The growth momentum was much weaker than our expectation,” Acer pan-Asia-Pacific regional president Andrew Hou (侯知遠) told a media gathering in Taipei. The Chinese market is saturated after experiencing fast growth in the past few years, making it difficult to predict future demand there, Hou said. Excluding the Chinese market, Hou said the company expects PC demand in the Asia-Pacific to fare better this year than last year. “We admit that our brand image is a bit rigid, based on the market responses in Asia-Pacific markets. Revenue from the Asia-Pacific market contributed 32 percent to Acer’s total IT hardware revenue of NT$52.77 million (US$1.73 million) in the first quarter of the year, company data showed.

Source: Taipei Times July 21, 2017 15:56 UTC