GEC NEWS WIRE‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ were held in conjunction with DISTREE EMEA in Monaco
Lenovo picked up the coveted PC Vendor of the Year Award at the ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’, which were held on February 13th in conjunction with DISTREE EMEA in Monaco. Samsung was also a standout performer with strong support from EMEA channel partners, picking up three awards in total: Smartphone Vendor of the Year, Tablet Vendor of the Year, plus Wearable Technology & Connected Devices Vendor of the Year.
More than 300 of EMEA’s leading volume distributors, retailers and e-tailers used a live electronic voting system to select their preferred vendor in each category, assessing brands on the strength and effectiveness of their overall consumer channel strategy in EMEA.
Farouk Hemraj, CEO and Co-Founder at DISTREE Events, said, “These are channel awards that have real significance and recognise true consumer channel excellence in the EMEA region. We congratulate all of the vendor winners and all of the brands that received official nominations.”
HP maintained its grip on the Printing Vendor of the Year title, while Microsoft was crowned Software Vendor of the Year. Port Designs picked up the award for Tablet & Phone Accessories Vendor of the Year.
Hundreds of distributors, e-tailers and retailers from across the region nominated their preferred vendors across the 12 product categories in the weeks leading up to the awards ceremony. Samsung picked up five official nominations, followed by Asus with four and Lenovo with three. Belkin, HP, Logitech, Sony and WD all received two nominations each. The top five in each category received official nominations. The overall champion in each product category was determined by a live electronic vote held at a Gala Dinner on February 13th at the Salle des Etoiles in Monaco.
