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July 6, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Personal computer sales at about 2,000 mass
sales stores of home electric appliances in Japan during the second
week of June (June 8-14, 1998) rose a slight 1.1 percent in volume
and 3.7 percent in value, according to GfK Japan Ltd.
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GfK is an information service company handling POS data for volume
sales stores of home electronic appliances.
Rainy weather prevailed throughout the nation
over the weekend of the second week of June, but PC sales showed no
marked fluctuations in volume compared with the previous week (See table). The reason for the notable growth in
value was that new summer models made their debut at the stores,
pushing up the average sales price.
The average sales price was up 2.7 percent or 5,841 yen (US$40) from
220,260 yen a week before to 226,101 yen (US$1,620), not a very
drastic hike, however.
The average sales price followed an upward trend for three
consecutive weeks, but is expected to go down gradually until
around the end of July, when Windows 98 pre-installed models hit
the stands.
Compared with the same week a year ago (June 9-15, 1997), personal
computer sales during the second week of June was up 16.0 percent
in volume and up 4.2 percent in value.
The data GfK Japan releases are from about 2,000 outlets of 41 firms
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GfK Japan picked the 41 first in 1996 and has been releasing their
data since then.
GfK Japan covers a far greater number of outlets with combined unit
-base sales accounting for about 10 percent of total domestic PC
shipments and about 25 percent of total retail sales.
The following graphs are at Nikkei Market Access in Japanese only: - Trends in the number
of (all types of) PCs sold in a week.
- Trends in the sales amount (in money) of (all types of) PCs in a
week.
- Trends in average sales price of (all types of) PCs sold in a week
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- Trends in the number of desktop PCs sold in a week.
- Trends in the sales amount of desktop PCs in a week.
- Trends in the average sales price of desktop PCs in a week.
- Trends in the number of notebook PCs sold in a week.
- Trends in the sales amount of notebook PCs in a week.
- Trends in the average sales price of notebook-size PCs in a week.
Table: PC sale in the second week of June 1998 (source: GfK Japan
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"Year-before weekly comparison" in the Table means the comparison
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Related story: PC Sales in First Week of June Rose 32
.8 Pct. from Year Earlier
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