COVID-19: Print market opportunities

COVID-19: Print market opportunities

China’s printing market under the influence of the epidemic-crisis creates new opportunities, according to IDC. The commercial printing market procurement fell sharply in the first quarter. Although the consumer market has strong demand, it also faces delivery...
Large format market sees mixed results

Large format market sees mixed results

Worldwide large format printer market delivers mixed results in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to IDC. Results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Large Format Printer Tracker show that large format printer shipments grew on a...
IDC reports global HCP shipment value increased

IDC reports global HCP shipment value increased

Worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) shipment value increased nearly 1% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2019, but the unit shipments declined, according to IDC. The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market saw its overall shipment value grow 0.9% year-on-year to...
COVID-19 outbreak: Challenges and opportunities

COVID-19 outbreak: Challenges and opportunities

IDC says China’s ICT Market faces both opportunities and challenges amid the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. The COVID-19 outbreak that began in Wuhan, China late December 2019 has continued to spread, bringing shutdowns in extensive sectors including food...
Q4 hardcopy shipments worse than expected

Q4 hardcopy shipments worse than expected

According to the latest research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market declined by 8.2% in unit terms in 4Q19 compared with the same period a year ago, to give a market size of 5.09 million units. This...