ConsumerIT - For Europe's High Volume PC Retailers, Distributors & Builders

This time it will be Rome on Nov. 27-28th as the brokers/traders in IT come together in their only annual meeting in Europe. For €525 each person, any broker can join and can get Speed Dating, One on One meetings with other brokers. Fine occasion to socialize and build relationships. More than 250 registered already…

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The top-selling HDD capacity for notebooks in six W. European countries became 250GB for the first time in August, with 23% share, outselling 160GB (22%) and 120GB (21%).

Context research says distribution sales (for France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the UK) also highlights 80GB in fourth position with 10% (stable over the previous month), while 320GB jumps from 5% (July) to 8% (August).

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Media Markt opens its biggest store in Turkey at a shopping mall named "Ankara Forum". More than 70,000 electronics products are on the shelves of the store.

The first Media Markt store in Turkey opened in 2007. As of the beginning of 2008, Media Markt has over 500 superstores throughout Europe.

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Czech finance group PPF Group now holds 50% of Eldorado, the Russian consumer retailer. Eldorado knows the finance group well-- the retailer’s main consumer credit partners belong to the PPF Group.

Between $400-800m was extended as financing requiring Eldorado stock as security. That’s surprisingly low when estimates once placed Eldorado’s 1500+ chain at nearly $5 billion. But when you need cash…

"Among others, the conditions of additional financing assume a possibility of acquisition by the PPF Group of a substantial, up to majority, stake in the retailer," says a PPF statement.

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