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U.S. Mac sales down 1%
The Apple Core —
... after all. According to research firm NPD Group Inc., November Macs sales in U.S. stores declined 1% from a year ago, while industry-wide PC sales rose 2%. In a piece for the Wall Street Journal NPD analyst Steve Baker blamed a 35% drop in sales of desktop Macs, noting growth in Apple’s laptops still outpaced rivals. Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey threw fuel on the fire and cut his estimate for Apple’s 2009 profit, noting that Apple faces “a tougher environment” in the first two quarters of next year, when he believes consumer demand will further deteriorate. Piper ...
Apple Mac Unit Growth Turns Negative In November
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily —
... It certainly looks that way. As the Wall Street Journal notes in a story for Tuesday’s edition, market research firm NPD reports that Apple Mac units shrank 1% in the month of November versus a year earlier, lagging a 2% rise in overall PC unit growth. ...
Apple (AAPL): back to $50
BloggingStocks —
... Goldman Sachs downgraded Apple yesterday saying that the recession had caught up to the company. But the news got worse than that. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Sales of Macs in U.S. stores last month declined 1% from a year ago, while industry-wide PC sales rose 2%, according to research firm NPD Group." That will come as a shock to almost every investor holding shares in Apple. The Mac has outperformed PC sales for the last two years. ...
Does Apple need to learn how to make a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk?
Hardware 2.0 —
... If the data released by the NPD Group is correct, Apple isn’t as recession-proof as was once thought. As the recession bites should Apple start making more affordable systems? The bottom line of the NPD data is that Apple sales have declined compared to a year ago : Sales of Macs in U.S. stores last month declined 1% from a year ago, while industry-wide PC sales rose 2%, according to research firm NPD Group Inc., which tracks retail sales. NPD analyst Steve Baker blamed a 35% drop in sales of desktop Macs, noting growth in Apple’s laptops still outpaced rivals. Apple’s doing ...
Linkpost | 12.16.2008
TechBlog —
... - Michael Dell doesn't want to answer questions about what's gone wrong at his company. Can you blame him? • Apple Loses Some Shine as Mac Sales Slow - Desktop sales are off, but notebooks remain strong. • ...
NPD: Apple’s overall U.S. Mac sales flat in November, but high-margin MacBook sales are up 22%
MacDailyNews —
... 85 million. Despite short-term weakness, analysts expect Apple's products to remain more profitable than many rivals' computers. The MacBooks are forecast to deliver close to 20% profit margins, compared with 6% or less for competitors, said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co." MacDailyNews Take: Way to bury the lede, guys, you hacks. One more time: Apple's high margin notebook sales are up 22% over last November - in the current economy, no less. Full piece here . MacDailyNews Take: We wonder why The Wall Street Journal's article is written in such a ...
Apple Loses Market Share, November Desktop Mac Sales Plummet (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
First Bytes: Apple, ESPN, Layoffs, more
Tech Observer —
Apple is hit by recession, too; Mac desktop sales fall behind PC's - but laptops are still on a tear. [WSJ.com] Tech moguls' portfolios are in the can. [SAI] Latest Macworld rumor: Mac Mini. [Wired.com] ESPN.com launches a redesign today. [PaidContent] Valleywag features a round-up of its favorite wacky layoff tactics. [Valleywag] Related Links Last Bytes: Apple, E-books, Facebook spam, more... Apple Public Relations: 1984 Meets 2007 First Bytes: Muxtape, iPhone, Google, more... ...
Last Bytes: Apple, ESPN, Layoffs, more
Tech Observer —
Apple is hit by recession, too; Mac desktop sales fall behind PC's - but laptops are still on a tear. [WSJ.com] Tech moguls' portfolios are in the can. [SAI] Latest Macworld rumor: Mac Mini. [Wired.com] ESPN.com launches a redesign today. [PaidContent] Valleywag features a round-up of its favorite wacky layoff tactics. [Valleywag] Related Links Last Bytes: Apple, E-books, Facebook spam, more... Apple Public Relations: 1984 Meets 2007 First Bytes: Muxtape, iPhone, Google, more... ...
