Nuremberg, February 23, 2018 – In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Western European technical consumer goods grew by 2.0%. Telecommunications, the Home Appliances markets and Consumer Electronics grew, while Pho-tography, Office Equipment and Information Technology markets witnessed single-digit drop in sales. The TCG market in Western Europe amounted to €64.5 billion in Q4 2017.
Please note that the WE15 report is calculated on EUR basis incl. DK, SE and UK.
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Q1 2017 M. EUR | Q2 2017 M. EUR | Q3 2017 M. EUR | Q4 2017 M. EUR | Q4 2017 / Q4 2016 / +/- % | Q1-Q4 2017 M. EUR | Q1-Q4 2017 / Q1-Q4 2016 +/- % | |
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Consumer Electronics (CE) | 6,645 | 5,591 | 5,974 | 9,126 | 0.3% | 27,336 | -3.9% |
Photography (PH) | 1,122 | 1,188 | 1,167 | 1,319 | -6.4% | 4,796 | -2.3% |
Major Domestic Appliances (MDA) | 8,309 | 8,058 | 8,727 | 8,968 | 2.1% | 34,063 | 1.4% |
Small Domestic Appliances (SDA) | 4,366 | 3,811 | 4,142 | 5,986 | 1.2% | 18,305 | 1.3% |
Information Technology (IT) | 13,426 | 11,820 | 13,222 | 16,295 | -0.8% | 54,763 | -0.4% |
Telecommunications (TC) | 12,406 | 12,549 | 13,255 | 18,199 | 8.2% | 56,409 | 3.4% |
Office Equipment & Consumables (OE) | 4,435 | 4,116 | 4,068 | 4,654 | -3.2% | 17,273 | -3.6% |
GfK TEMAX® Western Europe | 50,708 | 47,134 | 50,554 | 64,548 | 2.0% | 212,944 | 0.2% |