
q: How do you sell fewer hard drives but make more profit?
a: Layoff your employees.
Western Digital's third quarter of fiscal 2015, ended April 3, raked in sales of US$3.55bn – that's 4.1 per cent down on the year-ago quarter, and 8.7 per cent less than the previous quarter. It banked a profit of US$384m; that figure was US$375m a year ago, so that's a 2.4 per cent gain. WD recorded a profit of US$460m in the …
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As OPEC and others including DRAM and HDD makers have proven, industry monopolies are not good for consumers. It's quite easy to increase profits and revenue when all the players in an industry conspire by raising their selling prices without a production cost increase. It happens all the time at the petrol pump and in many industries including the PC industry. Collusion is very popular and profitable.