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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Commodore has 2nd best quarter in its history
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Date: 29 Jan 91 23:10:59 GMT
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<Reposted from CompuServe, thanks to Steve Ahlstrom for the
original post. Looks REALLY good.>

Commodore International Limited today reported sales for the
second quarter, ending December 31, 1990, increased 24% to $384.1
million comparted with $310.7 million in the year ago quarter.
Net income for the quarter more than tripled to $36.5 million, or
$1.12 per share compared with $11.3 million, or $.35 per share in
the prior year.

Irving Gould, chairman and chief executive officer stated: "The
December quarter was the second largest sales quarter in our
history. We are pleased with the strong sales performance of our
European operations, which accounted for 85 percent of total
sales for the quarter.  Several European countries experienced
sales growth of over 50 percent."

Gould concluded: "We believe that with the widespread popularity
of the Amiga 500 and the growing market opportunities for our
complete new range of PC products and our high-end Amiga
products, we are well positioned in our effort to maintain our
growth momentum."

Sales growth in the second quarter was dominated by the Amiga
product line which experienced unit growth of over 50 percent and
revenue growth of over 40 percent.  The new PC products, such as
the C286-LT notebook computer, and the slim-line 386SX machine,
were also very well received and resulted in strong growth in PC
sales.  The Commodore 64 also continued to sell briskly with unit
volume and sales approximately equal to the prior year.

	-- Ethan


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