Gateway Expands eMachines' Retail Availability in Japan
August 05 2004 - 1:42PM
PR Newswire (US)
Gateway Expands eMachines' Retail Availability in Japan POWAY and
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc.
announced today that it will expand its distribution of eMachines
products in Japan by selling the brand's desktop and notebook PCs
through Joshin Denki Co. Ltd., a leading electronics retailer with
more than 100 stores across the Osaka region. (Logo:
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eMachines brand has been available in Japan since late 2000 and is
now sold through stores operated by Tsukomo Co. Ltd., a PC retailer
with 10 stores, and Ishimaru Denki Co. Ltd., a an electronics
retailer with 19 outlets. Wayne Inouye, Gateway's president and
CEO, said, "We are delighted to team up with Joshin and we're
pleased that they recognize the value of the eMachines brand and
the appeal it will have to their customers. We look forward to
working with them to expand the distribution of our products,
making them more widely available to millions of consumers." Joshin
will initially carry three eMachines desktop PCs, with notebooks to
be added later in the year. In addition to Japan and the United
States, Gateway sells the eMachines brand in the UK and various
markets within Western Europe. About Gateway Since its founding in
1985, Gateway (NYSE:GTW) has been a technology pioneer, offering
award-winning PCs and related products to consumers, businesses,
government offices and schools. With its acquisition of eMachines
now complete, Gateway is the third largest PC company in the U.S.
and among the top ten worldwide. Its products under both brands
received approximately 150 awards and honors last year. Gateway
products are offered at major retailers, over the web and phone,
and through its direct sales force. eMachines products are sold by
major retailers. See http://www.gateway.com/ for more information.
Special note This press release contains forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that,
if they do not materialize or prove incorrect, could cause
Gateway's results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements, other
than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be
forward-looking statements, including any projections or
preliminary estimates of earnings, revenues, or other financial
items; any statements of plans, strategies and objectives of
management for future operations; any statements regarding sales by
third-parties of Gateway products; any statements regarding
proposed new products, services or developments; any statements
regarding future economic conditions or performance; statements of
belief and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the
foregoing. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of
these statements include, among others, our inability to control
the sales, plans and strategies of third-party retailers,
competitive factors and pricing pressures, including the impact of
aggressive pricing cuts by larger competitors; general conditions
in the personal computing industry, including changes in overall
demand and average selling prices, shifts from desktops to mobile
computing products and information appliances and the impact of new
microprocessors and operating software; the ability to simplify the
company's business, change its distribution model and restructure
its operations and cost structure; component supply shortages;
short product cycles; the ability to access new technology;
infrastructure requirements; risks of international business;
changes in accounting rules; the impact of litigation and
government regulation generally; inventory risks due to shifts in
market demand; the impact of employee reductions and management
changes and additions; and general economic conditions, and other
risks described from time to time in Gateway's Securities and
Exchange Commission periodic reports and filings. Gateway assumes
no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect
events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on
which they were made.
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