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August 4, 2003 |
The Canadian PC market continues its slump, with only Dell Canada registering positive year-over-year growth for the quarter, according to a new study from IDC Canada.
Overall the market slumped in the second quarter by 1.5 per cent to 678,000 units, compared to the same period a year ago. Shipments of commercial-branded PCs were down 5.3 per cent, whereas consumer-branded PCs registered 6.0 per cent growth from the previous year.
Despite the good news on the consumer front, lackluster sales of commercial-branded desktops weighed on the overall PC market’s recovery. “The rise in the Canadian dollar, its impact on export demand, and the slow pace of recovery in the U.S. contributed to the cautious sentiment prevalent in the enterprise market. Businesses either decided to extend the life of their desktops or continued to evaluate the merits of migrating to mobiles,” said Eddie Chan, research analyst for IDC’s Canadian Mobile and Personal Computing programs.
Dell continued to lead the Canadian PC market as the only vendor to register positive year-over-year growth for the quarter.
On the notebook front, shipments were up eight per cent as both consumer and commercial segments experienced strong demand. HP recorded solid year-on-year growth in notebooks, outperforming the market by 10 points.
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