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GST impact: Small & big retailers log into rising demand for PCs

Surge in customer base from Tier-II, Tier-III cities

GST impact: Small & big retailers log into rising demand for PCs
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Karan Choudhury
For five years, Vikram Katyal, a small-time computer hardware and software retailer in the textile town of Panipat, Haryana, says he’s fought near-bankruptcy and snide remarks from friends and family to keep his business afloat.

Sales of personal or commercial computers never seemed to pick up. According to research entity IDC, shipment of personal computers (PCs) in India declined by 15.2 per cent over a year before to 8.58 million units in 2016, due to sluggish consumer demand and less of large projects. And, the commercial PC market, at 4.35 million units in 2016, showed a year-on-year drop of 17.4