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DISTREE Russia will return to Moscow in 2017. The country’s leading technology channel event will once again offer technology suppliers access to Russia leading retailers, e-tailers and resellers in one place at one time. DISTREE Russia will take place at Hotel Yahonty in Moscow on the 21-23rd June 2017.
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Canon honours Emax, Carrefour, Media Square and Extra
Canon Middle East, a leader in imaging solutions, reinforced its commitment to channel partners at its latest regional awards. The awards formed part of a two-day ‘Imaging Inspired’ event that saw 170 decision makers from Canon’s tier one and tier two channel partners from across the Middle East region gather together. In the Middle East region, Emax UAE bagged the Canon Middle East performance award for 2016 in the DSLR and lens category, considered a prime business area for Canon.
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Fourth annual DISTREE APAC delivered new channel opportunities for consumer technology brands
The fourth annual DISTREE Asia-Pacific (APAC) ends today in Singapore. The focused consumer tech channel event provided a unique opportunity for vendors and brands to hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior executives and buyers from the region’s top consumer tech channel partners, including retailers, e-tailers and distributors.
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DISTREE APAC welcomes consumer tech distributors and retailers to annual channel event
The fourth annual DISTREE Asia-Pacific (APAC) takes place this week in Singapore. The focused consumer tech channel event provides a unique opportunity for vendors and brands to hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior executives and buyers from the region’s top consumer tech channel partners, including retailers, e-tailers and distributors.
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APAC consumer channel hungry for new brands
The fourth annual DISTREE Asia-Pacific (APAC) consumer tech channel event takes place in Singapore from the 2-4th November. In the run-up to this year’s event, DISTREE APAC conducted a survey of distributors and retailers across the region during October. The 2016 Asia-Pacific Consumer Tech Channel Survey, which included responses from distributors and retailers in 10 countries, revealed that 88% of respondents expected to increase their vendor portfolio in the next six months
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Mirakl marketplace selected by Elkjøp
Mirakl, a global marketplace solutions provider, will provide Elkjøp Nordic, part of Dixons Carphone and the largest consumer electronic retailer in the Nordics, with its B2B SaaS marketplace platform. The new deal will see Elkjøp, which has 400 stores in four countries and 10,000 employees, grow its online offering with a new marketplace that will keep customers excited about its brand through experimentation with new product lines and promotions. Elkjøp has sales of €2.7 billion (US$3.02 billion), €600m (US$671m) of which are through its existing online channels.
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ASUS targets UAE gamers with latest kit
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced that it is bringing the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-series graphics cards to the UAE for the first time through its G752 notebook. Available to buy now, the G752 will also be showcased at Gitex Shopper this week priced from AED 11,499 (US$3131). The latest graphic cards designed specifically for laptops allow users to play games with a significantly improved experience similar to that of a desktop device, but at a far more accessible price. It will also be available in the UAE through world’s most powerful 18-inch gaming laptop, the GX800, by the end of this year.
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DISTREE APAC 2016 announces GfK, IE Singapore and Thailand’s SiS Distribution as partners
The fourth annual DISTREE Asia-Pacific (APAC) will take place at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore on 2nd to 4th November 2016. The unique channel event gives consumer technology vendors and brand owners the opportunity to hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior executives and buyers from APAC’s most influential distributors, retailers and e-tailers.
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DISTREE Brazil welcomes consumer tech retailers to annual channel showcase event
The sixth annual DISTREE Brazil 2016 (www.distree-brasil.com) starts today in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The focused two-day event provides a powerful opportunity for consumer technology brands to hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior executives and buyers from Brazil’s top channel partners, including retailers, e-tailers and distributors.
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JB Hi-Fi to acquire The Good Guys in Australia
Australian retailer JB Hi-Fi has confirmed a deal to acquire retail outfit The Good Guys for a cash sum of AU$870m (US$650m). The Good Guys is a leading home appliances and consumer electronics retailer in Australia with a network of 101 stores. The Good Guys sales hit AU$2.09 billion (US$1.56 billion) for the year ending June 30th 2016, with pre-tax profits coming in at AU$74.2m (US$55.4m). The deal is expected to close in late 2016 or early 2017.
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