PC shipments drop 6.9 per cent, suffering worst decline in history

Market growth slows in emerging countries as consumers skip PCs for tablets.
Total PC shipments totaled 82.6 million in Q4 of 2013, down 6.9 per cent year-on-year resulting in the worst decline in the markets history.
Lenovo and HP top the charts with 18.1 per cent and 16.4 per cent consecutive market share – however Lenovo has seen a 6.6 per cent growth compared to HP’s 7.2 per cent decline.
Dell took third place with 11.8 per cent of the total market share, however saw a 6.2 per cent increase compared to Q4 last year.
Mikaki Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner, said: “Holiday sales of technology products were strong in the US market, but consumer spending during the holidays did not come back to PCs as tablets were one of the hottest holiday items.”
The US experienced a massive decline of 7.5 per cent down to 15.8 million units sold in Q4 2013. HP maintain the top selling PC in the country despite a 10.3 per cent decline year-on-year accounting for 26.5 per cent of shipments.
Shipments in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Asia) dropped 6.7 per cent, but the decline had slowed compared to the first three quarters.
The total PC shipments from around the world hit 315.9 million, slipping 10 per cent.

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