Boom in PC Demand From Global Lockdowns ‘Likely to Be Short Lived,’ Says IDC
“Financial hardship” from the COVID-19 pandemic will send global PC shipments plummeting 12.4% this year to 360.9 million units, said IDC Thursday. It expects the market to recover slowly after 2020, with a 1.3% five-year compound annual growth rate, it…
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said. The supply chain has “mostly returned to normal,” but logistics “remain a major hurdle,” it said. The “greatly diminished” number of commercial passenger flights that carry cargo, plus the lower availability of ocean freight “has led to an increase in transportation costs,” said IDC. “The closure of retail stores and varying degrees of lockdown around the world have also shifted demand in the near team.” It predicted the increase in demand for PCs and tablets as more economies went into lockdown “is likely to be short lived.”