AMMAN - Demand for large flat-screen TVs in the local market has increased significantly over the past few days prior to the 2010 World Cup finals, according to dealers.
The sales executives interviewed by The Jordan Times did not give specific figures or percentages of the rising demand, but Mahmoud Saif, after sales manager at Carrefour Hyper Market, told The Jordan Times that there is currently a "notable increase" in the demand for all types of TVs, especially large flat-screen TVs.
He attributed the rise to people's desire "to have a rich watching experience" of the South Africa-hosted games.
Saif added that due to the unprecedented demand on TV sets, the sales department at Carrefour conducts sales records for TVs on daily basis, instead of the otherwise weekly updates of the sold sets.
The manager said that the Plasma, LCD and LED screens are the favourites for shoppers, indicating that the highest demand is for the 42" (106cm) HD Plasma TV.
Similar remarks were made by Baraa Qudah, a senior sales officer at Ahmed Issa Murad and Sons Investment Group, who told The Jordan Times that the demand for display products has risen "immensely" in the past few days.
Qudah indicated that the demand is not only high in Amman, but also all over the country, adding that "as a distributor, our company is receiving daily requests for large-screen TVs by our agents outside Amman".
The item with the highest demand outside Amman is the 32" (81cm) LCD flat-screen TV, Qudah added.
Showroom manager at Ibrahim Darwish Al Khalili Trading Group, Ahmad Tarifi, said that the demand for large flat-screen TVs has risen significantly, "so much so that there is a shortage of these kinds of TVs".
© Jordan Times 2010
