India’s PC market slows by 11.7% as consumer demand slows: Report | Biden News

The Indian traditional PC market declined by 11.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) with shipments of 3.9 million units in the September quarter after eight consecutive quarters of growth, a report showed Thursday.



According to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC), all segments declined except for government, which grew 91.5 percent YoY as government orders materialized, leading to strong growth for the third consecutive quarter.

“With schools and colleges opening up, the consumer segment has seen declining demand over the past few months as demand for remote learning has stalled,” said Bharath Shenoy, Principal Market Analyst, at IDC. India.

While the desktop and workstation categories grew by 23.4% and 17.6% YoY, respectively, the notebook category declined by 19.5% YoY.

The consumer segment shipped 2.1 million units with online sales helping to gain momentum at the end of September.

“However, that was not enough to prevent a 10.9 percent decline year-on-year, the report said.

HP shipped more than 940,000 units and continued to lead the overall PC market with a share of 23.9 percent.

Lenovo passed Dell for the second position with a strong showing in the consumer segment, where it continued to hold its second position with a share of 18.8 percent.

Dell Technologies slipped to the third position because it lost momentum in the consumer segment.

Acer Group continued to hold the fourth position with a share of 10.9 percent.

ASUS maintained the fifth position with a share of 9.9 percent, much higher than the 8.5 percent share it had in the third quarter of last year.

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