Friday, May 01, 2009

Brazilian PC market is table, printers suffer

The Brazilian PC market decreased 23% in unit terms in February 2009 compared to the previous month. Desktops and notebooks declined by 27% and 13% respectively. Nevertheless, in comparison to the same month in 2008, the market in volume terms remained almost identical.

In February 2009 the Printers market decreased 28% in sales units compared to the same period of the previous year, but compared to January 2009 it remained stable. The Laser Printers market share increased 63% compared to September 2008, which represents a 75% increase in value. Inkjet printers continued to be the most popular printer type, maintaining a share of around 70% for the last 6 months.

Source: www.gfkrt.com

Key words: Brazil, printers

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