Rebound offsets consumer slump.Despite continued single-digit growth in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , the market has undergone a major shift in the market segment mix in contrast to the same period for 2000. Business sales returned to stronger growth, fuelling the commercial desktop and Intel server market, whereas consumer sales slowed dramatically. Notebook sales continued to show positive double-digit dou·ble-dig·it adj. Being between 10 and 99 percent: double-digit inflation. growth. The French market displayed the strongest signs of a recovery among EMEA's three largest markets, with nearly 12% growth year on year, clearly driven by the business market rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective . Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). continued to record single-digit growth of only 1.3%, with weak consumer-'shipments and only partial business recovery. The United Kingdom also suffered from a lack of retail activity and low consumer confidence, limiting overall growth to 6.4%. Only Spain showed strong double-digit growth in Western Europe. Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. recorded the strongest growth of the three regions with 13.6% year on year, compared with the Middle East and Africa region where the strong double-digit decline of PC sales in Turkey led to an overall decline of 14.9% in the region. www.idc.com |
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