Olympics help lift China air-conditioner sales 26% in Jan.-Feb.

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BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) — China’s total air conditioner sales rose 26.7 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2008 to 11.343 million units, the China Securities Journal reported on Monday.
The figures were obtained from a commercial website, www.chinaccm.com.
Experts ascribed the rise to rapid domestic sales growth, which was partly supported by the upcoming Olympic Games.
In January and February, domestic air conditioner sales soared to 4.07 million units, up 41.4 percent year-on-year. It’s been estimated that the Games would help drive up domestic air conditioner sales 18 percent this year. Also, the stronger yuan and barriers to some foreign markets meant that Chinese air conditioner makers were emphasizing domestic sales with stepped-up design and marketing efforts.
Wang Youning, an executive of the leading home appliance maker Haier, said: “Our company has tried to raise sales by brand building, expanding sales channels and utilizing Olympics-related opportunities.”
However, industry observers expressed concern about whether exports of air conditioners could remain strong, given rising raw material and labor costs and the appreciation of the yuan.

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13 Responses to “Olympics help lift China air-conditioner sales 26% in Jan.-Feb.”

  1. Thad says on April 20th, 2008 at 6:35 pm :

    ZOMG!

  2. Carlton says on April 20th, 2008 at 7:25 pm :

    IM’ OnUR Aircon droppen’ acid.;

  3. Karlene says on April 20th, 2008 at 8:16 pm :

    Air conditioner seems to be a bad description of this. A/C units both cool the air and take humidity out of it. This device just makes a breeze. It wouldn’t be taking humidity out of the air. Hence no more condensation than any other fan.

  4. Walt says on April 20th, 2008 at 9:06 pm :

    Oh shit, that just made my day complete!

  5. Shevon says on April 20th, 2008 at 9:57 pm :

    Bro, you suck.

  6. Frannie says on April 20th, 2008 at 10:47 pm :

    I digg articles may be once a month. This is the article of the month.Solid interesting useful _scientific_ science.

  7. Spirit says on April 20th, 2008 at 11:38 pm :

    The best balls of steel clips are the Negs urban sports especially the urban sprinting one

  8. Frieda says on April 21st, 2008 at 12:29 am :

    In replying to freeradical97 weren’t you alleging ambiversive to be obviously sarcastic (and asserting that freeradical should have detected this obvious sarcasm)?

  9. Krystelle says on April 21st, 2008 at 1:19 am :

    That camera obviously doesn’t have the yellow eye removal feature.

  10. Bethney says on April 21st, 2008 at 2:10 am :

    while the idea is pretty cool, i wouldn’t call it a breakthrough until they can make it work consistantly well on a larger scale. all they’ve done currently is prove they can make a circuit that has the ability in itself to create a bit of a breeze.

  11. Carry says on April 21st, 2008 at 3:00 am :

    um, condensation?

  12. Byrne says on April 21st, 2008 at 3:51 am :

    How about continued increase in efficiency so that processors don’t run so damn hot?