Highlights of Q1 PC unit shipment report from IDC & DATAQUEST.
1]Total worldwide PC sales grew 14% YOY.
2]Top PC vendors solidified their position accounting for 53% worldwide sales,up from 46% a year ago,an increase of 7%.
3]DELL took No.2 position in U.S sales,while CPQ took No.1 position,capturing over 11% and 17% of the market respectively.
4]TOP 5 vendors in the U.S
1)CPQ
2)DELL
3)Gateway
4)IBM
5)Packard Bell/NEC
5)World-wide standing
1)CPQ
2)IBM
3)DELL
4)Hewlett-Packard
5)Packard Bell/NEC
6]Percentage of growth in unit shipment Q1 98 Vs Q1 97.
1.DELL.....64%
2.CPQ......49%
3.Gateway..44%
4.IBM......10%
5.PB/NEC...(-9.8%)
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PC sales strong in first quarter
By Stephanie Miles
Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM
April 26, 1998, 11:00 p.m. PT
Despite well-publicized problems with bloated inventories and falling Asian revenues, as well as a seasonal sales drop-offs, PC sales exhibited strong growth for the first quarter of 1998, according to two marketing research firms. .........
Driven by the top PC vendors, total PC sales for the first quarter of 1998 grew substantially from the same period last year, according to data from market research firms Dataquest and International Data Corporation. ................
"The big are getting bigger," said Hause. "They're growing at multiples of the market." .................
Although HP didn't crack the top five in the U.S., on either list, "that's not for lack of significant growth," Hause said, and noted that HP racked up 69 percent growth this quarter compared to the same time last year.
The data from this quarter indicates that the industry is growing at a fast enough pace to offset its difficulties. Although sales were impacted by the Asian currency crisis, European and American demand more than made up for sluggish Japanese revenues.
"Western Europe is doing very well-almost surprisingly well," said Hause. "The combined markets is enough to offset the significant fall-off in Asia." ....................
"End user demand appears healthy," Hause said. "There was a lot of concern as inventory built up that the product wasn't moving. But that definitely is not the case, indicated by the success of [direct-model vendors] Dell and Gateway." ................. |
