Computers and Peripherals

Retail volume sales of computers and peripherals continued to decline in 2022, approaching the pre-pandemic trend after seeing a temporary surge in sales in 2020. There was already weaker demand in 2021, especially for monitors, printers and…

Retail sales of tablets have been the single most palpable beneficiary of China’s strict pandemic control policies and crackdowns on offline post-school education institutions. Strong but slower growth momentum is expected to persist in 2022, despite…

The rate of growth in retail current value sales of computers and peripherals will slow somewhat in 2022. 2020 saw a deepening of the work from home trend due to COVID-19 restrictions on movement. This drove a significant acceleration in the rate of…

Computers and peripherals are expected to register a second year of volume decline in 2022. Several factors are contributing to this decline. When COVID-19 hit in March 2020, there was a surge in volume sales, and computers bought during that period…

The shift to remote working during the COVID-19 crisis significantly bolstered demand for computers and peripherals, with the urgency of establishing home offices generating sales of products such as printers, secondary monitors, laptops and…

COVID-19 is again impacting computers in 2022. 2021 saw a protracted semi-lockdown period after a major outbreak in May. Consumers were once again concerned about venturing outdoors and so reduced the frequency of shopping trips to physical stores.…

It is noted that retail sales of computers and peripherals include a relevant weight of “non-domestic” purchases, as a high percentage of small businesses purchase through this retail channel as opposed to through business-specific suppliers. This…

The rate of growth in retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of computers and peripherals slowed significantly in 2022 but remained robust. However, this growth was largely driven by an increase in pricing due to the growing semiconductor shortage…

In 2022 laptops, desktops and monitors are posting positive volume growth again. Laptops and desktops saw a boost during COVID-19 thanks to the huge increase in working from home, with pandemic-related restrictions supporting expansion of the home…

Computers and peripherals witnessed its fastest retail volume growth rate in almost a decade during 2020, and continued to see growth (although at a much lower level) in 2021. This trend is set to end in 2022, as the impact of COVID-19 fades away.…

Computers and peripherals are expected to register volume decline in 2022. Several factors are contributing to this decline. When COVID-19 hit in March 2020, there was a surge in volume sales as people hurriedly tried to set up home offices.…

Computers and peripherals, overall, is expected to see a further decline in retail volume sales over 2022, following the spike registered in 2020, in line with home-centred work practices, and lifestyles in general, in the wake of the outbreak of…

Laptop sales showed a good performance during 2021, outperforming its pre-pandemic sales volumes as remote lifestyles (including working-from-home and studying-from-home) remained common practice. Most companies recognised the benefits of offer…

Demand for computers and peripherals has continued to grow in 2022, albeit at a slightly slower rate compared to 2021. Laptops looks set to be the most dynamic category in 2022 with it also contributing the largest share of volume and value sales.…

Within computers and peripherals in India, computers dominates. This is due to the presence of key categories such as portable computers and desktops, which are relevant to consumers across demographics. Laptops, which is set to account for more than…

As Windows is the major operating system in desktops and laptops, the lifecycle of Windows has a significant impact on the demand for computers. As the end to extended support for Windows 7 was set at the beginning of 2020, driving growth in 2019,…

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to shape computers and peripherals in Nigeria in 2022 as supply disruptions persist, leading to rising prices in the import-dominated category. The increase in prices coupled with rising inflation is…

Sales of laptops have returned to growth in retail volume terms in 2022, while sales of desktops continue declining as more students and professionals are using laptops for their studies and work. Laptops experienced overwhelmingly strong growth in…

Sales of computers and peripherals have continued to be negatively affected by disrupted supply chains in 2022. A shortage of chips already existed prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, and the situation worsened with the staggering demand following the…

Demand for laptops exploded at the height of COVID-19. Though expectations were that post-pandemic volume sales would begin to normalise, in fact they have continued to rise well into 2022, albeit at a much slower rate. One reason for this that…