HOME INTERVIEW: Camilo Moreira, Limifield
Fast-growing distributor Limifield is ready to make its mark in European channels with a range of own brand products and solutions. Limifield is a Silver Sponsor at next month’s DISTREE EMEA regional hosted buyer event for the consumer tech channel. Limifield will hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior buyers from across the region. Channel EMEA caught up with Camilo Moreira, manager at Limifield, to get the lowdown on the company’s plans.
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CONTEXT to host exclusive conference session for VIP channel executives at DISTREE EMEA 2018
DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2018 will include a VIP session hosted by Content Partner CONTEXT on Thursday 8th February. The 16th annual DISTREE EMEA hosted buyer tech channel event takes place at the Fairmont Hotel in Monaco from February 6-9th. This exclusive session will gather together senior executives from the region’s top distributors and select retailers. A blend of presentations and panel discussions will tackle the major issues impacting the EMEA consumer tech channel ecosystem and the need for strategic collaboration.
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PocketBook confirmed for DISTREE EMEA
PocketBook will join hundreds of tech brands holding pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with buyers and senior executives from top distributors at DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2018, which takes place in Monaco from February 6-9th. Pocketbook will use the hosted buyer event to accelerate its channel development across EMEA and highlight its latest products to strategic channel partners from 50-plus countries in one place at one time.
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Laskri joins FSP Power Solution
Karim Laskri has joined FSP Power Solution GmbH, part of FSP Group, as Director for CIS & Middle East & North Africa (MENA) regions. FSP Group is one of the global leading power supply manufacturer. Since its establishment in 1993, FSP Group has followed the management conception ‘service, profession, and innovation’ to continuously fulfil its responsibilities as a green energy resolution supplier.
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Online voting opens for ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2018 Awards’
The 16th annual DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) hosted buyer tech channel event, which takes place in Monaco from February 6-9th 2018, will host the ‘EMEA Channel Academy (ECA): 2018 Awards’. Celebrating their tenth anniversary in 2018, the ECA Awards continue to recognise excellence in the regional consumer technology distribution and retail channel. Voting is now open for vendors and channel partners to select the ‘Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year’ across 11 separate regions, plus the ‘Consumer Tech Retailer of the Year in eight regions.
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Futuresource identifies key global retail trends
Futuresource Consulting has announced some key findings from its latest global consumer electronics (CE) retail channel trends report. "From phones to fridges, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are important in the consumer electronics calendar, not only in North America, but are also making their presence felt across Europe and beyond," said James Manning Smith, research analyst at Futuresource.
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DISTREE EMEA launches annual regional Tech Channel Survey for distributors and retailers
DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) has started collecting responses for its 2017 regional consumer tech channel survey. Reaching out to thousands of senior executives from consumer tech distributors, retailers and e-tailers across the region, the survey explores sales performance, business confidence, financial trends and attitudes towards product categories. Liam McSherry, Marketing Director for DISTREE Events, said: “The EMEA Consumer Tech Channel Survey forms part of a global network of research reports that provides deep insight on regional market trends."
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Distributors boost two-way market data flow
Distribution, while well placed to provide vendor information to channels, is increasingly offering market insights back to vendors, according to the latest research from the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC). The research looks at what vendors think about distribution’s new emerging roles, which includes expanded services going forward. Vendors also mentioned they would like to see a program for increasing trust and partnership between the various channel tiers.
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Javelin Networks has announced its entry in to the Benelux market through an expanded partnership with cybersecurity solution distributor Exclusive Networks. Barrie Desmond, COO at Exclusive Group, said: “Exclusive Networks chooses the most effective solutions for a dangerous world of hacks and exploits. Javelin Networks, under the Exclusive Networks family of cybersecurity solutions, will offer innovative products and services throughout Western Europe, enabling enterprises to measurably improve their stance against threats, network breaches and data loss.”
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Acer hits highest profit in 27 quarters
Tech vendor Acer has announced that its after-tax profits for the third quarter of 2017 hit their highest level in 27 quarters. Acer posted sales of NT$60.58 billion (US$2.01 billion) for the quarter – up 13% sequentially and 3.4% year-on-year. After tax profits hit NT$1.45 billion (US$48.2m) – up more than fivefold year-on-year. Acer claimed that the results demonstrated the company’s strong business momentum, stabilising operations and renewed profitability.
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