Johannesburg, 15 February 2010 - The South African market for technical consumer goods showed signs of recovery in the 4th quarter of 2009. After an overall turnover increase of 2.4% in comparison to the 4th quarter of 2008, the full year 2009 increased by 0.8% in comparison to the full year 2008.
This positive result was driven by a few segments like mobile phones and IT while consumer electronics and photographic products continued their downward trends in the 4th quarter of 2009.
The full report and press release for Q4 2009 are available to download in English.
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