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Tuesday 24 September 2013
Taiwan market: Channel retail sales to stay flat in 3Q13
Poor PC and home appliance demand is causing channel retailers in Taiwan to suffer from weak sales. Performance for the third quarter is also expected to decline from sequential growth...
Monday 23 September 2013
Taiwan market: Ivy Bridge inventories may not be cleared until after 2013
The digestion of Ivy Bridge-based notebook inventories in the Taiwan market may not complete until after the fourth quarter as back-to-school sales in 2013 were down 20-30% compared...
Monday 9 September 2013
Taiwan market: Back-to-school notebook sales may drop 20-30% on year
Taiwan's notebook sales during the back-to-school season in 2013 may drop 20-30% compared to those in 2012 despite the fact that channel retailers and brand vendors have been aggressively...
Wednesday 24 July 2013
HP to release US$99 tablet through Wal-Mart for back-to-school demand
Hewlett-Packard (HP) reportedly will launch a US$99 tablet and will cooperate with Wal-Mart to sell the device in the US retail channel, targeting back-to-school demand, according...
Friday 19 July 2013
Channel retailers see trouble clearing PC inventories
The retail channel is currently facing serious excessive inventory troubles as most retailers are still unable to finish digesting their Ivy Bridge-based PC inventories and could...
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Intel puts OEM-use Haswell CPUs in retail channels
As PC vendors' procurements of Haswell CPUs, including Core i5 and Core i7, have been far short of original expectations, Intel has released the processors for retail sale in the...
Friday 5 July 2013
Foxconn setting up Cybermart in northwestern China
Although Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is facing some issues entering Taiwan's retail channel, the company continues to expand its malls in China, and is establishing...
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Taiwan market: Tablet shipments to reach 1.6 million units in 2013
Tablet shipments in Taiwan are expected to reach 1.6 million units in 2013, up 50% from the 1.1 million units in 2012 as Taiwan's telecom and retail channels are both set to offer...
Monday 24 June 2013
Price gap between Haswell and Ivy Bridge notebooks may reach 40% in July
Notebook brand vendors have mostly priced their Ivy Bridge-based models 20-30% cheaper than Haswell-based models to help digest their inventories and the price gap is expected to...
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Digitimes Research: Google tying up with branded vendors to strengthen its online retail channel
The launch of HTC's New HTC One Google Edition and Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S4 Google Edition by Google on June 26 through Google Play highlights Google's attempt to further strengthen...
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Taiwan market: Channels begin to clear old models before launch of Haswell
As Intel will unveil Haswell in early June, retail channels in the Taiwan market have begun to clear notebooks and desktops by lowering prices by 10% on average, while some models...
Wednesday 10 April 2013
Taiwan market: Touchscreen notebooks to enjoy 20-25% price drops
Taiwan-based first-tier notebook brand vendors will drop their touchscreen notebook prices around 20-25% for the upcoming Softex consumer trade show in Taiwan, thanks to Microsoft's...
Tuesday 2 April 2013
Foxconn denies closing Cybermart in Taiwan
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has dismissed rumors that it is closing its Cybermart IT retail operations in Taiwan.
Thursday 21 March 2013
Inhontech joins branded notebook and smartphone competition
Taiwan-based Inhon Technologies Group (Inhontech), an ODM maker of glass fiber handset and notebook cases, chassis and other plastics parts, has recently entered the branded smartphone...
Monday 18 March 2013
First-tier vendors to supply more notebook models with no OS
Several first-tier notebook brand vendors including Lenovo have reportedly been raising their shipment proportions of models without an operating system (OS) to attract consumers,...
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