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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (45473)	4/16/2001 5:28:13 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

Japan's Notebook PC Sales Still Brisk April 16, 2001 (TOKYO) -- The peak of the spring PC sales in Japan fell during the fourth week of March 2001, and notebook PC sales were brisk, marking the second record high after the first week of January, according to GfK Japan Ltd. The fourth week of March (March 19-25, 2001) was the beginning of the school vacation, which also included a holiday, Vernal Equinox Day, on March 20. Desktop PCs, however, went down 16.5 percent from the previous year's records and dragged down total PC sales, which did not reach the figures of last spring sales' peak, ending without much success. GfK Japan is an information service company that deals with POS data collected from 3,200 volume retailers of household electric appliances. The PC sales in the fourth week of March increased both in units, by 16.8 percent in units, and in value by 17.2 percent from the previous week. Compared with the same period last year (March 20-26, 2000), sales decreased both by 2.6 percent in units, and by 6.1 percent in value. The average PC price increased by 569 yen to 192,385 yen from the previous week's 191,816 yen. (124.42 yen = US$1) Table: PC Sales in the Forth Week of March 2001 (GfK Japan survey) Comparison with the same week a year ago (March 20-26, 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 +16.8% -2.6% +17.2% -16.5% +16.5% +12.8% Value +17.2% -6.1% +18.4% -13.0% +16.3% -0.6% (Shinya Sakaki, Nikkei Market Access)