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To: Jerome who wrote (35953)	7/24/2000 9:14:57 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

PC Sales in First Week of July Lose Steam Due to Supply Shortages July 24, 2000 (TOKYO) -- Japan's PC sales in the summer shopping season usually mark a peak in the first or second week of July, in the wake of summer bonuses paid to salaried workers at most companies and public institutions. This year, the sales managed to grow from the week before, but only by a small rate. The lackluster PC sales are attributed to minus growth in unit sales of desktop computers, which posted a 0.5 percent decline from the preceding week. Demand for low-priced desktop computers and desktop computers with a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen remain strong. Some summer models were sold out before the end of the season, resulting in a capping of the PC sales growth. According to a survey conducted by GFK Japan Ltd., which collects point-of-sales (POS) data for 3,200 large electric home-appliance discount shops in Japan, PC sales in the first week of July (June 26 - July 2, 2000) increased 1.2 percent from a week earlier in units and 0.9 percent in value. As compared to the corresponding period a year earlier (June 28 - July 4, 1999), the sales surged 47.4 percent and 32.0 percent in units and value, respectively. The average retail sales price for PCs stood at 195,997 yen, down 565 yen from 196,562 yen a week before. (108.15 yen = US$1) The total number of PCs sold in the first week of July rose 1.2 percent from a week earlier, or almost unchanged from the previous week. Compared with the previous year's figure, the sales retained the pace of their climb at more than 50 percent in most of June but eased to the 40 percent level in the first week of July.