Posts tagged: desktops

Reseller Sales Close Out The Optimism Trifecta

NPD today released some good news about sales to small and medium business through the reseller channel, what us old timers used to call the DMR (direct marketing reseller) channel. Sales in December were very strong, posting growth of 7 percent year-over-year, the first time this segment has shown positive growth in more than 15 months.

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categories Commercial Technology | Stephen Baker, Vice President, Industry Analysis | datetime January 28, 2010 1:00 pm | comments Comments (0)

Holiday Sales Results Are Uninspiring, Unless You Remember 2008

NPD’s Weekly Tracking Service showed consumer technology revenue for the 2009 five week holiday period was down slightly less than 1 percent, year-over-year. While that result is far from the halcyon days of the mid-decade, it is a far better performance than 2008’s 6 percent decline. The real highlight though is a tale of two categories, PCs and TVs. PC sales were as strong as we have ever seen, with notebook unit volume up almost 70 percent and desktops (yes, desktops !!!) up nearly 30 percent. TVs, on the other hand, were a drag on revenue growth despite a 30 percent increase in unit volume.

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categories Consumer Technology | Stephen Baker, Vice President, Industry Analysis | datetime January 12, 2010 11:53 am | comments Comments (0)