Digitimes Research: Top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs see decline in July shipments

Digitimes Research: Top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs see decline in July shipments: The top-5 notebook brand vendors saw their combined shipments drop 32% on month and the top-3 ODMs together saw a decline of 25% in July due to increased channel inventory pileup, weakening demand for Chromebooks because of the slow season, vendors' conservative shipments prior to the release of new Wintel products, and the fact that some vendors started aggressive price competition in Europe and North America in May and June, which dramatically increased the vendors' shipments in both months and thus raise the base comparison level.