More branches does compute for Karen Notebook

It has cited dynamic market development and increased sales as the main drivers behind its expansion, and is looking positively towards the future. Focussing on cities of 50,000-100,000 inhabitants, this target marks the completion of the company's first stage of expansion. The next stage is to increase the number of shopfronts to 120 as Karen Notebook takes advantage of increasing laptop popularity in Poland. In H1 Poles bought almost 300,000 notebooks, according to some estimates this number is likely to rise to 800, 000 by years end. Karen Notebook increased its sales by 3,000 in August, a rise of 56% compared to August 2005. In Q2 it also improved its financial results, posting a net profit of zł.53,000 and revenues of zł. 25 million. (Parkiet, September 23-24, p.6) M.M.