WORLD: PDA MARKET TO INCREASE
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Gartner forecasts a worldwide market of 20mn personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 2001, and Jupiter Communications' forecast is 12mn units. IDC anticipates a market of 63mn units worth EUR 26bn, by 2004. GfK forecasts sales of 550,000 units in France in 2001, up over 2-fold from 2000. There has been a lot of investment in the sector, with Psion of the UK and Palm Computing of the US competing to dominate the market. Palm claims to have a market of over 11mn units worldwide, with around 9,000 applications available for its PDAs. It will launch three new models in mid-May 2001, the m105, at less than EUR 304.9, and the m500 and the m505 at about EUR 609.8, in anticipation of competition. Samsung plans to launch the Phoenix, a PDA with an integral phone, and Hewlett-Packard's plans include a PDA with a colour screen. At end April 2001 a very lightweight PDA from Handspring will hit the market. Sony plans to roll out the Clie by end 2001.
Publication Name: Points de Vente
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0150-1844
Year: 2001
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SPAIN: CARREFOUR INVESTS IN SUPERMARKETS
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French retail chain Carrefour is to invest EUR 30mn to upgrade its Spanish supermarket network (Supeco, Maxim, Maxor, Super Stop) which is controlled by Comptoirs Modernes. Supermarkets with between 1,000 and 1,500 square metre of selling space are likely to adopt the Stoc flag.
Publication Name: Points de Vente
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0150-1844
Year: 1999
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