Research Updates - Archive

April 2012

Samsung takes 3rd place in Distribution for Solid State Drives as Unit Sales in Q1 grow +80% year on year
30th April 2012 - Unit sales of Solid State Drives (SSD) through distribution grew by +80% year on year in Western Europe in Q1 2012. Although prices fell by -7% over the same period, the already growing SSD market was helped by the shortage in production of internal hard disk drives, where SSDs have often been used as a substitute.
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Tablet sales to business audience grows through Distribution
27th April 2012 - Latest data from CONTEXT's IT Reseller Database shows that the Tablet is more than holding its own in the business market. In the first quarter of 2012, Tablets accounted for 22% of all mobile computers* sold by Distributors into consumer channels.
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EMEA PC Market sees growth in Q1 2012 | Four out of top five vendors show gains
27th April 2012 - According to the CONTEXT PC Shipment Preliminary results (Sell In), the top 5 Vendors experienced an unexpected combined year-on-year growth of +10.2% in Q1 2012. Acer in second position, was the only vendor in the top five to decline, down by -15.1%, due to its weak Middle Eastern and Western European results.
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Large Format Displays show +27% revenue growth across Western European Distribution
26th April 2012 - Revenues of LFDs through CONTEXT’s Western European Distributor Panel have increased by +27% year on year for the first quarter of 2012.
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Sales of Laser devices through Distribution grew by +25% in Poland in Q1 2012
25th April 2012 - According to the CONTEXT Distribution panel, unit sales of Laser printer and multifunction devices in Poland increased by +25% in Q112 compared to the same period a year ago.
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Third consecutive month of sequential growth in Internal HDDs indicates a recovering market, as WD re-establish presence in Q1 2012
20th April 2012 - Unit sales of Internal HDDs sold through distribution in March were up 17% on February, completing three consecutive months of growth, as the supply of bare drives steadily increases following the Thailand floods.
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Tablet sales through Distribution grow by +257% year-on-year in Western Europe
20th April 2012 -According to the CONTEXT distribution results for the Q1 2012, Western European Tablet unit sales have grown +257% compared to the same quarter a year ago – although growth is coming from a relatively small base in Q1 2011.
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LCD Distributor sales in Germany decline by -19% in the first quarter of 2012
18th April 2012 - Unit Sales of LCD Displays through CONTEXT’s Western European Distributor Panel in Germany were down by -19.2% y/y for the first quarter of 2012, with poor consumer sales being the leading factor in this decline.
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Sweden the only exception as Printer Sales fall by -10.8% across Western Europe
18th April 2012 -Printer Unit Sales through CONTEXT’s Western European Distributor Panel (InkJet SFPs, Laser SFPs, InkJet MFPs & Laser MFPs) declined by -10.8% in Q1 2012 versus the same period a year ago.
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UK bucks the trend as Western European PC Distribution Data shows a decline of -11.2% in Q1 2012
13th April 2012 - CONTEXT’s Preliminary Western European PC Distribution Data (Notebooks, Netbooks, Desktops, Servers & Workstations) shows that unit sales declined by -11.2% on the same period a year ago..
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Asus and Philips show significant growth in spite of declining European LCD market
12th April 2012 - Results from CONTEXT’s Western European Distribution Panel for the first quarter of 2012 show that Asus and Philips are among the few vendors to have shown strong gains in the LCD Displays market, with Asus increasing its revenues by +50% y/y and Philips by +30%.
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UK replaces Germany as Europe’s largest market for AIO Inkjets in Q411
11th April 2012 - According to CONTEXT Western European Shipments data, UK replaced Germany as the largest market in Europe for AIO Inkjets in Q411. Both UK and France registered a healthy +15% and +11% growth respectively in Q411 vs Q410, whilst Germany contracted by -5% over the same period.
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March 2012

