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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (46352)	5/7/2001 12:12:40 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

PC Sales Drop Three Weeks in a Row May 7, 2001 (TOKYO) -- Sales of personal computers in Japan continue to decline significantly both in number of units and sales value, having declined to the off-season sales level at the beginning of the year. Even though this is a usual occurrence each year, the PC retail market overall has been shrinking rapidly. This analysis is based upon data by the information service company GfK Japan Ltd., which collects and tabulates POS data from large-volume retail stores of household electric appliance shops throughout Japan. PC sales in the third week of April 2001 (April 9-15) declined 13.9 percent in the number of units, and 14.1 percent in value, from the previous year. It did register an increase of 4.5 percent in the number of units and an increase of 0.2 percent in value in comparison with the comparable period the previous year (April 10-16, 2000). The average sales price per unit declined from 190,817 yen of the previous week to 190,524 yen in the third week of April. (122.31 yen = US$1) This year's summer models are not scheduled to be released until May or later. But on April 14, during the week under review, Sony Corp. released its B5-size thin notebook PC called PCG-R505, which can be equipped with a docking station. It also added PCG-FX55A/BP to the fast-selling series FX series. With the release of these new models with a different (earlier) timing from that of others, it managed to generate popularity in the market . Table: PC Sales in the Third Week of April 2001 (GfK Japan survey) Comparison with the same week a year ago (April10-16, 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 -13.9% +4.5% -11.2% -9.9% -15.9% +18.7% Value -14.1% +0.2% -11.7% -5.7% -15.5% +4.3% Previous report: PC Sales Decline in Units, Value (Shinya Sakaki, Nikkei Market Access)