CES bargain: This year’s show is half off

The all-digital CES 2021 trade show had less than half the reach of last year’s in-person tech conference, according to statistics released Monday by the show’s owner, the Consumer Technology Association. CES 2021 was held online because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The trade group says the virtual CES 2021 drew 80,746 attendees. That compares with 171,268 attendees at the in-person CES 2020 in Las Vegas.
This year’s online show featured 1,943 exhibitors, vs. 4,419 at last year’s physical conference.
Also, CES 2021 attracted 5,433 journalists. A total of 6,517 journalists attended the physical CES 2020 show.