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Middle East consumer technology sales to hit $37bn

A new study by GfK Retail and Technology in the Middle East (GfK-MEMRB Marketing Services) presented at the GfK Consumer Technology Middle East Conference 2008 on the 27th November in Dubai shows regional consumers resilient to global slowdown; the market is forecast to grow to $40 billion in 2009.

The Middle East consumer electronics and technology sector is proving resilient to the global slowdown with retail sales forecast to end 2008 on a $37 billion high and set to reach $39-$40 billion in 2009, according to a study from GfK.

The uniquely detailed study also shows:

* 65% of sales are of digital consumer technology products such as notebook and laptop computers, cameras and mobile phones.
* Independent Retailers hold most of the Middle East market, but are heavily challenged by Electronics and Technology Superstores.
* Mobile and Smart Phones with 2008 sales of $10 billion make up 41% of the entire digital consumer market in the Middle East.

"Consumer technology products are clearly proving to be a key component of a higher quality of life for many in the Arabian Gulf," Franck Thureau, General Manager of GfK-MEMRB, explained at the GfK Consumer Technology Middle East Conference.

The conference was called to examine trends in the 119 million regional consumer market and to reveal details of the study which covers Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

The digital consumer technology sector alone is expected to see retail sales in excess of $24 billion by the end of 2008. "Whatever the effect of the global slowdown, we are anticipating continued regional growth in this sector for the total year 2008 of 9.6% compared with the same period last year," said Thureau.

The study says the main growth contributors will be LCD and Plasma TV products with $2.2 billion additional revenue expected. Second comes the personal computer business with added revenue of $600 million and thirdly monitors at $290 million.

The dominant digital product category remains Mobile and Smart Phones with a total of $10 billion in sales expected for 2008 – a full 41% of the entire digital consumer market. "The fact is that the Mobile Phone is a status symbol for many consumers in the Middle East and they do not hesitate to change their mobiles every six months or so," Thureau said. "High resolution Cameras, MP3, Bluetooth, Touch Screens and new Mobile Phone operating systems are all driving growth," he added.

The second digital product category is Desktop, Laptop and Notebook computers with a market value of $5 billion. Third comes LCD TVs with a market of $4 billion in 2008. Growth is exponential in all Middle East countries, notably in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

For the first time in the region, the GfK-MEMRB Marketing Services study reveals details of market structure by channel. In the UAE, for example, independent retailers still lead with a 60% market share in volume for major product categories such as LCD TVs, Digital Cameras, Mobile and Smart Phones. But large retailers are making heavy inroads into the market.

"These superstore retailers have a 40% market share of product sales with 250 outlets in the UAE," Thureau said. "Shopping malls are their base for expansion. For example, the recently-opened Dubai Mall already has 23 news consumer technology outlets with a total of 90 in shopping malls across Dubai alone."

The GfK-MEMRB study also reveals that Iranians favour bigger screen LCD TVs than the rest of the region.

"Like everywhere else in the world, the leading screen size in the region is 32 inches, representing 45% of the volume," Thureau said. "However, in Iran the segment only occupies 33% of the market. Families in Iran want even larger screens and LCD TVs of 46 inches or more account for 18% of sales in a market estimated at 600 000 units in 2008. This compares with a market share for similar sizes of only 4% in the UAE or 9% in Saudi Arabia.

The study shows that the Home Theatre business is running well and contributing 48% of the Audio Home System market. In addition, sales of products with a unit price of $400 or more represented 19% of the sales volume in September. In the Digital Media Player market, MP4 has now taken half the market volume and 73% of market value with consumers increasingly downloading videos as well as music.

Digital Reflex Cameras now make up 3% of the market in volume for 12% in value. The 12 mega pixel Cameras are providing consumers with a high quality image and their market share in the compact camera sector is already 6% in volume. The leading segments are 7 mega pixel (41%) and 8 mega pixel (31%) Cameras.

"Innovation is clearly leading the continued growth of the digital consumer technology market and it is now running ahead of the fast moving consumer goods market in general," Thureau said. "We expect that trend to continue in the Middle East into 2009, whatever worldwide concerns are around. For the digital sector alone, we are forecasting $25.6 billion for 2009 – a growth rate of 6.6%.”

