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Thursday 19 April 2012
China market: IT brand vendors turn to strengthen online shopping platforms
Facing strong competition from China-based retail chains such as Gome and Suning as well as online shopping platforms, IT malls in China have started to lose their popularity, forcing...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Notebook ODMs to see 10-20% on-month shipment drop in April
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs are expected to see their shipments in April to suffer on-month drops of 10-20% as brand vendors are busy digesting their Sandy Bridge-based model inventories...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Foxlink reports strong growth in 2011 revenues
Taiwan-based connector maker Foxlink, which has also been aggressive about the retail channel business, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$81.6 billion (US$2.77 billion) for...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Intel to push StudyBook tablet PC for emerging markets
Intel is set to push a tablet PC product codenamed StudyBook to target emerging markets and will adopt the same sales model as its Classmate PC, according to sources from PC players...
Thursday 29 March 2012
Taiwan market: Samsung launches new consumer DSCs; targeting to become the 3rd-largest vendor
Samsung Electronics on March 28, launched several new mid-range and high-end consumer digital still cameras in Taiwan, pushing its Smart Camera concept, which connects its DSCs with...
Tuesday 27 March 2012
HP and Lenovo brand stores expected to sprout in Asia
Seeing Apple achieving success by promoting its products with its Apple Stores, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Lenovo are both aggressively aiming to build up their own brand stores in...
Friday 23 March 2012
Cybermart reportedly to open store in northern Taiwan
Cybermart Worldwide, an operator of retail chain Cybermart and part of the Foxconn Group, will reportedly open a store soon in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan, with a total floor area...
Thursday 22 March 2012
IC distributor Weikeng releases its holdings in Taiwan Aries
IC distributor Weikeng Industrial has completely released its holdings of a 16.67% stake in channel operator Taiwan Aries, which will generate an investment income of NT$46 million...
Thursday 22 March 2012
First-tier motherboard makers drop 7 series motherboard prices
First-tier motherboard makers have recently dropped their Intel 7 series motherboard prices to compete for market share, although Intel has not yet officially announced the chipset,...
Friday 9 March 2012
Senao sees February revenues up over 50% on year
Senao International, a Taiwan-based retail chain of handsets and other consumer electronics, has reported revenues of NT$2.94 billion (US$99.44 million) for February, down 8% on month...
Thursday 23 February 2012
Taiwan market: Sandy Bridge notebooks expected to see 20% price drops at the end of March
As Intel's latest Ivy Bridge processor is set to launch in the near future, retail channels in Taiwan reportedly expect to see a wave of price drops by the end of March or early April...
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Foxconn to trial run Taipei IT mall in March
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is expected to start trial operation at its Cybermart IT mall in northern Taiwan at the end of the first quarter, according to sources...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Acer expects double ultrabook shipments in 2Q12, improving gross margin each quarter
Acer has announced results for 2011 with operating profit turning from losses to gains in the fourth quarter of 2011, while company chairman JT Wang pointed out that gross margin...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Ultrabook prices to drop 20-30% in early March to April
Prices of the existing ultrabooks are expected to see a 20-30% drop in early March to April to help digesting notebook vendors' inventories as Intel is set to announce its next-generation...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Clevo expected to see bigger profits in 2012
Taiwan-based notebook and retail channel player Clevo, after achieving profit of more than NT$1 billion (US$33.89 million) in 2011 from its retail IT mall business in China, is aiming...