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Friday 13 May 2011
Foxlink to expand retail chains for Apple products in Asia
Taiwan-based Foxlink plans to expand the number of its exclusive stores for Apple products in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea to 100 outlets by the end of the year, from 50 currently,...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Samsung sees growth in 1Q11 notebook shipments, the only vendor among top-10
Top-10 notebook brand vendors worldwide saw their notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2011 drop sequentially with the only exception being Korea-based Samsung Electronics,...
Thursday 7 April 2011
Acer expects component shortages for tablet PCs and smartphones
Commenting about the tablet PC market, Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin pointed out that the company is currently working aggressively over its tablet PCs and is doing a marvelous...
Thursday 31 March 2011
Motherboard prices to see second wave of increases in May
Motherboard prices, affected by upstream component shortages caused by the Japan earthquake, are set to rise for the second time this year after mid-April, according to sources from...
Wednesday 30 March 2011
BenQ to reorganize retail channels in China
Eyeing the 40 million unit LCD TV market in China in 2011, BenQ plans to reorganize its retail channels and expects shipments to double by the end of the year.
Wednesday 30 March 2011
China retail chain Gome sees sequential growth in 2010 operations
Hong Kong-listed Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings, the operator of Gome which is the second-largest retail chain of consumer electronics and home-use electric appliances in China,...
Thursday 17 March 2011
PC supply chain still has up to 3 months of inventory, says Acer Taiwan president
Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin has pointed out that the PC industry's upstream supply chain still has an inventory level of about 2.5-3 months, and therefore will only see limited...
Thursday 17 March 2011
Asustek to launch US$200-250 netbook in June
Asustek Computer is set to launch a new netbook priced at US$200-250 in June in cooperation with Intel, and hopes to achieve its goal of shipping six million netbooks in 2011, according...
Thursday 10 March 2011
Foxlink sees February revenues grow over 60% on year
Taiwan-based connector maker Foxlink has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.77 billion (US$128.38 million) for February, down 28.58% on month, but up significantly by 60.96%...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Acer takes less than 2 weeks to restock Intel Sandy Bridge notebooks
Acer took less than two weeks to re-produce notebooks with fixed Intel Sandy Bridge chipsets and ship them to retail channels worldwide; leading all other global brands, mainly due...
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Pico projectors and personal projectors show increasing popularity of DLP models, says PMA
Consumers of front projectors from the US storefronts and direct marketers (web and catalog) are increasingly choosing smaller, sub-500 lumen brightness, "New Era" projectors,...
Monday 21 February 2011
Foxconn retail affiliate Cybermart to invest in Kunming, southern China
Cybermart under the Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group will invest CNY1 billion (US$150 million) to set up an electronics shopping mall plus a software R&D and incubation center in Kunming...
Thursday 17 February 2011
China-based Sunning has no intention to enter Taiwan retail channel in the short term
China-based channel retailer Sunning Appliance in response to questions whether the company has plans to cut into Taiwan's retail channel, chairman Zhang Jindong pointed out that...
Thursday 17 February 2011
Acer, Asustek cutting into tier-4 to 6 cities in China
Acer and Asustek Computer have recently been aggressively cutting into China's tier-4 to tier-6 cities as both players are optimistic about these cities' potential in the future.
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Samsung places about 1-1.5 million Tegra 2 orders for new Galaxy Tab
Korea-based brand vendor Samsung Electronics has placed orders to Nvidia for about 1-1.5 million Tegra 2 processors and will be used for its new 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet PC,...