GfK: declining demand towards consumer durables

Decline occured in the demand towards durable goods in the first ten months of 2012 – the GfK Market Research Institute announced on Tuesday.

According to the datas of GfK, the IT sector, the market of large and small machines, printers and multifunctional office equipment shrank in the first ten months of 2012, with the exception of the segment of the latest tech inventions tablets and e-book readers, where despite the general decline, sales and trading value  both expanded.  (MTI)