ADVISORY/PC Industry Earnings Dull, But Sales Shine.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000 TOPIC: Major PC manufacturers reported sluggish earnings this past quarter, attributing the slowdown to processor and memory shortages and corporate Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 concerns, as reported by CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. News.com. Though earnings were down, a new study reportedly shows retail sales of desktop PCs were up 37 percent in 1999, pushed by bargain prices and ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. rebates. However, with prices so low, revenues took a hit, growing less than one-quarter as fast. Total PC shipments for 1999 were up 23 percent. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Amy Wright is a channels analyst for ARS, Inc., she is an expert on retailers of computer products both by major brick-and-mortar stores and online sellers. 510-742-5975, awright@ars1.com Joseph Hosey ho·sey intr.v. ho·seyed, ho·sey·ing, ho·seys New England To choose sides for a children's game. [Perhaps from French (je) choisis, (I) choose, first person sing. , co-founder, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of HotOffTheWire.com, can comment on retail industry trends and business-to-business pricing. 508-242-9500, hosey@hotoffthewire.com, markm@schwartz-pr.com David Bunnell David Bunnell is a media entrepreneur and technology pioneer who was involved in the earliest days of personal computing revolution and industry. In 1973, he got a job as a technical writer at a small electronics company called MITS in Albuquerque, New Mexico, paying US$110 is editor of UPSIDE magazine, and CEO of Upside Media Inc. He is an expert on personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. and the technology business. 415-837-3939, kmanniko@daviscomm.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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