Perhaps the idea trying to be conveyed was that of quarterly losses here and there?
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Sony to Stop Selling LCDs in North America, Japan
[08/25/2006 04:05 AM]A report over a web-site claims that Sony Corp. will stop selling liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in North America and
DigiTimes web-site reports citing industry sources that Sony will quit LCD monitor business in
While Sony does not comment on rumours, quitting LCD monitor business may be inline with the company’s strategy to withdraw from highly-competitive businesses the company does not have obvious success in. For example, Sony has exited plasma panel television and is scrapping its Qualia lineup of luxury consumer electronics, as neither of the businesses brought the company profits and market shares it wanted.
Sony, which has not posted full-year profits since its fiscal 2002, is currently in process of rebuilding itself under the lead of Howard Stringer, the company’s first chief executive not from
DisplaySearc, a market tracking agency, indicates that Sony had the tenth position in the global LCD monitor market in 2005 and supplied about 3.07 million LCDs. In Q4 2005, the sales volume of Sony’s LCD monitors totaled 347 thousand units in
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