The GfK Retail and Technology sector of the GfK Group is also the sole monitor in the Middle East of Major and Small Domestic Appliances. GfK’s total market estimate for retail business in this region is $12.5 billion.

The total value of the Refrigerator market is expected to reach $3.7 billion in 2008 with sales of more than five million units. Combi Fridge-Freezers dominate with 70% of the Middle East market and bigger models of 600 litres or more drive the market. The Iran market is again different to others with Iranian families preferring Side-by-Side Door Fridge-Freezers which make up 27% of the market by volume and 50% by value.

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NOKIA N93 .....$210usd
NOKIA N95 .....$320usd
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Samsung e800........20usd
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Samsung d900.......$200usd
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BenQ Z2............$311
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BenQ P50...........$321

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Treo 650 ............$130USD
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Nextel i730...........US$85
Nextel i733...........US$95
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Nextel i830..........US$110
Nextel i860..........US$120
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Blackberry Bold 9000 at $280USD
Blackberry Storm 9500 Touch Screen at $300USD
BlackBerry Javelin 8900 at $310USD
Blackberry Thunder 9500 at $330USD
Blackberry Pluto at $350USD
Blackberry Tour at $340USD
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Blackberry Storm 2 9550 Smartphone cost $340USD
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3Gs Apple iPhone 16GB at $300USD

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Nokia N97 (32GB) at $350USD
Nokia N96 (16GB) at $330USD
Nokia E97 at $340USD

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Sony Ericsson W995 at $320USD
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou) at $340USD
Sony Ericsson Aino Luminous White cost $350USD

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Samsung I8000 Omnia II cost ..$310USD

HTC Hero at $350USD
HTC Diamond at $300USD
HTC Touch PRO2 at $320USD
HTC Hero Android G2 A6262 White Smartphone cost $360USD
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Apple iPhone
Apple iPhone 3G S 32GB .......$400
Apple iphone 3G 16GB ..........$380
Apple iphone 16GB................$320
Apple iphone 8GB..................$270
Apple iphone 4GB.................$220

Nokia Phones

Nokia n97 32gb..400usd
Nokia n96.............350usd
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic..320usd
Nokia E7..330usd
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic..350usd

Samsung phones

Samsung I8000 Omnia II..300usd
Samsung S8000 Jet..250usd
Samsung S5600v Blade..230usd
Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO..250usd
Samsung M8910 Pixon12..260usd
Samsung Impression..320usd

Sony Ericsson phones

Sony Ericsson W980 1...........$270
Sony Ericsson W980 2...........$300
Sony Ericsson W980 3...........$320
Sony Ericsson W980i...............$280
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1........$350
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2..........$400

BlackBerry phones

BlackBerry Pearl ............................ $350usd
BlackBerry Bold 9000 .................. $300usd
BlackBerry Storm 9500 .............. $300usd
BlackBerry Curve 8900 ................ $270usd
BlackBerry Curve 8300 ................. $280usd
BlackBerry 8800 Series ................ $250usd
BlackBerry 8700 Series ............. $230usd
BlackBerry 7130 Series ................. $220usd
BlackBerry 7100 Series ............... $200usd
BlackBerry 7200 Series .............. $200usd
BlackBerry 7520 .......................... $200usd


HTC phones

HTC Advantage X7500 Unlocked ............... $480usd
HTC OMNI Unlocked ....................................$400usd
HTC Touch Diamond Unlocked .................. $340usd
HTC TOUCH Cruise Unlocked ..................... $330usd
HTC TOUCH Pro Unlocked ........................... $340usd
HTC P3470 AKA HTC pharos Unlocked ...... $370usd
HTC MTeor Unlocked ..................................... $300usd
HTC Shift UMPC Unlocked ............................ $280usd
HTC P6300 Value Unlocked ........................ $250usd
HTC Touch GSM Cellular Unlocked ........... $220usd
HTC S630 BLACK Unlocked ......................... $270usd
HTC TyTN II BLACK Unlocked ................ $260usd
LG phones

