Inventory woes 'depress demand' for PCs in channel

Hannah Breeze
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IDC reduces 2016 outlook for the PC market

High inventory, falling commodity prices and foreign exchange issues have prompted IDC to reduce its outlook for the PC market for 2016. Expectations for early 2016 were "already fairly low", th...

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