Sales on the rebound

Figures released by the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) based on data from NPD Group Distributor Track in the US and Context SalesWatch in Europe, showed that growth in product sales have returned to levels seen before the start of the downturn in 2008. Shipments of PCs in Europe were up 48 percent in Q4 of 2009, compared with the second quarter and storage product sales increased 33 percent over the same period – and by almost 8 percent year-on-year in Q1 2010. Networking product sales grew 13 percent between Q2 2009 and Q4 2009, and increased three percent in Q1 2010. Sales in April 2010 in the US were higher than in any of the last three years during that month and up 27 percent on last year.