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>>Dow Jones Newswires -- August 20, 1999
Dow Jones Newswires
Latin America 2Q Computer Sales Up 19% On Yr -
Dataquest
SAO PAULO -- Sales of personal computers in Latin America rose 19% during the second
quarter, led by a 68% jump in Mexican PC sales, according to a report issued Friday by market
research firm Dataquest Inc., a unit of the Gartner Group Inc.
Dataquest attributed the increase to cheaper average prices of computers.
Brazil led by unit sales in the region, with shipments surpassing 305,000 units, a 4% growth over
the second quarter of 1998. Mexico came in second, with shipments of more than 290,000 units.
Argentina followed with shipments approaching 100,000 units, a 5% increase over the same period
last year.
(Corrected @ 10:54 am edt)
Dataquest Inc. is a unit of Gartner Group (IT).
(In an item timed about 1403 GMT (10:03 a.m. EDT Friday), Dataquest was incorrectly identified
as a unit of the Garner Group.)
Dataquest said that Compaq Computers Inc. (CPQ) lead in market share, with 23.6%, followed
by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) in a distant second place with 8.7%.
Compaq's share of Latin American PC sales jumped from 19.2% in the same period last year,
while IBM's percentage shrank from 10.1%.
"Driven by an aggressive price and services strategy, Compaq dramatically increased sales in the
region, as its market share was 15 points higher than the No. 2 vendor," said Luis Anavitarte,
Dataquest's senior industry analyst for Latin America.
Acer Computer Corp. (P.ACI) came in third place, with a 6.8% share, down from 7.4% in the
same quarter last year, followed by Hewlett Packard Corp. (HWP), with 4.8%, down from 7.0%,
and Dell, which rose to 3.7% from 2.1% in the second quarter of 1998.
Other manufacturers accounted for 52.3% of the market, a decrease from last year's 54.2%
- By Margarita Palatnik; (5511)813-1988; mpalatnik@aol.com |
