A group of major Apple suppliers collectively saw sales grow 29 percent year-over-year in October, says Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White. The figure is said to beat an average 2 percent growth during the last 7 Octobers, and a 1 percent decrease for the month of September. The achievement is credited to the sheer number of products Apple has launched in the past couple of months, including the iPhone 5, the iPad mini, new iPods, new Macs, and a fourth-generation iPad.
