Slow corporate sales hit monitors: a review of the ever changing UK monitor market where CRT volumes continue to fall away, with an analysis of sales made in Q3 this year.(monitoring trends)(Industry Overview)

Publication: Computer Trade Shopper

Publication Date: 23-NOV-05

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Desktop monitor shipments traditionally increase in Q3 following the slowest of the summer months and, for the UK, this year sales were indeed up--but only slightly.

Unit sales rose by just 3.4 per cent compared to the previous quarter but were up by more than 10 per cent on the same period in 2004. The main reason for the slow down was that the top three suppliers all reported lower sales in Q3 than they had in Q2.

Although declining LCD monitor prices drove slightly increased adoption of LCD in the market, sales of these fiat screen monitors were up by only five per cent to just over...

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