On the other hand, DRAM average selling prices remained low with a sequential decline of 11%.
Lowe's has hiked average selling prices for refrigerators by 10%, grilles by 7% and even lightbulbs by 8%.
An increase in units sold is expected to offset declining average selling prices of TVs, thereby boosting revenues.
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The analyst said higher average selling prices of 3G phones and new products should benefit earnings at the company.
This is despite there being no change in shipments and average selling prices.
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Average selling prices for memory chips grew by 111% sequentially in the first quarter, while sales grew by 82%.
Intel looks to grow its revenues aided by expected growth in PC shipments and modest growth in average selling prices.
Device sales declined during the fourth quarter due to higher third-party channel partner returns, lower selling volume and lower average selling prices.
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Average selling prices are falling, while manufacturing volumes are beginning to peak, says Neil Mawston, director of wireless device strategies at Strategy Analytics.
Citigroup analyst Glen Yeung is going so far as to predict that the average selling prices for microprocessors will begin to rise next year.
This was led by DRAM sales, which climbed 173%, boosted by 105% rise in gigabits sold and a 38% rise in average selling prices (ASPs).
The company pointed to higher average selling prices and hardware margins.
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini cited healthy Sandy Bridge uptake several times in the earnings call, clearly indicating a solid launch, which positively affected average selling prices.
Profitability was affected by unfavorable foreign exchange rates and increased marketing investments, even though average selling prices for home appliance products rose in the fourth quarter.
The 12G-server line now represents almost 80 percent of Dell PowerEdge server revenue at average selling prices and margins that are a premium over previous-generation servers.
Nokia, which is the global market share leader for cell phones, lowered its average selling prices more than expected to defend that share from strong competition.
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While we expect product shipments to decrease slightly, we estimate lower revenues and depressed margins due to rapidly declining average selling prices throughout the solar supply chain.
Although the Home Entertainment Company had the strongest quarter of the year in terms of revenue, profitability declined somewhat due to lower average selling prices and increased competition.
The company grew converged mobile device shipments 61% in 3Q10, but average selling prices for the device type dropped to EUR136, compared to EUR190 in the same quarter last year.
Lower average selling prices (ASPs), a wide range of new product offerings, and increased holiday spending all acted as catalysts to push the already climbing tablet market to record levels.
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Intel released its Q4 and full year 2011 earnings last week, and the significant growth in average selling prices was one of the prime factors behind the impressive earnings growth.
Average selling prices for its products continue to fall due to a higher percentage of lower-end VGA chips which means that the company is not getting traction at higher resolution image sensors.
However, Europe's second-largest travel firm said it had 19% fewer summer holidays left to sell and it had increased average selling prices in the half-year, compared with the same period a year before.
Conn's jumped 2.56, or 16%, to 19.05, after the regional consumer-electronics and appliances retailer reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit, as it benefited from higher average selling prices and set aside less to cover bad loans.
Through the first 9 months of the year, a combination of 21% unit growth and 7.5% improvement in average selling prices generated 30% revenue growth for workhorse IT computers, according to Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi.
Intel, in its latest quarterly earnings reported better than expected average selling prices (ASPs) for its notebook and server processors, led by a fast ramp up of its new Core product series and Nehalem EX series.
However, this latter trend to gain momentum in early 2010, joined by resumed growth in the higher priced corporate segments, especially in servers where average selling prices are high and competitive factors point to markedly higher margins.
Apart from the high input cost environment, margins have been adversely affected by disproportionate growth in developing markets and mid-tier products, which have lower than segment average selling prices (ASPs) and lower demand for premium-priced products leading to an adverse product mix and a downward pressure on margins.
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Small businesses seem to be struggling and some deflationary indications have emerged from the report, with the net percent of firms rising average selling prices falling to 7% from 10%, hitting its lowest level since February. (Read JP Morgan Economist: QE3 Only If We See Deflation, Equities Will Finish 2011 Up 8% To 10%).
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It is also lower than any average weekly selling prices (for netbooks) recorded on Amazon since Feb. 1.
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