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To: QuietWon who wrote (3611)	6/27/1999 9:20:00 PM
From: Marc	Respond to of 5927

6/27 20:52 Japan's PC Sales Gained 76% on Year in Week Ended June 13 Japan's PC Sales Gained 76% on Year in Week Ended June 13 Tokyo, June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Personal computer sales at large electronics stores in Japan rose 76 percent by volume in the week ended June 13 from the same period a year earlier, the technology weekly Nikkei Market Access reported. By value, sales rose 75 percent, benefiting Japan's largest PC makers NEC Corp., Fujitsu Ltd., IBM Japan Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and others, according to figures supplied to Nikkei MA by private research company Gfk Japan. Gfk Japan tracks sales at about 2,000 electrical stores nationwide, run by about 55 retailers. The figures cover approximately 25 percent of Japan's over-the-counter PC sales, and around 10 percent of the total market. Private research company IDC Japan Ltd. forecasts domestic shipments of personal computers will rise 10 percent this year, the first gain in three years, as a surge in sales to individuals offsets stifled corporate demand. PC sales to individuals have surged since the release last July of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows98, and of Apple Computer Inc.'s iMac computer last August. The introduction of desktop PCs with flat-screen monitors, rather than bulky cathode ray tubes, is also driving sales. Compared with the previous week, sales during the seven days ended June 13 gained 7.0 percent by volume and 9.5 percent by value. The average price of PCs sold rose to 224,504 yen ($1,844) from 219,416 yen the previous week, thanks to higher sales of desktop PCs with flat-screen monitors, which are more sophisticated and more expensive than conventional cathode ray tube monitors.