Dell’s Indirect Sales Channel in China

The South China Morning Post reports:
United States computer maker Dell is accelerating its expansion across the mainland by enlisting new local distributors for its business-orientated products in 1,000 locations.
The world’s second-largest personal computer supplier and the No4 vendor on the mainland, yesterday unveiled its PartnerDirect programme in Beijing, which could intensify rivalry with domestic market [...]

Lenovo Outsourcing Ideapad Laptops

China Tech News reports:
Taiwan media reports that Lenovo is going to outsource the production of its IdeaPad series laptop computer to Taiwan PC manufacturers, including Quanta.
The reports say that Lenovo plans to have three Taiwan PC OEMs of Quanta, Compal Electronics, and Wistron manufacture its IdeaPad computers of IdeaPad Y510, Y410 and U110 and it [...]

The Laptop Price War: Report From the Front

Shanghai Daily reports:
LAPTOP sales in China have grown rapidly, boosted by cheaper prices and the multitude of functions available, which has squeezed the market share of desktop computers, a Beijing-based research firm said yesterday.
The laptop revenue surged 33 percent year on year to hit 50.01 billion yuan (US$7.04 billion) in 2007, triple the growth rate [...]

Dell Goes All In on China

Shanghai Daily reports:
DELL Inc’s company founder Michael Dell says the booming Asian market is maintaining his company’s confidence in the growth of its business despite the recent American subprime mortgage crisis.
Dell needs China. The US market is slowing to a crawl and China is the best bet for increasing sales. China Tech News [...]

Lenovo Looks to Go Shopping Abroad

The South China Morning Post reports:
Lenovo Group will focus its overseas investment on emerging markets and continue to pursue acquisitions despite its failed attempt to buy Europe’s Packard Bell last year, according to its chairman.
Lenovo, which took over the personal computer division of industry giant IBM in 2005, has set its sights on India, Brazil, [...]

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