Acer recorded the largest market shares for consumer PCs and notebooks in several countries including Austria, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, the Philippines and Thailand, and the vendor also achieved good sales performance in the US, China, the UK and Mexico in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the company.

Acer pointed out that its partnerships with large retail stores in the UK to sell its Aspire series notebooks helped its sales during the week of the year-end holidays in 2014 to achieve a historical record.

Acer also achieved strong performance during China's Single's Day promotions in 2014 with notebook sales volume doubling that of the same day a year ago and desktop's sales up 56%.

In Mexico, Acer also sold 136,000 tablets and 2-in-1 devices during the El Buen Fin holidays in 2014.

As for the US, the company sold about 100,000 tablets on Black Friday in 2014 on Home Shopping Network and TV shopping platforms.