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Quarterly global Industrial 3D Printer shipments sag but revenues rise again
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Quarterly industrial 3D printer shipments accelerate in US and Western Europe as market remains confident of robust full-year growth

Education notebooks see strong decline in Q1 22 against high 2021 figures
Industrial 3D Printer Accelerants in Q4 2021: Metals, China and Aerospace

Business printer revenue overtakes consumer market as offices reopen

Global 3D Printer Industry Buoyant Despite Challenges in 2021

European enterprise networking market has a solid start in Q4 despite supply chain issues

Mobile PCs continue strong revenue performance in Q3 but falter compared to 2020

Global Industrial 3D Printer Shipments accelerated in H1 but still not back to pre-Covid levels

Time for channel players to place their bets as product shortages bite

CONTEXT enhances channel market intelligence with new forecasting report

Sales of education notebooks in Western Europe up +38% in Q2 2021

Business printer sales through European distributors recover in June and will power growth in H2

Unified Communications Unit Sales Soar 76% Year-on-Year Across Europe

U.S. and Europe join China in Recovery and Acceleration of Industrial 3D Printer Shipments

Lockdown drives 11% increase in cloud security spending in Q1 2021

Unified communications market remains strong with 60% YoY growth so far in 2021

Over one billion pages were printed by ink tank devices in Q1/2021

European IT Channel Revenue Predicted To Grow 10% in Q2 2021

Lockdowns hit sales of large format displays but interactive screens remain in demand

Consumers drive healthy printer revenue performance across Europe in 2021

Sales of docking stations and mobile computer cases up strongly since start of pandemic

UK Ships More PCs to Schools Than Any Other European Country During Lockdowns

European distributors continue strong start to 2021 with tablets riding high

CONTEXT predicts revenue sales in European IT distribution will grow by 7.4%

European distributors started 2021 in stronger position than a year ago

Pent-up demand set to drive 3D printer shipment growth in 2021

European IT channel beats expectations to break sales and growth records in 2020

China and Desktop 3D Printer markets lead the way for longer U-shaped recovery

IT Distributors Nurture Channel Reseller Relationships During Lockdown

Demand for gaming monitors increases during pandemic

Sales of consumer and single-function printers surge during pandemic

COVID-19-driven notebook momentum continues in Q2 2020

Monitor demand remains strong as supply begins to recover

Work-From-Home scenarios represent only net positive for 3D printer shipments otherwise heavily impacted by the pandemic

Consumer models drive print market, but distributors should prepare for business renewal

Lockdowns hit sales but LFDs show their potential to contribute to pandemic recovery

New Covid price index shows strengthening of notebook prices across Western Europe

In Enterprise, hardware has been the biggest casualty of COVID while services show resilience

Desktop monitor demand surges but supply pool dries up

European Channel Revenue Growth Bounces Back but Q2 On Track for 4% Decline

COVID-19 concerns make 2020 3D printer sales outlook challenging

Covid-19 Drives Smart Working Demand in Italy with high-growth in IT sales

PC sales in Western Europe up by +38% in early March as Covid-19 drives demand for home-office equipment

Covid-19 home working surge drives major sales growth across categories

Coronavirus: The Enterprise market is reacting to the crisis

European IT Channel Growth Declines for First Time During Covid-19 Crisis

COVID-19 concerns make 2020 3D printer sales outlook challenging

European PC market dynamics unchanged in early 2020: commercial strong, consumer soft

By the end of 2020, no new laptop in Western Europe will be sold with hard disk drive as primary storage

Adoption of large format displays continues to expand as interactive technology and digital signage capabilities improve

Industrial class 3D printing sector sees surprising growth in spite of headwinds

Channel Optimism Grows Despite Economic Headwinds as Resellers Explore Emerging Technologies

CONTEXT predicts a challenging year ahead for PC channel sales

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Growing demand for premium monitors in consumer channels

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Growing demand for premium monitors in consumer channels

Key 3D printer markets on track for double-digit shipment growth in the second half of 2019

Chromebooks reach record Western European distribution share in early Q3 2019

Early Q3 sees healthy demand for consumer and business laser MFPs

July revenues from large format displays up in Western Europe as new models boost the interest in interactive solutions

