Demand for shopper IT merchandise to weaken in May
Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES
Despite rising shipments for servers, notebooks and sport consoles not too long ago on account of growing stay-at-home wants, sources from model distributors anticipate the momentum for consumer-related merchandise to start decelerating in May.
And it appears unlikely to see main gross sales rebound within the second half of the yr as the event of the pandemic stays unstable, with most shopper product distributors anticipated to see flat development for the yr of 2020, the sources famous.
The sources anticipate March and April to be the height of the enterprise for shopper IT merchandise. Since most shoppers have already purchased mandatory IT merchandise to help their stay-at-home wants, their spending within the second half of 2020 is predicted to be tight, amid the opportunity of a second and even third wave of coronavirus infections, the sources.
However, server shipments are anticipated to stay unaffected all through 2020 as demand for distant work and research, e-commerce and leisure streaming providers has continued rising. In the second half, along with current datacenter demand, server shipments may even profit from the institution of 5G infrastructure.
Consumer IT merchandise might face a requirement downturn beginning May
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