LG Xenon........................................300usd
LG GT505.......................................240usd
LG KP500 Cookie..........................230usd
LG KC910 Renoir........................230usd
LG Neon..........................................300usd
LG Arena KM900...........................250usd
LG CRYSTAL GD 900........ ..........320usd
LG CRYSTAL GD 9002.................450usd

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Ricoh GX200 12MP Digital Camera ----- $350
Nikon D700 DSLR Digital Camera ------ $600
Nikon D3X DSLR Camera ------ $880
Nikon D90 12MP DSLR Camera ---- $310
Nikon D700 12MP DSLR Camera ---- $400
Ricoh CX1 9MP Digital Camera ----- $90
Panasonic DMC-GH1 12MP DSLR Camera ---- $400
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FT1 12MP Digital Camera -- $105
Ricoh Caplio GX100 Digital Camera ---- $110
Nikon D300 12MP DX Professional DSLR Camera --- $410

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Acer Aspire
Acer Aspire One AOA150 8.9-inch Netbook Notebook PC..................$300usd
Acer Aspire One 1.6GHz Notebook (Windows XP Home) ..................$420usd

Acer Ferrari
Acer Ferrari 5005 Notebook cost:$400usd
ACER Ferrari 3400LMi 80GB Notebook $350usd
Acer Ferrari 3200 Notebook $330usd
Acer Ferrari 4005WLMi Notebook $380usd
Acer Ferrari 1004WTMi NoteBook $300usd
Acer Ferrari 1000 AMD Turion NoteBook $300usd
Acer Ferrari 3000LMi Notebook $350usd
Acer Ferrari 5000 dual-core AMD 160GB NoteBook $400usd
Acer Farrari 5005WLMi NoteBook $400usd


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Apple MacBook Air 1.6GHz 80GB Parallel ATA....850usd
Apple MacBook (MB061LL/A) Mac Notebook.....550usd
Apple MacBook Pro (MA610LL) Notebook...........650usd
Apple MacBook (MB063LL/A) Mac Notebook......600usd
Apple MacBook Pro (MA897LL/A) Notebook........800usd
Apple Powerbook G4 1.67ghz Drive Bluetooth 17\\\"Screen..$650
Apple PowerBook G4 - PPC G4 1.5..$600
Apple Powerbook G4 1.5ghz ...$500
Apple iBook G4 - PPC G4 ..$500
Apple iBook Notebook M8861LL/A ..$420
APPLE G4 POWERBOOK 1.5GHZ SUPERDRIVE WITH 15 INCH DISPLAY--$700
APPLE G5 POWERMAC 2.0GHZ DESKTOP COMPUTER-------------$700
APPLE G4 POWERBOOK 1.5GHZ SUPERDRIVE WITH 17 INCH DISPLAY--$600
APPLE G5 POWERMAC 2.5GHZ DESKTOP COMPUTER---------$750
Apple MacBook (MB062LL/A) Mac Notebook.......720usd
Apple MacBook Pro (MA896LL) Notebook.............740usd
Apple MacBook (MA700LL/A) Mac Notebook........500usd


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Dell Xps M1710 @ $450USD
Dell Xps M2010 @ $500USD
Dell Latitude D505 $340
Dell Inspiron 9300 $530


Toshiba laptops
Toshiba Satellite PRO L10........... $300
Toshiba M200........................ $450
Toshiba R100......................... $400
Toshiba Qosmio E10.................. $650
Toshiba M100........................ $580


Sony Laptops
Sony Viao VGN-FE770G.............. $600usd
Sony Viao VGN-AR21S............... $550usd
Sony VAIO VGN-T1.................. $600usd
Sony VAIO VGN-S3.................. $400usd
Sony VAIO VGN-TX1.................. $740usd


HP LAPTOP:-
HP Pavilion dv9260us PCNotebook......................$600usd
HP Pavilion dv8140us (EP407UA) PC Notebook.....$550usd
HP Mini 1109TU PC Subnotebook....................320usd
Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv6265us PC Notebook......................$500usd
HP Pavilion zd8230us PC Notebook$530usd
HP Pavilion zd8205us PC Notebook...........$500usd

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