Early Q3 sees no change in European PC sales pattern: commercial demand strong, consumer soft

Investments and Upstarts push 3D Printer market in first Half of 2019

The rise of large monitors in early Q2 2019 boost revenues in West Europe

Printer hardware sales through West Europe distributors down sharply in Q1 2019

3D-printing industry sees accelerating five-year 26% CAGR materials revenue growth as annuity streams shift to manufacturing

CONTEXT ranks with the IT sector companies recognised in UK’s Best Workplaces™

Shift towards higher resolution and brighter large-format displays continues in W Europe in Q1 2019

New metal 3D printers have industry on pace for +25% higher-end printer growth in 2019

PC sales across Western Europe drop -2.4% in first quarter as consumer demand remains low

Western European distributor PC revenues continue to rise

Western Europe Unit Sales of Business-targeted Monitors up +19% in January 2019

Printer hardware sales through Western European distributors stay flat in Q4 2018

Revenue growth in Western Europe Server Computing

2019 PC sales in Western Europe continue last year's trends: commercial up, consumer weak

INDUSTRIAL 3D Printer market shines again in 2018
London, 15th January 2019 - Of the four main groups of 3D printers*, it appears that the INDUSTRIAL class will have had the strongest growth in machine shipments in 2018. INDUSTRIAL class 3D printer shipments are projected to show a +27% year-on-year (Y/Y) shipment increase, having already seen strong +19% growth through the first three quarters. In spite of ...

Industry Experts Predict Another Year of Growth for IT Distribution

Western European distributors see seasonal monitors sales peak move to October

EMEA Printer Hardware Shipments up 3% in Q1 2018
London, 11th June 2018 - Unit shipments of printer hardware to Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) grew by +3% year-on-year in Q1 2018 for only the third time in the last two years.

Sales of touchscreen LFDs up by 31% year-on-year in Q1 2018
London, 30th April 2018 - Revenues from large-format displays (LFDs) continued to grow in the first quarter of 2018, driven by, among other factors, sales of interactive displays which grew over 30% year on year, according to the latest distribution data published by CONTEXT, the IT market intelligence company.

Server Computing Sees Revenues Grow in W Europe
London, 26th April 2018 - Combined revenues from server-computing products sold to enterprise customers through the distribution channel in Western Europe (WE) increased by +12.4% year-on-year in February 2018, according to the latest data published by CONTEXT, the IT market intelligence company.The product segments grouped to form this meta-category are ...

Industrial 3D-printer market surges again while personal market shows signs of weakness
London, 24 April 2018 – The global 3D-printer market continued its upward trajectory in Q4 2017 with more than 132K units shipped over the quarter, 14% more than in the same period a year ago. Shipments of INDUSTRIAL* 3D printers were up by 39% mostly thanks to newcomers in...

Workstation sales maintain their momentum in early Q1 2018
London, 27th March 2018 – Volume sales of PC workstations through Western Europe’s largest distributors were up by +11% year-on-year in the first two months of 2018 following +6% year-on-year growth in 2017, according to data published by CONTEXT, the IT market intelligence company.

Fast adoption of monitors with DisplayPort accelerates sales in business space in early Q1 2018
London, 26th March 2018 - Unit sales of business-targeted monitors in Western Europe (WE) were already strong in early Q1 2017 but have picked up even further in the same period this year to grow by +6%, according to the latest distribution data published by CONTEXT, the IT market intelligence company.

SMB LAN & Data Center Switches Drive W European Enterprise Disti Networking Revenue Growth
London, 15th March 2018 - Combined revenues from networking products sold to enterprise customers through the distribution channel in Western Europe (WE) were effectively flat in January 2018, declining by only -0.2% year-on-year, according to the latest data published by CONTEXT, the IT market intelligence company. However, the Enterprise LAN sector grew by +2.4% largely driven by sales of network switches.

Sales of printer hardware across Western Europe down by -4% in Q4 2017

Shift towards high resolution displays accelerates in last quarter of the year in Western Europe

Commercial PC revenues up in Q4 2017

3D printer market clicks on all fronts in 2017