Netbook share continues to decline in Western Europe across the first 2 months of 2012
30th March 2012 - CONTEXT distribution sell through data shows a decline in Netbook demand by -52.4% across January and February 2012, compared to the same period a year ago.
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Smart switches distribution revenues in February grow by +80% year-on-year in Eastern Europe
29th March 2012 - February revenues for smart switches through the Eastern European distribution channel (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia and the Baltics) have increased year-on-year by almost +80%.
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Declining ASPs for LCDs slow down as screen size shift continues
28th March 2012 - According to latest CONTEXT data, the quarterly year-on-year decline for average selling prices of LCD Desktop Displays across Western European distribution continued to slow down in early Q112.
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UK PC sales through distribution show 13.7% growth as Western Europe declines by -8.1% in the first 2 months of 2012
23rd March 2012 - According to CONTEXT’s distribution results for the first two months of 2012, sales of PCs (Desktops, Notebooks and Netbooks) in Western Europe declined by -8.1% against the same period a year ago.
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DACH Distribution Revenues for Empty NAS boxes up +21.3% compared to a -35.9% fall for NAS with drives since the Thai Flooding
23rd March 2012 - The lack of hard disk drive supply caused by the Thai Flooding has shown evidence of its impact on Network Attached Storage appliances (NAS) in DACH region (Germany, Switzerland and Austria) distribution channels.
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UK bucks the trend as Western European LCD distribution sales fall
21st March 2012 - The latest data from CONTEXT’s Western European Distribution Panel shows that, while sales of LCD Desktop display units across WE fell by -14.2% y/y for the first 10 weeks of 2012, unit sales in the UK remained flat.
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LFD prospers within declining Western European LCD market
16th March 2012 - Q4 2011 saw vendor unit shipments of Large Format Displays grow by +22.9% y/y across the Western European market, despite an overall decline in LCD unit shipments of -14.3%.
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Russia outperforms Western Europe in x86 Server sales through Distribution
14th March 2012 - According to the latest CONTEXT data, x86 PC server systems’ distribution revenue (in USD) in Russia grew by more than +8.7% year-on-year in Q4 2011, as Western European countries’ revenues (USD) declined by -19.1%.
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Sales through distribution show a smaller decline to the -3.3% fall in vendor shipments
13th March 2012 - According to CONTEXT, Mobile PC (Notebook/Netbook) distribution sales in Russia declined by -1% y/y in Q4 2011. According to the vendors represented in the CONTEXT panel, sales of Mobile PCs reached 1.32 million units.
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LCD Display sales down in MEAC due to significant falls in Turkey and UAE.
9th March 2012 - CONTEXT data for Q4 2011 reveals that Turkey and UAE were the principal sufferers in a -2.8% year-on-year decline in LCD display unit shipments across the MEAC region.
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Netbook sales continue to fall in double digits in the fourth quarter
7th March 2012 - According to CONTEXT, Netbook demand across EMEA fell by a steep -44.2% year-on-year. Western Europe continued to be worst affected region seeing shipments fall away by -52% on the same period in 2010.
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February 2012

LCD Display Unit Shipments in Western Europe decline -14.3% year-on-year
27th February 2012 - LCD Display unit shipments in Western Europe declined -14.3% while revenues dropped -5.0% in Q411 vs. Q410. Economic factors continue to hamper unit growth with the three major markets of Germany, France and UK all registering close to double digit unit declines.
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Russian PC Shipments flat year-on-year after 8 quarters of bullish growth as Acer sales plummet
23rd February 2012 - According to latest CONTEXT PC Shipment data (Vendor Sell-In), PC Shipments in Russia remained flat last quarter declining -0.3% compared to Q4 2010, with 3.6 million units shipped.
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LCD Display Shipments in EMEA continue to fall in Q411
16th February 2012 - Vendor unit shipments of LCD Displays in the EMEA region declined at a rate of -13.8% in Q411 vs. Q410. MEA registered the strongest drop in the region with a -22.8% shortfall, while Western Europe decreased by -14.3%. Central and Eastern Europe fared better with a drop of -6.0%, all vs. the equivalent period last year.
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PC Shipments across EMEA decline by -9.2% in Q4 2011 with Western Europe down -15.2%
15th February 2012 - According to the latest CONTEXT PC Shipment data (Vendor Sell-In), the EMEA PC market contracted by -9.2% in Q4 2011 vs. last year, to just over 28.5 million units.
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LCD Distributor Sales Decline by -24% during the first four weeks of 2012
8th February 2012 - Unit sales of LCD Displays through CONTEXT’s Western European Distributor Panel were down by a drastic -23.8% during the first four weeks of 2012 vs. the same period last year.
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External HDDs decline -58% in overall unit sales Year-on-Year, but Toshiba increase marketshare with USB 3.0 drives
7th February 2012 - According to CONTEXT, retail unit sales of External Hard Disk Drives (direct attached storage only) in December were down -58% Year-on-Year as manufacturers continue to recover from the post-Thai flooding saga.
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January 2012

European PC Distribution Sales fall in Q4 as a -9.6% decline is recorded
18th January 2012 - According to the CONTEXT distribution results for Q411, Western Europe experienced a -9.6% decline on Q42010. This -9.6% decline was for sales of Desktops, Mobiles and Workstations.
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Powerline Devices soar in the run up to Christmas – helped by Retailer Prices decreasing by -8%
6th January 2012 - Retail unit sales of Powerline Devices in Western Europe have doubled since June 2011, with November sales up +27.9% month-on-month as consumers added the Network accessory to their shopping lists.
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Western European Tablet Sales through Distribution grow by 145% Year-on-Year
6th January 2012 - According to the distribution results from CONTEXT for the first two months of Q4 2011, Tablet sales across Western European countries have grown by 145% across October and November compared to the same period in 2010.
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