Did Apple's Slide Begin Last Spring?; OneChannel.net Data Shows Online Sales Decline Beginning in April.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2000 OneChannel.net, the only e-business intelligence platform reporting actual sales data at Internet speed, reports that as early as last spring, trends generated by its ChannelMetrics(TM) system foreshadowed the sales slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation). A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties. recently announced by Apple Computer. ChannelMetrics(TM) data from OneChannel.net's retail partners showed a general downward trend in U.S. online sales of Macintosh computers from April through July. Quarterly reports masked A state of being disabled or cut off. the trend, however, because Apple's April sales were quite high. Apple's sales rose in the back-to-school season, but the low July results pulled third-calendar-quarter results down to a level more than 20 percent below the second quarter. "It remains to be seen whether online purchases are a bellwether Bellwether A leading indicator of trends. Notes: A bellwether stock is a stock that is used to gauge the performance of the market in general. General Motors was an example of a bellwether stock, hence the saying "What's good for GM is good for America. for overall sales trends, but the trend in this case certainly is striking," said Tim Haight, OneChannel.net's Vice President Editorial Content. "While sales on the Web represent only a fraction of Apple's total revenues, and we do not include sales at Apple's own Web site, the consistent trend at independent Apple retailers on the Web is hard to ignore." The full report including charts can be viewed by accessing the OneChannel.net homepage at: http://www.onechannel.net/PR_10_05_00_index.html About OneChannel.net reports OneChannel.net welcomes use of its data and reports by interested publications, media and analyst firms if attribution at·tri·bu·tion n. 1. The act of attributing, especially the act of establishing a particular person as the creator of a work of art. 2. to OneChannel.net is provided. To inquire in·quire also en·quire v. in·quired, in·quir·ing, in·quires v.intr. 1. To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. 2. about editorial or analytical usage of OneChannel.net data and reports please contact Liz O'Connell at 650/373-2966 or liz@sipr.com About OneChannel.net OneChannel.net is the only e-business intelligence platform reporting actual sales data at Internet speed. OneChannel.net's flagship service, ChannelMetrics, provides actual product and aggregate market sales transaction information via the Web, 24 hours a day, worldwide. OneChannel.net has retail partners in multiple market segments, including industry leaders such as buy.com, Egghead.com and Outpost.com, in addition to a strategic alliance with Excite@Home. Based in Mountain View, Calif., OneChannel.net is privately held and funded by CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. Networks, America Online See AOL. , Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV (1) (Advanced TV) An early name for the digital TV standard proposed by the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). See ACATS. See also ATV Forum. (2) (Analog TV) Refers to the NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog TV standads. ), Norwest Venture Partners and Selby Venture Partners. More information on the company can be found at its Web site, http://www.onechannel.net. |
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