Loren Loverde

Type: Person

Name: Loren Loverde

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Michael Dell

PC sales estimates about to go from bad to worse

Posted 07:54 PM ETAnother shoe is about to drop for the beleaguered PC industry.On Tuesday, market research firm IDC said it expects spending on personal computers this year to decline by 3% in constant currency. Its previous forecast called for a 1% ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 16 2013]

Entities: Michael Dell, Hewlett-Packard Company, Loren Loverde

First reported Mar 18 2013 - Updated Mar 19 2013 - 1 reports

Standard & Poor's

IDC: Expect Years of Decline for PC Shipments

Personal computer shipments in February were so bad that International Data Corporation (“IDC”) downwardly revised its first-quarter and full-year 2013 shipment estimates. In a statement issued Monday, IDC indicated that slower than expected growth ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Mar 18 2013]

Entities: IDC International Data Corp, Windows 8, Supply Chain, Loren Loverde, Standard & Poor's

First reported Mar 19 2013 - Updated Mar 19 2013 - 1 reports

1Q Global PC Shipments Will Be Even Worse Than Expected, Thanks To Slowness In China, Says IDC

Global PC shipments are expected to decline even more due to slower-than-expected growth in China, the world’s top PC market, during the first quarter of 2013, according to new data released by IDC . 1Q shipments will decline by 7.7 percent, two ... [Published TechCrunch - Mar 19 2013]

Entities: China, Loren Loverde, Chinese New Year, Anti-Corruption

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

IDC International Data Corp

Here’s More Depressing News for the PC Industry

Just in case the personal computer industry did not already have enough headwinds, a new report expects shipments to decline for the second-consecutive year. Sales of desktop and portable PCs are in need of a reboot, but they will have to wait at least ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: IDC International Data Corp, Hewlett-Packard Company, Loren Loverde, Emerging Markets

First reported Mar 04 2013 - Updated Mar 04 2013 - 1 reports

Gartner Inc

IDC: PCs, Dumb Phones Still Doomed As Smartphones Rule

The PC is market is expected to shrink. Again. The smartphone market is expected to grow. Again. On Monday, IDC predicted that PC sales will fall 1.3% in 2013, and that smartphone sales will continue their explosive growth, topping 50% and displacing ... [Published ReadWriteWeb - Mar 04 2013]

Entities: Smartphone, Loren Loverde, Gartner Inc, Windows 8

Quotes

...as vendors and the supply chain work through the Windows 8 transition," said Loren Loverde, Program Vice President, Worldwide PC Trackers at IDC. "however, our february monthly data suggest that we could see a drop touching double-digits in the first quarter and a mid-single-digit decline in the second quarter before we see any recovery in the second half of the year. even getting to positive growth in the second half of 2013 will take some attractive new pc designs and more competitive pricing relative to tablets and other products." If it's a double-digit drop, that will be the first time since the third quarter of 2001 - just ahead of the launch of Windows XP, and when there was...

Boot up: Samsung's smartwatch (again?), 3D printing iPod docks, snails' teeth and more [Published Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk - Mar 20 2013]

...traction and demonstrate sufficient appeal to drive growth in a very competitive market," said Loren Loverde, an analyst for IDC, in a statement. "growth in emerging regions has slowed considerably, and we continue to see constrained pc demand as buyers favor other devices for their mobility and convenience features. we still don't see tablets (with limited local storage, file system, lesser focus on traditional productivity, etc.) as competitors to pcs – but they are winning consumer dollars with mobility and consumer appeal nevertheless."

IDC: PCs, Dumb Phones Still Doomed As Smartphones Rule [Published ReadWriteWeb - Mar 04 2013]

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