IT Sales Continue to Rise Through World's Largest Distributors
April 26 2011 - 10:12AM
Marketwired
The world's largest IT distributors are driving strong overall
growth in 2011, according to the Global Technology Distribution
Council (GTDC), whose members represent more than $100 billion in
annual revenue. U.S. sales accelerated to record levels for the
month of March, with double-digit increases across multiple product
categories, based on the GTDC's comprehensive analysis of member
data independently aggregated down to the SKU level by The NPD
Group in the U.S. and CONTEXT in Europe.
"The breadth and depth of the industry's recovery is clearly
evident from the results of our members," commented Tim Curran, the
GTDC's chief executive officer. "Total U.S. hardware sales have
increased significantly over the past year and surged in March,
with the first quarter in this region tracking nearly $370 million
ahead of Q1 last year, according to The NPD Group's Distributor
Track®."
GTDC analysis shows that the pace of recovery has been slower in
Europe, where seasonality fluctuations are greater and the diverse
economies have moderated total regional results. "IT distributor
sales have been trending higher in the northern countries tracked
and lower in the southern part of the region," Curran pointed out.
"Despite these and other challenges, our members have been
generating solid overall financial performance."
PC Market Index Reveals Pace of Recovery in
U.S. and Europe To help assess how the market recovery has
progressed in both the U.S. and Europe, the GTDC established a
comprehensive PC Market index for each region based on sales, unit
volume and ASP ratios of corresponding products from the trough of
the downturn in Q1 2009 to the most recent current quarter. For the
first quarter that ended in March, the GTDC's PC Market Index is up
37 points in the U.S. and 7 points in Europe. The PC Market
category includes comparable products in each region, ranging from
desktops and notebooks to workstations and servers.
GTDC's Investor Conference in New York Digs
into Diverse IT Market Trends Across U.S. and Europe The
GTDC's upcoming Investor Conference, May 10 at the Millennium
Broadway Hotel in New York, will give buy- and sell-side analysts a
thorough understanding of IT market trends and distribution
industry developments across the world. The event provides
compelling perspective on how technology solutions, channels and
services are changing -- with the presidents and CEOs of today's
largest distributors on hand to share their front-line insights and
outlooks.
"Distributors are in a prime central position within the overall
IT industry," Curran emphasized. "These leaders know the real story
in IT because they live and enable it every day, and our member
data shows exactly where market opportunities are unfolding or
contracting across all product categories. The best news for
distributors is that they have again proven their resilience in the
toughest of business conditions -- emerging from the downturn
stronger and more diversified as well as more strategically aligned
with vendor partners on all levels."
About The Global Technology Distribution
Council The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) is a
worldwide industry association dedicated to defining and promoting
the role of wholesale distribution in a successful and healthy
information technology channel. The Council is comprised of the
computer industry's top wholesale distributors dedicated to serving
"the channel," a network of skilled value-added resellers and
retail stores focused on providing hardware, software, and services
to businesses and consumers around the globe. GTDC members include
AB S.A (WSE: ABPL), ABC Data, ALSO-Actebis (SIX: ALSN), Arrow
Electronics (NYSE: ARW), Avnet (NYSE: AVT), Computer Gross Italia,
Computerlinks, Altimate Group/DCC SerCom, D&H, Esprinet
(PRT.MI), Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM), Intcomex, Magirus AG, Officer
Distribuidora, Redington (BSE: REDI), SiS Technologies (HKSE:
0529), ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC), SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX), Tech Data
(NASDAQ: TECD), 20:20 Mobile Group, Westcoast LTD and Westcon.
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