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Distree 2012: Channel needs to get in shape

The harbour in Monte Carlo

Analysts warn resellers must step up their efforts to deal with the challenges of increasingly diverse customer requirements

09 Feb 2012

Value over volume for displays in 2012

Lachlan Welsh is displays analyst at Context

The UK monitor market will gain from an increased vendor push for niche markets and high-quality products this year, suggests Lachlan Welsh

03 Feb 2012

Context: Ultrabook sales stall on price

Acer Aspire S5 Ultrabook Laptop

Market watcher claims price drops will lead to faster adoption of the lightweight form factor

25 Jan 2012

Context: PC market flip-flops in Q4

Context: EMEA printer shipments on the up

Samsung enjoys tablet ASP rise as market continues to soar

Context numbers pick out Korean manufacturer as a clear best of the rest in western Europe after an impressive Q4

03 Jan 2012

Thai floods send SSD sales soaring

Evidence is emerging that hard drive product shortages are fuelling sales of solid state alternatives

06 Dec 2011

Kindle to disrupt tablet market as cost becomes king

CCS Insight and Context predict big shake-up for tablet space as big boys get aggressive on price

25 Nov 2011

Massive HDD price rises to come

Shortages caused by the recent, devastating floods in Thailand will have a long-term effect on the storage market, writes Alexandre Mesguich

21 Nov 2011

UK printer sales up six per cent in Q3

Shipments rise in UK despite sales slide across much of EMEA

15 Nov 2011

Asus makes waves in enterprise tablet market

Taiwanese mobility specialist enjoys robust Eee Pad sales to become Apple's biggest threat, Context figures reveal

07 Nov 2011

PC price slash leaves mark on ASPs

Ten per cent drop in average selling prices not enough to jumpstart growth in European PC market, Context figures indicate

11 Oct 2011

Touch point for convenience

Pricing will be key for tablet vendors wanting a slice of Apple, says Salman Chaudhry

19 Sep 2011

Lasers sharp against printer sales decline

All-in-one and other laser printer sales up as overall printer volumes fall

08 Sep 2011

Acer to spend 2011 in the red after miserable Q2

Sales slump by a third and quarterly losses reach £150m for embattled PC maker

25 Aug 2011

Disties well placed to manage HP PC exit

HP's share of distributors' PC revenue has plunged from 44 to 34 per cent over the past three years

24 Aug 2011

HP TouchPad: The postmortem

HP accused of a lack of investment after underwhelming sales, but was canning it a month after launch a rash move?

19 Aug 2011

HP PSG bombshell: The channel reaction

HP partners sanguine about possible ownership change; Samsung, Huawei and ZTE touted as possible suitors

19 Aug 2011

Acer tablet sales beat expectations

Iconia enjoys first-month Western European channel sales of more than 20,000, Context figures reveal

06 Jul 2011

PC sales weaker than expected

Context's Analyzer SalesWatch report confirms PC category decline further through Q1

07 Jun 2011

In the Studio with CRN: The year of the tablet

We examine the impact of the tablet PC on the channel as the market grows and the number of players proliferate

12 May 2011

UK PC sales in free fall

Latest Context figures show the UK is well below the European average for Q1 PC sales

12 Apr 2011

Honeycomb sweet spot for Android

Optimised tablet platform to whip up business and consumer interest

07 Mar 2011

Decline and fall of the netbook

Was Christmas the beginning of the end for the sales dominance of netbooks?

21 Feb 2011

Tablets ease netbook pain

Context figures highlight the growing importance of the iPad to European distributors

17 Jan 2011

Sales of 2.5in hard disk drives up at end of 2010

Notebook demand boosts sales of smaller internal drives

17 Jan 2011

Context: PC market flip-flops in Q4

October sales momentum stalls in November

04 Jan 2011

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CRN Partner Connect 2012

CRN Partner Connect logo

CRN's premier networking event is back on 17 May at the Ricoh Arena

Date: Thu 17 May 2012

CRN Fight Night 2012

One of the fights from CRN Fight Night 2010

Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May

Date: Thu 24 May 2012

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Departing CEO has done Dixons a service

Mark Needham, founder of distributor Widget, argues that John Browett leaves for Apple with Dixons in better shape than when he arrived