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Samsung Electronics has decided to stop selling consumer electronics in Japan with the exception of monitors, the company said Friday.
The company sold MP3 players, LCD TVs and DVD players through websites and some retailers in Japan but sales have been lackluster.
Samsung Electronics said consumer electronics account for around just one percent of its total sales in Japan, which lean heavily towards semiconductors and LCD panels.
The company focused on sales of home appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators from its launch in Japan in the 1980s, but shifted its priority to digital audio-video products from 2000.
Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun reported Friday before Samsung's announcement that the company would withdraw from the nation's consumer electronics market.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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