Retailers groove on new youth-skewing karaoke entries

While it may have seemed as if the karaoke industry flamed out with last year's release of the ill-received karaoke-themed flick Duets, toycos are betting that a slew of new tween-targeted music machines will have retailers humming a sweet tune by the time Christmas rolls around. Although the Japanese bar activity has historically been off-limits to kids, a recent drop in production costs has provided a boon to home system sales in the U.S., which sit at US$150 million and have increased 30% annually over the last three years, according to Tiger Electronics' estimates. Throw into the mix a young, increasingly music-obsessed consumer base, and you have the makings of a gotta-have toy on your hands.
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September 1, 2001

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