High inventory levels signal further declines for MEA PC market, says IDC

High inventory levels signal further declines for MEA PC market, says IDC: The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market suffered an on-year decline of 9.6% in the first quarter of 2015, with shipments to the region totaling 4.3 million units. That's according to the latest market insights by IDC, which attributed the market's poor performance to currency fluctuations in a number of the region's key markets, as well as to the ongoing instability in global oil prices. The firm's research further showed that portable PC shipments declined 9.4% to 2.7 million units, while desktop shipments fell 10% to 1.6 million units.