Sales are starting to get back up there after the holiday period and prices show no real sign of weakness.

I don't think even a strong holiday season would be enough to offset the weakness we've already seen this year. I wouldn't want my job to depend on an up second half.

Holiday sales have become a vital component of the retail sales cycle for millions of small businesses. Overall, we found 51 percent of U.S. small business owners believe Valentine's Day sales are important to their business and are optimistic that sales will be rosy this year.

This is very much a good sign for holiday PC sales.

We were obviously disappointed by sales for this holiday season, particularly because we had been outperforming the retail sector as a whole for the previous nine months,

We've had very strong sales recently, and we have our fingers crossed for the holiday season.