It was noted that plasma and LCD TVs were "the most highly sought after" (not to mention promoted), and while LCDs above 30-inches experienced 208.5-percent revenue growth and 297-percent unit growth, LCDs under 30-inches grew 26-percent in revenue and 86-percent in unit volume.
Unit shipment growth from 2006 through 2010 was about 50% and roughly 12% annually over that period with some significant hits in unit growth in 2008 and 2009, due to the most recent recession.
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With 12% growth in unit sales during the first quarter of 2008, Kia stands as the world's fastest-growing car company.
Moreover, the trend growth in unit labor costs is less than 1% annualized, meaning there is a cap on wages which is a drag on consumer spending.
While Lumia shipment volume of 4.4 million units was more than 4 times the same in the year-ago quarter, the newly launched full-touch Asha phones saw close to 45% growth in unit sales sequentially.
The performance gains that flash memory provide will cause solid growth in the enterprise storage market, Burke predicted that unit growth will be 42% from 2011 to 2012 with capacity growth of 90% but over the same time period enterprise HDDs will grow 25% in units and 83% in storage capacity.
"As mobile penetration growth begins to slow, smartphones are becoming a significant driver of incremental unit growth for the broader handset industry, " he said.
This year the growth is expected to be quite a bit slower, but still it should easily double the 10% unit growth of the semiconductor industry as a whole.
For 2012, the firm now sees 13.6% unit growth, down from a previously expected 14.8%.
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Overall, Forrester expects PC market unit growth of 2% this year, and 6% next year.
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Gartner says worldwide PC unit growth in the third quarter was a meager 3.2%.
Dell was the only top-3 server provider to have positive unit growth in the quarter.
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Gartner recently cut its full year PC unit growth forecast to 3.4%, from 9.5%.
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Chung's ideal stock is on the upward swing of a curve marked by rapid unit growth.
Restaurants International grew system sales 13%, prior to foreign currency translation, including new-unit growth of 7%.
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However with recovery in 2003 demand swelled to over 30% unit growth in 2003.
Apple sold 16.24 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 86 percent unit growth over the year-ago period.
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She now sees overall unit growth this year of 4%, down from a previous forecast of 10% growth.
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The Company sold 26.0 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 28 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
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The Company sold 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 128 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
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The analyst notes that Bernstein is trimming its forecast for 2012 PC unit growth to 5% from 7%.
The Company sold 20.34 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 142 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
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The Company sold 18.65 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 113 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
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Under Ledsinger, Choice's unit growth has slowed from 7.7% the year before he took over to a current 2%.
For 2012, the company reduced its unit growth forecast to 9.3%, from 10.2%.
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In the U.S., Starbucks saw same store sales rise 7%, while in its Asia Pacific Unit growth hit 10%.
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Market research firm Gartner this morning trimmed its forecast for 2011 worldwide PC unit growth to 9.3% from 10.5%.
The long term year over year unit growth trend has been about 14-15% with significant annual variations in this number.
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We expect PC unit growth to decline from 12% to 5% over the next several years as tablets gain momentum.
The company reported 131% year-over-year growth in iPhone unit sales for the quarter in addition to improvement in overall margins.
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