Robust Third Quarter for PC Connection

Third-quarter sales for Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection rose nearly 10%, to $456.5 million, compared to $415.2 million for the same period last year. For the three-months ended Sept. 30, the computers merchant’s net income soared 75%, to $7.7 million. That’s up from $4.4 million last year.

“We are pleased with our record-setting Q3 performance,” PC Connection chairman/CEO Patricia Gallup said in a release. “We achieved the largest revenue quarter in the company’s 25-year history, and at the same time, we experienced a 76% increase in operating income and a 65% increase in earnings per share over the third quarter of 2006.”