The crisis has forced uzhatsya one of the largest exhibition of electronics.

The crisis has forced the organizers of one of the largest exhibition of electronics, Consumer Electronics Show, to revise the forecast attendance at events, writes The Wall Street Journal.
At CES, which will be held from 8 to 11 January in Las Vegas, will participate in 15 percent fewer companies than last year. In particular, CES would not participate Philips.
In addition, the exhibition area is 158 thousand square meters, which is reduced by five percent. While not known how many products will be presented at CES, but it is expected that they would be less than 20 thousand, announced in 2008.
Attendance IT-exhibition is not the first time is reduced during the recession. Thus, in 2001, attendance has plummeted computer exhibition Comdex. Since 2003, it had to be closed.