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Distribution giant Tech Data Europe has recruited Johan Vandenbussche to a newly created position as senior VP of operations. In his new role Vandenbussche will report to Néstor Cano, president of Europe at Tech Data. Vandenbussche brings a wealth of distribution experience to his new role having spent the last 15 years with rival distributor Ingram Micro.
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Ingram Micro to implement European changes
Distribution giant Ingram Micro plans to implement a consistent pan-European operating model that the company claims will significantly improve the way it serves vendors, customers and other business partners. The restructuring announced also involves closing some warehouse facilities in Germany and Benelux. The distributor’s regional accounting centre, currently located in Barcelona, Spain, will also be relocated to Sofia in Bulgaria.
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EET Europarts adds Motörheadphönes rights
EET Europarts has signed a pan-European distribution deal with headphones brand Motörheadphönes. The Motörheadphönes brand is focused on consumers with an appetite for rock and pop music. If it’s too loud, you’re too old, apparently. The two companies reckon that the target group of rock and pop music fans is actually larger than those who prefer club, dance and hip hop music, based on records of what music consumers actually stream.
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Vexia to debut new products at DISTREE EMEA
Vexia, a leading Spanish brand of personal electronic technology and GPS navigation devices, will introduce its new line of innovative, state-of-the-art navigation tablets (known as navlets), Zippers tablets and Zippers phones at DISTREE EMEA 2014, which takes place from February 11-14th in Monaco. DISTREE EMEA brings together the region’s leading distributors, retailers and e-tailers of technology and electronics products in one place at one time.
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Noovo brings TV to smart devices
Senior buyers from top distributors and retailers will flock to DISTREE EMEA in Monaco next month. During the event they will meet hundreds of different brands looking to build routes-to-market across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region for the latest ICT and consumer electronics (CE) products. Noovo will showcase its TVman range at the event and look to recruit distributors for a product that turns a wide range of smart devices into TVs.
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Nomination and submission forms now open for ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’
The ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ will take place in conjunction with DISTREE Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the region’s leading annual event for the volume ICT and consumer electronics (CE) channel. The sixth annual awards will honour the region’s leading retailers, distributors and vendors across 27 separate categories during a Gala Dinner taking place on February 13th 2014 in Monaco. The nomination and submission forms for all awards are now open.
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Ingram Micro Mobility signs supply deal with Yota Devices
Distributor Ingram Micro Mobility has picked up a contract to provide integrated supply chain and e-commerce solutions for Yota Devices in Europe. Yota is a private company developing and producing consumer LTE equipment such as smartphones, modems and routers.
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Peter Ross, On Demand Solutions
Peter Ross, director at specialist business-to-business web e-commerce and ERP software vendor On Demand Solutions, share his opinion on how the current reseller business model is becoming tired, out of data and unsustainable.
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Also sales climb for first nine months
European distribution giant Also Group has reported sales of €4.57 billion (US$6.28 billion) for the first nine months of 2013, up 4.9% year-on-year. After-tax profits were up 6.2% year-on-year at €25.7m (US$35.3m). This represented an after-tax profit margin of 0.6% the same as the previous year. Central Europe put in a strong performance while Northern and Eastern Europe started to recover after a tough first half of the year.
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Baggio and Vandenbussche leave Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro has announced that Vincenzo Baggio and Johan Vandenbussche will leave the distribution giant’s European operation. The departures come after a European leadership shuffle by new regional president Gerhard Schulz. Baggio and Vandenbussche have decided to leave to pursue opportunities outside Ingram Micro.
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