Elevation confirmed to attend DISTREE EMEA 2019

Next year’s DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) hosted buyer consumer tech and IT takes place in Monaco on February 19-22nd. Senior executives from influential distributors, retailers and e-tailers are confirming their spot at the event, keen to meet one-on-one with prospective and existing brand partners and capitalise on DISTREE EMEA’s unique event format. Dima Negodiuk, CEO at fast-growing Ukraine-based distributor Elevation, gave Channel EMEA the inside track on the company’s current activities and roadmap for future growth. Read full story

Ring partners with Sharaf DG

Ring has partnered with Sharaf DG, a leading technology retailer in the UAE. As part of the collaboration, Sharaf DG will promote and retail Ring’s home security products and solutions in their stores as well as at their innovative in-store Solution Bar, giving customers the opportunity to experience Ring products firsthand and learn about product features and benefits via demonstrations. Read full story

AB Group increases market share

Distributor AB Group claims to have increased its market share by 4% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2018. The distributor, which operates in Central & Eastern Europe attributes the increase to its broad product offering, e-commerce tools and automation of logistics processes. AB has experienced rapid growth in multiple product categories including gaming and digital signage. Read full story

CONTEXT data highlights distribution growth

The IT channel has had a strong start to 2018 with a combined first half year-on-year growth rate in distribution of 5.1%, according to CONTEXT, the IT market intelligence company. Resellers in most countries more optimistic about the coming 12 months than they were a year ago. CONTEXT’s ChannelWatch 2018 report is compiled from interviews with a representative sample of over 7,000 resellers to provide key insight into market trends and channel priorities across 14 territories: Australia, New Zealand, Baltics, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, and the UK. Read full story

DISTREE EMEA drives new distribution deals

DISTREE Events has revealed the findings of its post-event distributor research* for DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2018, which took place in Monaco in February. Based on this year’s findings, there was an average of 4.02 signed distribution agreements per exhibitor at DISTREE EMEA 2018, with a further 4.27 currently under negotiation for each participating brand. Read full feature

New Structured Wishlist system launched for DISTREE EMEA

DISTREE Events has launched a new Structured Wishlist system for its flagship hosted buyer tech and consumer electronics (CE) channel event. Confirmed exhibitors participating at DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2019, which takes place on February 19th to 22nd in Monaco, will have access to the new system, which allows them to nominate specific channel partners they wish to hold one-on-one meetings with at the event. Read full feature