IT market between stagnation and slight increases in Q3
IT product sales stalled or slightly advanced, say some of
domestic players, with the VAT hike as one of the factors that
influenced the market.
"Against the same period of last year, third quarter sales rose by
around 10% and against the second quarter advanced by around 5%,"
Marius Ghenea, chairman of FIT Distribution, an IT distribution and
retail company, told ZF.
He added the 5% increase can be accounted by the fact that a sales
increase was registered before the VAT hike, which transferred some
sales back to the second quarter.
As regards computer sales, they were in line with the rest of the
company's sales, with notebooks as the bestsellers, Ghenea
says.
"Sales were flat against the first two quarters, but we hope they
will rise this month, as it usually happens after September 15,"
said Bogdan Iftemie, sales manager with Acer, leader of the
domestic PC market.
Logitech, a major player on the domestic computer peripherals
market, estimates the IT market was more dynamic in the third
quarter against a year ago, with all producers approaching
consumers, whose purchasing power has declined significantly in
recent months, with more aggressive offers than in previous
years.