Russian tech market up 17.6% in first quarter

Research house GfK’s most recent TEMAX analysis of the ICT, telecoms and consumer electronics market in Russia indicates that the total market value hit US$6.06 billion in the first quarter of 2018 – up 17.6% year-on-year. The growth was driven by a sharp increase in telecoms sales, which climbed 36% year-on-year to reach US$2.13 billion. Revenues from IT jumped 10.8% to US$556.4m with consumer electronics (CE) sales up 9.7% at US$930.4m. Read full story

Record number of registrations for DISTREE Russia workshop and boardroom sessions

DISTREE Russia, the country’s leading annual tech channel hosted buyer event, has revealed a packed programme of workshops and boardroom sessions as part of this year’s 15th anniversary event, which takes place in Moscow on May 30th to June 1st, 2018. The sessions are designed to bring vendor and channel executives up to speed on some of the latest trends and market developments influencing technology channels in Russia. Content providers at this year’s event include CONTEXT, DNS, GfK, Intel, MODECOM, TOTOLINK and Yandex.Market. Read full story

AOC appoints Prime Technology

Monitor brand AOC has appointed Prime Technology as an authorised distributor for its range of AOC AGON and G-series of gaming monitors in Middle East. The Middle East gaming market has been growing at a brisk pace, growing 25% in 2017 according to research company Newzoo, making it one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world. Read full story

Asbis’ category growth recognised by Intel

Emerging markets distributor Asbis picked up two awards at Intel’s recent partner connect conference held in Prague, Czech Republic. Intel picked up an award for the highest year-on-year growth in server sales in 2017 in EMEA. The distributor was also recognised for the highest year-on-year growth in SSD sales in 2017 in EMEA. Read full story

Retailer confirmations for DISTREE Russia up 71% year-on-year

Retailer confirmations for this year’s DISTREE Russia tech channel hosted buyer event are up 71% compared to the same point last year. With six weeks to go until this year’s event, the increased level of support from Russia’s main consumer tech retailers, e-tailers and online marketplaces reinforces DISTREE Russia’s position as the leading event for consumer tech brands from around the world looking to launch, build or manage routes-to-market in Russia. Read full feature

DISTREE Events announces new organisation

DISTREE Events has announced new appointments as part of its plan to increase its business agility and increase its value offering to both exhibitors and audiences. DISTREE Events specialises in the planning, organisation, staging and management of ICT & CE hosted buyer channel events and is owned by Infopro Digital. Read full feature