/5th of the global wearable technology market revenue and will consolidate its lead position during the forecast period. Europe and Asia Pacific region will collectively account for about 49 percent of the market revenue by 2018.
Sheela AK, Transparency Market Research, http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com, +1 518-618-1030, [email protected]
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