Market Analysis; A3 Market Overall - Sharp MX-5000N Sales Manual

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Market Analysis

A3 Market Overall

The emergence of the A4 MFP market is widely predicted to have a detrimental effect on the A3 MFP market – and
whilst the A4 market is undoubtedly growing fast (and likely to continue doing so), its impact on the A3 market has
been negligible so far.
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As you can see from the graph, up until 2007 H2 (confirmed data), the A3 MFP market enjoyed consistent growth,
and whilst Infosource are predicting a blip during 2008 H1, they also predict a return to strong growth at least until
the end of 2008.
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A3 MFP Market (Unit Sales)
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Source: Infosource
Source: Infosource
(PREL)
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