Technology Industry Indices Show U.S. Further Outpacing Europe
October 24 2011 - 10:23AM
Marketwired
The Global Technology Distribution Council's PC Market indices
reflect continued technology industry strength in the U.S. and
mounting European market pressures over the past three quarters.
Through its extensive analysis of aggregated distributor sales-out
data for the bellwether PC Market category in both regions, the
GTDC gains a unique overall market perspective that is far more
reliable than research based on projections or surveys.
The GTDC PC Market indices cover a broad selection of PC
products, predominantly based on GTDC member sales-out data
independently aggregated by The NPD Group Distributor Track® in the
U.S. and CONTEXT SalesWatch in Europe. Each regional index provides
a quarterly look at the PC Market category's composite revenue and
average selling prices (ASPs), indexed from a normalized starting
point beginning in the first quarter of 2009. The PC Market
category includes hundreds of PC products, ranging from desktops,
notebooks and convertible tablet PCs to workstations and servers
that the GTDC's research partners track down to the SKU level. GTDC
members, the world's largest IT distributors, drive more than $100
billion in global sales annually, making the organization's
regional indices a highly accurate means of assessing the tech
industry's performance.
"Based on NPD's Distributor Track® data, our U.S. PC Market
index shows the sector maintaining substantial year-over-year
growth across the board -- up 16 points in the third quarter while
continuing the solid performance achieved in Q2," commented GTDC
CEO Tim Curran. "Europe is a different story due to the much
tougher and more diverse macroeconomic conditions in the region. As
in Q2, unit volume in the third quarter remained relatively flat on
a year-over-year basis, but ASPs fell 12 points on this index and
contributed to an overall 11-point decline."
The U.S. GTDC PC Market Index was up 53 points in Q3 2011
compared to its starting point of 100 in Q1 2009, the bottom of the
U.S. downturn. In Europe, the Q3 index remained slightly ahead --
up 8 points -- compared to Q3 2009, when this index began showing
signs of significant improvement from the industry downturn at the
time.
"Although we are seeing divergent trends in the U.S. and Europe,
technology distributors continue to stand out as the best and most
cost-effective way to deliver products and services to solution
providers worldwide," Curran said. "Regardless of economic
conditions, this channel enables small and midsize companies as
well as large enterprises to maximize the value of their technology
investments."
For more information on the GTDC and its research partners:
Global Technology Distribution Council:
www.gtdc.org or contact GTDC CONTEXT:
www.contextworld.com or contact Context. The NPD
Group: www.npd.com or contact NPD.
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), Altimate
Group/DCC SerCom, Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW), Avnet (NYSE: AVT),
Brightstar, Computer Gross Italia, Computerlinks, Copaco N.V.,
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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