Worldwide shipments went down
- IDC reported that worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined last quarter 15.5% to 21.1 million units
- 3rd consecutive quarter of decline
- Only down 6.1% in the USA
- Shipment value down 11.7% to $9.7 billion
- Includes printers and MFPs, including thermal, dot matrix, inkjet, laser and LED, consumer and office
- Top 4 vendors:
- HP = 7,036,506 units shipped
- Epson = 4,650,132 units shipped
- Canon = 4,470,764 units shipped
- Brother = 2,027,299 units shipped