In the second quarter of 2008, the worldwide notebook PC market was affected by rising labor costs, increasing raw material prices and reductions in corporate IT spending, and enterprise products did not perform strongly. Consumer models were in the traditional off-season, while rising global material prices affected consumers' willingness to procure products. This caused some brand-name vendors to have relatively weak performances in the North American and Western European markets. In China, notebook PC procurement demand was affected by the Sichuan earthquake in the second quarter.