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Coronavirus Resources

Like you, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® is monitoring the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and tracking what this means for our industry. We’re also identifying best practices to address broader business challenges, including protecting your employee’s health and preventing the spread of the virus.

Our resource pages offer a variety of insights, links to government resources and the latest research to help your business prepare during this uncertain time.

Weekly CTA Tech Use and Purchase Tracker: COVID-19 Impact 

The Weekly CTA Tech Use and Purchase Tracker: COVID-19 Impact monitors consumer usage and purchases across technology categories, including online services and devices, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Update on CTA Events

With the coronavirus outbreak expanding, we are canceling all or part of several near-term 2020 events.

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COVID-19 Related Research

Future of Consumer Behavior Amid COVID-19
COVID-19 Impact: Technology and Remote Education
COVID-19 Impact: Telework & the New Home Office

Our Mission

The mission of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® is to help innovators of all sizes grow their business. Technology is about changing people's lives for the better. It's about ideas, large and small, that keep us connected, that help us move and that spark even bigger ideas.

Join our community of innovators to shape the future of technology. 

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CTA is where technology companies connect, collaborate and contribute.

We believe that every company — from big, multinational companies to startups — has a voice in shaping our vibrant industry. Join CTA and more than 2,000 member companies, and together we’ll face the most pressing issues affecting your business.

Together we shape our vibrant, evolving industry.
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Driving Growth with Insights

CTA industry experts help you predict market conditions and plan for the future. With access to more than 500 reports and 30 consumer studies each year, you'll have timely and reliable insights into the latest trends in technology.

Featured Research

CTA U.S. Consumer Technology One-Year Industry Forecast, 2016-2021
CTA U.S. Consumer Technology One-Year Industry Forecast, 2016-2021
22nd Annual U.S. Consumer Technology Ownership and Market Potential Study
22nd Annual U.S. Consumer Technology Ownership and Market Potential Study
Reinvigorating Value-Based Health Care: Exploring the Role of Technology Innovation
Reinvigorating Value-Based Health Care: Exploring the Role of Technology Innovation
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Advocating for Innovation

Let's face the most pressing issues — together. Through policy work on Capitol Hill, we protect the innovation economy from laws and regulations that delay, restrict or ban the development of technologies.

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Setting Industry Standards

With more than 70 committees, subcommittees and working groups and roughly 1,100 participants, the CTA Technology and Standards program maintains an unmatched reputation as a credible and flexible standards-making body accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

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