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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.
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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.
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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.
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Monitor brand AOC has appointed Prime Technology as an authorised distributor for its range of AOC AGON and G-series of gaming monitors in Middle East. The Middle East gaming market has been growing at a brisk pace, growing 25% in 2017 according to research company Newzoo, making it one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world.
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Mobileistic to participate at DISTREE Russia 2018
Mobileistic has confirmed its participation at the upcoming DISTREE Russia hosted buyer tech channel event. Mobileistic is one of the largest direct distributors for OEM accessory brands in the US market and has two in-house brands: ‘Impact Gel’ and ‘mworks!’. During DISTREE Russia 2018, senior executives from Mobileistic will hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with top retailers, e-tailers and online marketplaces from across the vast Russian market.
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Goods.ru to present GameChanger keynote at DISTREE Russia
DISTREE Russia has announced that online marketplace Goods.ru will deliver a GameChanger keynote presentation at this year’s 15th anniversary event, which takes place in Moscow on May 30th to June 1st, 2018. Solomon Kunin, General Director, Goods.ru, will deliver a keynote presentation entitled: The Future of Marketplaces’. This presentation will explore the popularity of marketplaces as demonstrated by today’s market.
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Rashi Peripherals holds annual review event
India-based distributor Rashi Peripherals held a two-day annual business review (ABR) conference in Mumbai. The event gathered Rashi Peripherals’ senior team from across the country to evaluate performance during the last 12 months and to outline the company’s future development vision. Krishna Choudhary, co-founder, and director at Rashi Peripherals, speaking at the event, stated: “The previous year was indeed tough as the industry went through a lot of turns and twists post-GST regime.”
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Nuance Communications was named ‘Ricoh UK Technology Vendor of the Year’ at the annual Ricoh Sales Kick Off, which took place last month. It is an accolade that aims to reward partners that demonstrate a drive for results and strategic planning capabilities, while being proficient in building relationships and articulating value.
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INTERVIEW: Alexey Pershin, NAVITEL
NAVITEL will showcase a range of navigation products at this month’s DISTREE Russia tech channel hosted buyer event, opening up new business opportunities within the vast Russian market. The event, which takes place in Moscow from May 30th to June 1st, offers exhibitors a unique opportunity to pre-schedule one-on-one meetings with senior executives from Russia’s top B2C and B2B channel partners. Alexey Pershin, Executive Director at NAVITEL, gave Channel EMEA an update on the company’s plans for this year’s event.
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Alexander Kataev, General Manager, Lenovo Russia, to deliver GameChanger keynote at DISTREE Russia
DISTREE Russia has confirmed that Lenovo will deliver a GameChanger keynote presentation at this year’s 15th anniversary event, which takes place in Moscow on May 30th to June 1st, 2018. Alexander Kataev, General Manager, Lenovo Russia, will deliver the keynote presentation entitled: ‘Market Growth Drivers for PCs & Laptops’. Kataev will present the key trends that Lenovo is focusing on in both the consumer and commercial PC segments. Lenovo’s GameChanger presentation will highlight the categories and segments channel partners need to focus on to drive future business success.
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