Exertis focuses on projector opportunity

Distributor Exertis has announced the availability of Epson projectors from Exertis Medium, its Pro AV division. Epson is offering a range of products from compact entry level units to home theatre projectors and solutions for small business, public sector and corporates. Ian Aitken, Exertis Medium director, said: “With laser projection experiencing significant growth within traditional projection markets and across a wide range of vertical applications, due to the screen size being fully scalable to whatever environment they are being used for, it presents a great opportunity for our customers.” Read full story

Badgy confirms Ingram Micro distribution deal

Ingram Micro, a leading global technology distributor, and Evolis, a leader in plastic card personalisation systems, have confirmed a new distribution agreement. Ingram Micro has started distributing Badgy card printers to its broad reseller network across EMEA. Badgy is an all-in-one solution allowing the end-user to create and print personalised plastic cards within a few minutes. Read full story

Russian tech market up 17.6% in first quarter

Research house GfK’s most recent TEMAX analysis of the ICT, telecoms and consumer electronics market in Russia indicates that the total market value hit US$6.06 billion in the first quarter of 2018 – up 17.6% year-on-year. The growth was driven by a sharp increase in telecoms sales, which climbed 36% year-on-year to reach US$2.13 billion. Revenues from IT jumped 10.8% to US$556.4m with consumer electronics (CE) sales up 9.7% at US$930.4m. Read full story

Record number of registrations for DISTREE Russia workshop and boardroom sessions

DISTREE Russia, the country’s leading annual tech channel hosted buyer event, has revealed a packed programme of workshops and boardroom sessions as part of this year’s 15th anniversary event, which takes place in Moscow on May 30th to June 1st, 2018. The sessions are designed to bring vendor and channel executives up to speed on some of the latest trends and market developments influencing technology channels in Russia. Content providers at this year’s event include CONTEXT, DNS, GfK, Intel, MODECOM, TOTOLINK and Yandex.Market. Read full story

INTERVIEW: Olivier Chevance, Badgy

With 280-plus top retailer, e-tailer and reseller executives confirmed to attend next week’s DISTREE Russia, the hosted buyer tech channel event offers a powerful business platform for tech brands at every stage of channel development. The team from plastic card printer Badgy will be in Moscow next week to hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with partners from across Russia. Channel EMEA caught up with Olivier Chevance, EMEA sales manager for the Badgy range at Evolis, to find out more about the company’s plans for the Russian market. Read full feature

Retailer confirmations for DISTREE Russia up 71% year-on-year

Retailer confirmations for this year’s DISTREE Russia tech channel hosted buyer event are up 71% compared to the same point last year. With six weeks to go until this year’s event, the increased level of support from Russia’s main consumer tech retailers, e-tailers and online marketplaces reinforces DISTREE Russia’s position as the leading event for consumer tech brands from around the world looking to launch, build or manage routes-to-market in Russia. Read full feature