back to article Tech disties: What the HELL happened to our sales growth in Q1?

Tech disties’ sales growth across Europe almost halved in Q1 as the XP migration factor ran out of steam, PC business dwindled and weaker demand for Apple slabs and IBM big iron came to bear. The quarterly figures – based on sales-out data from the suppliers – collated by Context’s SalesWatch tracker, indicate turnover from …

  1. Mikel

    Softness

    >“With so much of distribution business still reliant on PC revenues, softness in this sector prior to the launch of Windows 10 could depress sales and lower growth,” he said.

    Softness in this sector after the launch of Windows 10 should depress PC sales and lower growth permanently. How many years has it been since PC makers saw a robust Q4? Five? How much of this can they take?

  2. Tom 13

    It's time for the tech sector and its analysts to start dealing with reality:

    The growth era of PC type consumer electronics is over. From here on out it is going to be a mostly replacement industry like refrigerators or cars.

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