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Mitsumi Distribution has been appointed by Dell EMC Middle East as an authorised distributor for the Africa region. Mitsumi claims that the move demonstrates Dell EMC’s confidence in the distributor to grow the brand across the region. Mitesh Shah, managing director at Mitsumi Distribution, said: “Over the last two years, we have invested heavily in our team and business to ensure we have the correct skill sets in place to drive growth and capture the Middle East & Africa market share.”
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Huawei CBG eyes Middle East potential
Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has reiterated its commitment to Middle East markets and highlighted the growth opportunities that exist in the region. Glory Cheung, chief marketing officer at Huawei CBG, stated: “We see tremendous potential in the Middle East markets and are pleased to support the region’s agenda of fostering innovation.”
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Unit shipments of printer hardware to EMEA improved in the second quarter of 2017, climbing 4% year-on-year, according to data from research house CONTEXT. While there was positive performance across the board, the increase was driven mainly by shipments of multifunction inkjet devices. Sell-in to Western Europe (WE) accounted for almost 70% of all printer hardware shipments to EMEA. Shipments of laser multifunction printers (MFPs) registered growth of 10% year-on-year and were largely responsible for the overall increase.
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Arrow gets strategic with Symantec
Arrow Electronics has been named a multinational strategic distribution partner of Symantec in the EMEA region. Following the acquisition of Blue Coat by Symantec in 2016, Arrow has renewed its distribution contract with Symantec. Prior to the acquisition, Arrow had distributed the products and solutions of both companies in numerous countries.
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Nuvias gets GitHub rights for EMEA
GitHub, the software development platform, has signed its first pan-EMEA distribution agreement with VAD Nuvias. The new partnership will further expand GitHub’s enterprise customer base across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and represents a commitment by Nuvias to accelerate the growth of its DevOps business.
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Huawei signs distribution deal with Aurora
Huawei has struck a Nordic distribution deal with Aurora Group, a subsidiary of DistIT AB. The deal covers Huawei’s range of accessories. Xiaozhong Zhao, director of consumer business group (CBG) Nordic EU at Huawei, said: “We are very pleased to announce our corporation with Aurora Group, one of the largest and most recognised distributors of electronics across the Nordics."
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Central & Eastern European (CEE) distributor AB Group has announced sales of €1.921 billion (US$2.3 billion) for the year ending 30th June 2017. Sales climbed 9.6% year-on-year with full year after-tax profits rising 5% to €15.7m (US$18.77m) – a net profit margin of 0.82%. Fourth quarter sales for the three months ending 30th June were down 0.3% year-on-year to €459.6m (US$549.5m), with after-tax profits dropping 9.2% year-on-year to €3m (US$3.6m).
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Rashi Peripherals updates on Apple availability
Indian distributor Rashi Peripherals, has announced it will start selling the new generation iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus later this month. Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus beginning Friday, September 22nd, and both will be available in stores starting on Friday, September 29th.
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Panasonic plans MEA marketing push
Consumer tech brand Panasonic will launch a new marketing campaign in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region with the tag line, ‘Makers of Quality. Mastered in Japan’. The brand hopes to reinvigorate itself as a leading Japanese brand offering innovative and premium quality products. Panasonic also wants to increase its market penetration through strategic alliances with key retailers in the region.
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AB Group picks up CONTEXT award
Distributor AB Group was named ‘2016 Broadline Distributor of the Year’ in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia by channel research company CONTEXT. The awards across three countries for AB Group companies were based on the results of the CONTEXT ChannelWatch survey, which included input from more than 7000 resellers across Europe.
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