Even if tablet sales continue to rise in 2013, tablet revenue might have peaked with the success of the 10-inch tablet. Now that Apple's iPad Mini, Google's GOOG Nexus 7 and Amazon's AMZN Kindle Fire are beginning to steal the spotlight, manufacturers might have to accept weaker profit margins. According to NPD, Best Buy BBY, Walmart WMT, Apple, Amazon, and Staples SPLS were the top retailers, while Apple, Samsung, HP, Sony, and Dell were the top five brands. Those brands accounted for 45 percent of sales -- up from 42 percent in 2011. The most interesting detail of all, however, may be that flat-panel TVs -- which are largely believed to be a dying market -- helped account for 53 percent of sales in 2012. TVs were joined by notebooks, smartphones, tablets and desktop computers. Of those devices, there is only one Apple does not yet manufacture. Follow me @LouisBedigianBZ
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