Thursday, September 16, 2010

Did iPad Cannibalize Half of Best Buy's PC Sales?

Apple's iPad might have cannibalized as much as 50 percent of Best Buy's PC sales over the last quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports. If that keeps up, notebook and netbook sales could plummet.

'It's a very different environment now,' said Stephen Baker, the chief electronics analyst for market researcher NPD Group Inc. "The real cool stuff now will be the tablets, e-readers and probably the higher-end digital cameras."


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