August 14, 2003 In 2002, digital camera shipments into Western Europe increased by over 100% and reached in excess of 8 million units, which translated into $3.4 billion in end-user spend. By the end of 2004 IDC forecasts that this number will have doubled again to over 16 million units and should then begin to level out and reach close to 20 million units by the end of 2007. "Growth on 2001 was largely due to the raft of new products introduced and the migration of product ranges up the megapixel curve," said Paul Withington, senior research analyst for IDC's European Peripherals research group...More
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