EMEA PC Market contracted by 18.2% in line with IDC Forecast

EMEA PC Market contracted by 18.2% in line with IDC Forecast

PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 20.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 ? an 18.2% decrease year on year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). After a strong shipment push of devices under Microsoft?s Bing promotion from summer 2014 to January 2015, the focus for hardware manufacturers and their channel partners has been to deplete stock, leading to an 18% contraction for 2015 with 76.3 million PCs shipped in EMEA.
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