Products Best sales in the RFE are PCs. Companies assemble computers by customer order in several hours. The next successful sales are servers and networking equipment with consulting and installation services. IBM and Sun mini-computers and mainframes are present on the market as well, but have irregular purchases through Moscow based representatives or distributors. U.S. Commercial Opportunities U.S. companies that produce computer hardware and peripherals in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia have good business opportunities in the Russian Far East market.
Several factors form Vladivostok's market traits.
Moscow-based firms have a strong influence on the products used through their regular distribution channels, but often the local firm making the order shapes local demands. Advertisements on national TV usually result in short-term sales growth. After several years of expansion by multinational computer companies in the RFE, only Intel still has a representative office in the region. Other companies established distributor networks and service centers, coordinated from the Moscow-based offices. Service Centers Well-known brand names such as Hewlett Packard, IBM, Dell, Epson and etc. have service centers for supporting warrantee and post warrantee service.