Mac sales: Undone by the calendar
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... To put the worst possible spin on the news, as the Wall Street Journal did in Tuesday’s edition, domestic Mac shipments were down 1% year-over-year in November even as industry-wide PC sales rose 2%. ...
Mac Sales Down? Hold On Just A Minute!
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek —
Mac Sales Down? Hold On Just A Minute! Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on December 16 Today’s Wall Street Journal focuses on how according to the latest NPD figures, Mac sales in November as compared to November of last year are down by 1%, and thus rushes to ring the alarm bells: Apple is being dragged down by the recession. But by nearly any measure November of 2008 is difficult to compare to November of 2007, and I don’t care what aspect of the retail business you’re in. Laying the recessionary pressures aside for minute, let’s just look at the calendar. Thanksgiving this year, ...
Economic crisis finally affecting Apple
Macsimum News —
... Even Apple is beginning to suffer in this year’s dismal holiday season, and worries are mounting the recession will weigh on its business next year, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing info from the NPD Group. ...
Apple Not Immune from Bad Economy as Mac Sales Drop
Today @ PC World —
... this holiday season. But now it appears that even Apple, which in the recent past has managed to grow sales while its lesser competitors have faltered, is feeling the pain too. [image] A report in the ...
Mac Sales Drop
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... for a steep drop in desktop Mac sales. Desktop Mac sales have dropped 35%.
Unlike PC retailers who have slashed prices by as much as 50% this holiday season, Apple is stubborn about cutting prices on its products. According to Steve Jobs, the company does not know how to make a laptop for under $500 that is not a piece of junk.
Despite the drop in sales, many analysts believe that Apple is well positioned to stay more profitable that many other PC makers.
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Around the Web 12.16.08: Slow Mac sales, free downloads and Palm app store
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... -- First, there was e-mail. Then there was pee-mail. Now there's zzz-mail. Telegraph
-- On the heels of Apple's hugely popular App Store, Palm opens its own. PCMag
-- Sales of Apple's desktop Macs succumb to slow economy. WSJ
-- We know you love Windows. So here's a list of the best free downloads of the year for scrubbing, tuning and enhancing your Windows computers. Lifehacker
-- Lawsuit claims Microsoft knew that ...
Roundup: Apple sales slow?, IE security flaw, and more
VentureBeat —
... Mac computer sales slow — While overall PC sales rose by two percent last month, Mac sales fell by one percent, research firm NPD Group says. Others have been ...
Apple Mac Sales Slow Under Weight of Poor Economy
I4U News —
... by 2%. Analyst Steve Baker blamed the decline on Mac desktops noting that Mac notebooks still posted growth better than rival notebooks. Despite slowing sales analysts still expect Mac sales to continue to grow one Piper Jaffray analyst says he still expects Apple shipments to increase by 10% as the industry overall drops by 5%. Apple is also expected to be more profitable than its rivals with its MacBook line said to run margins of 20% compared to 6% or less for competitors. Via The Wall Street Journal Posted on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...
Apple computer sales decline for the first time
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... Is Apple season finally coming to an end? Analysts are starting to get uncomfortable with the company's future prospects as, for the first time in modern history, sales of its computer products have gone down over the prior year . Sales in the U.S. for November were down 1 percent vs. November 2007, while the rest of the computer industry actually showed a 2 percent year-over-year increase. NPD, which crunched the numbers, blamed the Mac desktop line, which experienced a 35 percent plummet in sales vs. the prior year. Mac laptop sales, on the other hand, were still trending ...
Apple Mac sales start to slow in 2009: Company faces reality finally
BloggingStocks —
... But the gold path can last forever, right? Will the tightness of consumers' wallets and purses ever put a damper on Apple's business? That's the thinking for 2009 -- the economy will catch up to Apple's sales and the company will experience at least a little bit of the slowdown that is catching retailers like a noose around the neck. Mac sales even declined in November by 1% over the same period in 2007 at the same time overall PC sales increased 2%. The problem was desktop Mac sales, which bombed 35%. Apple's laptop sales were still on fire, though. ...
