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To: willcousa who wrote (44894)	4/2/2001 11:00:59 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Japan's PC Sales in Second Week of March Grow Y-O-Y April 2, 2001 (TOKYO) -- Japan's PC sales in the second week of March increased in volume for the second straight week. The comparison with the same week last year, which has showed a minus in most of weeks since the second week of February, turned to a plus for the first time in three weeks. According to a survey by GfK Japan Ltd., an information service company dealing with POS data collected from 3,200 volume retailers of household electric appliances, PC sales in the second week of March (March 5-11, 2001) increased 6.6 percent in volume and 7.1 percent in value. Compared with same week a year ago, (March 6-12, 2000), sales increased by 0.2 percent in volume and decreased by 3.5 percent in value. The average retail price increased 796 yen from the previous week's 191,165 yen to 191,961 yen. (123.14 yen = US$1) Compared with the same week a year ago, PC sales showed as much as a 14.3 percent decline in value in the fourth week of February, but the difference shrunk to a 3.5 percent decline in the second week of March. Although the growth of the PC market still depends on sales of notebook PCs, Japan's spring PC sales are likely to recover. Table: PC Sales in the Third Week of March 2001 (GfK Japan survey) Comparison with the same week a year ago (March 6-12, 2000) Total Desktop PC Notebook PC Week-on-week comparison Year-before weekly comparison Week-on-week comparison Year-before weekly comparison Week-on-week comparison Year-before weekly comparison Volume +6.6% +0.2% +7.6% -13.2% +5.8% +15.7% Value +7.1% -3.5% +7.2% -11.6% +7.0% +2.9% Previous report: Japan's PC Sales in First Week of March are Brisk (Shinya Sakaki, Nikkei Market Access)