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The global DISTREE Diamonds award series for consumer technology brands continued at DISTREE EMEA 2017. The recipients of DISTREE Diamond Awards were determined using online voting from distributors and channel partners that participated at this year’s DISTREE EMEA consumer tech channel event in Monaco from February 21st to 24th.
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Tech Data wins big at ECA 2017 distributor awards
The ‘EMEA Channel Academy (ECA): 2017 Awards’ were held in conjunction with last week’s regional channel event DISTREE EMEA 2017. These included a series of 11 awards for consumer technology distributors, with the winners announced during DISTREE EMEA, which took place in Monaco. A total of seven distributors received awards with a dominant Tech Data winning in five regions, and ABC Data, Asbis, EET Group, Merlion, Microline and Mitsumi winning one each.
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DISTREE EMEA 2017 drives regional channel development
The 15th annual DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) consumer tech regional channel event took place last week in Monaco. More than 120 consumer tech brands exhibited at this year’s event, holding pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior executives and buyers from the region’s leading distributors and channel partners. DISTREE EMEA 2017 took place at the Grimaldi Forum, running from February 21st to 24th.
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Arrow named strategic global distributor for Dell EMC
VAD outfit Arrow Electronics has been named to the list of key global distribution partners for Dell EMC’s new integrated partner programme. “The Dell EMC program offers Arrow’s global IT reseller ecosystem great opportunities to deliver enhanced customer value and increased profitability,” said Sean Kerins, president of Arrow’s global enterprise computing solutions business. “Arrow is proud to collaborate with Dell EMC on this new channel programme, which combines the best of the legacy Dell and EMC partner programmes.”
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DISTREE EMEA 2017 begins in Monaco
The 15th annual DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) consumer tech regional channel event started yesterday in Monaco. More than 120 consumer tech brands are exhibiting at this year’s event, holding pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior executives and buyers from the region’s leading distributors and channel partners. DISTREE EMEA 2017, which takes place at the Grimaldi Forum, running from February 21st to 24th.
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Urban Factory targets new international channels
Multicategory consumer tech brand Urban Factory is exhibiting at this week’s DISTREE EMEA event in Monaco to further accelerate its international channel development plans. Thierry Zeitoun, president at Urban Factory, explained: “DISTREE EMEA is an event where meet many channel professionals from many countries. This year we are focused on increasing the international availability of our products and DISTREE EMEA is an opportunity for us to make our brand known to channel partners from other countries.”
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INTERVIEW: Carlo Albai, TeleQare Europe
TeleQare will participate for the first time at this week’s DISTREE EMEA consumer tech channel event in Monaco. TeleQare’s multinational team provides product design, manufacturing management, quality control, kitting, warehousing and logistics services to global distributors of accessories for mobile devices. Channel EMEA caught up with Carlo Albai, business development director for TeleQare Europe, to get the lowdown on the company’s services and plans for this year’s event.
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Comet ‘buoyant’ on floating smartphone demand
Comet will showcase ‘the world’s first buoyant smartphone’ at this week’s DISTREE EMEA event in Monaco, bringing distributors from across the region up to speed on the product’s features and technology. Comet has been working on testing and manufacturing processes for the last 12 months and is now ready to build out its routes-to-market. A pre-order campaign resulted in orders from 42 countries and interest from distributors in Europe, Asia and North America. In total, Comet has already secured orders for 500,000 devices, according to the vendor.
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Thomas Rockman, Deutsche Telekom
There is a growing debate on open versus proprietary systems in the smart home channel. Thomas Rockman, VP Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom, brings us up to speed on the key issues.
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Game, set and channel match for QLIPP
New smart tech products will take centre stage at this week’s DISTREE EMEA channel event in Monaco. Brands from around the world will hold pre-scheduled meetings with top distributors as they look to launch, build or manage routes-to-market across the region. Singapore-based QLIPP is hoping it will be game, set and channel match for its smart tennis dampener as it looks to recruit new channel partners.
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