https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/01/idc-data-apple-watch-on-top-of-wearables-market.html >Apple Watch is slowly but surely cornering the wearables market — and the field of rivals is thinning as competitors flee the industry, according to new research from IDC. >About 37.9 million wearables were shipped in the 2017 holiday season, up nearly 8 percent from the prior year, IDC analysts estimated in a report published Thursday. And for the first time, Apple is the single biggest shipper of the units, selling 8 million wearables — a 21 percent market share and a 57.5 percent year-over-year jump.