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Board of Directors of the Cupertino (Calif.) in a brief statement.

According to the research institute GfK, sales value of the French market for consumer electronics fell 1% in the first half. This represents a break with high growth rates of previous years: 6% 2005 18% 2006 (thanks to the boom in flat screens) and 8% in 2007. The poor performance earlier this year is related to lower selling prices, but also a difficult economic environment. All products are not housed in the same boat: Sales of DVD players are the most affected with a drop of 20% in both volume and value. Even if the GPS receiving a volume growth of 20%, they suffer a fall in prices and show a shrinkage of 8.7% of their sales. As for MP3 players, they suffer from competition from mobile phones, which meet more often depending on the portable music player. By cons, TV manufacturers are doing very well and recorded a 7% growth in sales value over the period. The LCD TV has accounted for 90% of sales displays and more than half of the total market value, against 40% in 2007. Sales of plasma models represent only 8% of the market, against 11% last year.

They appeared in July 2007 through a partnership between SFR and the Taiwanese Asus. Orange has subsequently launched on the market, followed by Bouygues Telecom. The latter has recently engaged in battle with an attractive offer in terms of price. Initially, these computers were intended rather for VSB (Very Small Business) and professions. This is ultimately the individuals who have really adopted. At SFR, they represent two thirds of sales. A significant portion of these products are marketed through the shops of telecom operators. These (like SFR and Orange) benefit from the excitement generated by the mini-PC also launch new models, intermediate between the smartphone and the netbook, or similar to an entry-level PCs.

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