HOME Axiom sales exceed US$2 billion in 2012
Middle East telecoms retailer Axiom Telecom has reported that its 2012 revenues hit US$2.18 billion. The company claims that it currently holds a 71% share of the UAE mobile handset market. The retailer also says that its customer base has risen by 47% since July 2012, driven by increased footfall to both new and existing outlets.
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TP-Link signs Richer Sounds as UK retail partner
Networking vendor TP-Link has partnered with Richer Sounds, one of the UK’s leading hi-fi retailers. Under the terms of the agreement Richer Sounds will stock and retail TP-Link’s powerline product range both online and in retail stores.
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DISTREE Latin America announces 2013 dates and venue
Latin America’s premier ICT and consumer electronics (CE) channel event is taking place from September 11-13th 2013 in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Leading distributors and retailers from across the region are set to attend the event. Now in its third year, DISTREE Latin America brings hundreds of top distributors and retailers together to meet ICT and consumer electronics (CE) vendors looking to manage, build or launch routes-to-market in Latin America.
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‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2013 Awards’ winners announced at DISTREE EMEA
Fifth annual channel awards ceremony took place in Monaco last week in conjunction with DISTREE EMEA. Ingram Micro and Tech Data picked up two distributor awards apiece, with a new voting system in place for 2013. Live electronic voting by hundreds of retailer and distributor executives saw Microsoft and Samsung both pick up two vendor awards.
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DISTREE EMEA 2013 ends with record number of meetings at channel forum
More than 6000 pre-scheduled meetings took place at DISTREE EMEA 2013, setting a new record for the annual channel event. More than 140 brands were represented, meeting channel executives from the region’s leading distributors, retailers and e-tailers. Thousands more informal meetings also took place during the three-day event in Monaco.
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CONTEXT emerging markets summit at DISTREE EMEA
This year’s DISTREE EMEA event in Monaco begins today with an Emerging Markets Summit hosted by channel tracking experts CONTEXT, taking place from 13:45-15:45. The session will include exclusive results from CONTEXT’s EMEA-wide ChannelWatch survey, which canvassed the opinions of thousands of resellers and retailers across the region.
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DISTREE EMEA 2013 drives ICT & CE channel business at record-breaking Monaco event
Channel management and business development in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region becomes a whole lot easier for 140-plus ICT and consumer electronics (CE) brands this week. DISTREE EMEA, the region’s leading annual event for the volume ICT & CE channel, starts today with more than 5500 pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings already confirmed for the three-day event.
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Packed workshop programme at DISTREE EMEA
Next week’s DISTREE EMEA includes a packed agenda of a dozen workshop programmes open to all participating vendors, distributors, retailers and e-tailers. The ‘2013 Directions’ sessions cover a vast array of channel topics with expert speakers from multiple research houses and consultancies. As an independent event, DISTREE EMEA invites a diverse range of speakers to attend, giving delegates access to multiple perspectives and opinions on market development and channel skills.
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BlackBerry Z10 sales strong at Phones 4u in UK
UK mobile device retailer Phones 4u has reported strong demand for the new BlackBerry Z10 mobile device during the first weekend of sales. Both black and white models were popular with 55% of Phones 4u’s stores selling out of stock in the first weekend of sales. Phones 4u has since replenished stock to cater for the high demand.
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DISTREE EMEA poised for new attendance record
Exhibition floor space has sold out at DISTREE EMEA 2013, which takes place from February 19-22nd in Monaco. Delegations from more than 120 ICT and consumer electronics (CE) brands are confirmed participants at this year’s event, where they will meet face-to-face with the region’s leading volume distributors and product buyers from top retailers and e-tailers.
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