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DISTREE EMEA has announced the inclusion of a new Retail-to-Business (R2B) summit as part of its 2014 event agenda. The new session will be hosted by ICT channel tracking research experts CONTEXT and will cover all major European markets. The inaugural R2B summit will take place in Monaco on Wednesday 12th February 2014 as part of the DISTREE EMEA agenda.
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MERA: 2013 Awards – RETAILER WINNERS
Taking place for the 6th year in a row in 2013, the Middle East Retail Academy (MERA) Awards once again celebrated excellence in the regional ICT and consumer electronics (CE) retail channel. Using a unique live voting system, dozens of senior vendor executives selected the Retailer of the Year across nine national markets. Mass merchants Carrefour and Lulu were celebrating in 2013, picking up awards in four and three countries respectively.
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MERA: 2013 Awards – VENDOR WINNERS
The Middle East Retail Academy (MERA) has formally announced the vendor winners from this year’s retail channel awards, which took place recently in conjunction with DISTREE Middle East 2013 in Abu Dhabi. A total of 150 senior retail executives voted live for their preferred brands across 15 separate categories. Samsung led the way, receiving awards in three separate categories, while Dell picked up two awards. A further 11 vendors won one award apiece. The PC Vendor of the Year Award was a dead heat with both Samsung and Dell picking up 26% of the live vote each.
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INTERVIEW: Sergey Itskov, MICS
Russian distributor MICS is participating at this week’s DISTREE Russia & CIS to showcase its vendor portfolio to top retailers and resellers from across the region. The three-day event provides a powerful opportunity for MICS to meet both existing and potential new channel partners in a business-focused environment. Channel EMEA caught up with Sergey Itskov, head of sales at MICS Distribution to find out more.
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INTERVIEW: Stanca Stadler, Ninja Computers
Next week’s DISTREE Russia & CIS has become a ‘must attend’ event for vendors looking to launch, build or manage channels in the fast-growing region. Gathering together top distributors, retailers and resellers together in one place at one time, the event allows vendors to pre-schedule meetings with both existing and potential partners. Ninja Computers is one of dozens of vendors looking to launch channels at the event. Channel EMEA caught up with Stanca Stadler, business development manager at Ninja Computers to find out more.
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INTERVIEW: Ronan Leonard, Tucano
Tucano plans to reach out with its unique Italian brand of flair and style to channel partners in the Russia & CIS region. Tucano is participating at DISTREE Russia & CIS 2013 later this month – the premier annual regional event for the ICT and consumer electronics (CE) channel. For more than 25 years Tucano’s Italian brand of bags and accessories for digital devices has expanded its reach around the world. Channel EMEA caught up with Ronan Leonard, sales director EMEA at Tucano, to find out more about the brand’s plans for the Russia & CIS region.
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DISTREE Russia & CIS 2013 announces major sponsors
DISTREE Russia & CIS will take place for the tenth year in a row in 2013. This year’s event is supported by Platinum Sponsor Sony, Gold Sponsors AMD, Dell, S3 and Toshiba, plus Silver Sponsors Blackberry, Formoza, TP-Link and Ulmart. GfK is an official Event Partner and Content Partner at DISTREE Russia & CIS 2013. Additional Content Partners include CONTEXT, ‘Kiki Lab – Ebeltoft Group’, Ocean Solutions and VIA International.
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INTERVIEW: Dmitry Kleshnin, OCS
Established in 1994, OCS has established itself as a premier broadline distributor in the Russian market. Today the company has 28 offices across Russia and Kazakhstan and is focused on channel sales of a wide selection of technology solutions and products. OCS, a subsidiary of National Computer Corporation (NCC) works with the world’s biggest vendors and serves a customer base of more than 10,000 channel companies. Channel EMEA caught up with Dmitry Kleshnin, VP at OCS, ahead of the distributor’s participation at this month’s DISTREE Russia & CIS channel event in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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With hundreds of retail channel executives gathering in Abu Dhabi this week for DISTREE Middle East 2013, hardware vendor Dell will look to demonstrate its consumer credentials as a Platinum Sponsor of the annual event. Pearce Clune, director of marketing, merchandising and programmes for retail and distribution at Dell, gave Channel EMEA the inside track on the vendor’s plans in the region.
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INTERVIEW: Nassir Nauthoa, Intel
Components giant Intel is a Platinum Sponsor at this month’s DISTREE Middle East event in Abu Dhabi from 21st to 23rd May. The event gathers hundreds of senior executives from the region’s ICT and consumer electronics (CE) channel for three days of pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings and networking opportunities. Channel EMEA caught up with Nassir Nauthoa, general manager GCC at Intel, to find out more about how the vendor works with the region’s retail channel to bring its solutions to market.
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