Motorola drags down Lenovo brand

PC company needs to rethink strategy to turn things around for growth

Chinese global PC giant Lenovo continues to receive some of the most severely critical media coverage in its history. Not that surprising given that the company recently reported a 51 percent fall in first quarter profit to $105 million.

Even a rise in revenue, albeit a modest 3 percent, to $10.7 billion has been interpreted by large parts of the international media as "below forecasts".