Event Included 'Fresh,' a Launch Platform for New Consumer Technologies FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 5
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Everything Channel, the leader
in accelerating technology sales channels worldwide, today announced the
RetailVision and Industry Award series winners from RetailVision Fall. The
event, which took place in San Diego, has been the recognized leader in
bringing together established and emerging vendors with top retailers for
nearly 20 years.
"The retail channel is the pulse of the North American marketplace," said
Nancy Hammervik, Vice President, Everything Channel Events. "RetailVision has
been the leading event for retailers and vendors in the consumer market and
the success of this event demonstrates its importance in the marketplace."
As part of Everything Channel's mission to help grow and enrich technology
reseller Channels worldwide, RetailVision Fall brought together retailers,
suppliers, and other retail professionals and vendors in a setting that
provided one-on-one meetings, private boardroom appointments, vendors
showcases, industry insight sessions and a series of business networking
events.
In addition, RetailVision in conjunction with The Sightline Group
presented "Fresh", a platform for new technologies trying to reach the
consumer market and a trigger point for successful product launches. Seven
emerging vendors demonstrated key features in a lively multimedia production.
For additional information on these companies, go to:
http://www.crn.com/retail/210201061?queryText=fresh
Best of RetailVision Awards
More than 180 retail executives attending the event voted for the Best of
RetailVision Awards, representing 100 retail chains in the United States,
Canada and Latin America that buy over $60 billion worth of products each year.
After two days of boardroom presentations and one-on-one meetings, the
retailers vote on the products and services presented at the show.
The Best of RetailVision Awards are a proven springboard to increased
brand awareness and product credibility in the consumer channel. The winners
include:
-- Best Product: Hardware - Vuzix
-- Best Product: Peripheral - The Neat Company
-- Best Product: Accessory - IOGEAR
-- Best Product: Digital Home - Sling Media
-- Best Merchandising - CPG/Woot!
-- Best Retail Strategy - CPG/Woot!
-- Best Presentation - CPG/Woot!
-- Best New Technology - KOTRA
-- Best Vendor - IOGEAR
-- Best Service Provider - AppArt
-- Best FRESH Vendor - DM Technology
-- Best Latin American Retail Strategy - Western Digital
-- Best Latin American Vendor - Western Digital
RetailVision Star Club Awards
The RetailVision Star Club Awards honor retailers for their long-standing
support of ten or more RetailVision events and their dedication to the event.
The RetailVision Star Club awards were presented to:
-- Michael Carioti, Provantage
-- Jamie Hough, Nebraska Furniture Mart
-- Matt Martin, PC Connection
Retail Fast Growth Award Winners
The Fast Growth retailers showcase the industry's fastest growing
retailers. Fast Growth winners were selected on total percentage revenue
increases between 2005 and 2007, which were verified by editorial staff.
Winners include:
-- Newegg.com
-- DataVision
-- PC Universe
-- Provantage
-- Ritz Interactive
Retailer and Retail Executive of the Year Award
Retailer of the Year award honors the stand-out Retailer/E-tailer chosen
for the strength of its business strategy, demonstrable innovation, major
accomplishments, customer and partner satisfaction, and visibility in the
industry.
The Retailer of the Year Award winner is:
-- Micro Center
The Retail Executive of the Year award winner is:
-- Kevin Jones, Micro Center's Vice President of Merchandising
Retail Vendor and Vendor Executive of the Year Award
The vendor of the year award honors the standout technology vendor that
demonstrates a strategic retail strategy, brings innovative product to market
through retailers, achieves customer and product satisfaction, and has high
visibility within the retailer industry.
The Retail Vendor of the Year award winner is:
-- Nokia
The Retail Vendor Executive of the Year winner is:
-- Robert Pignataro, Nokia's multimedia Sales Director for North America
Everything Channel's Test Center Best in Show Awards
Everything Channel's Test Center presented live demos to showcase hot, new
products. Winners were chosen based on the product demo at RetailVision Fall.
The Everything Channel Test Center Best in Show Award winners are:
-- Gold - icon/Motion Systems
-- Silver- Vuzix
-- Bronze - Battery-Biz
"Retail is a significant and important Channel for technology vendors, and
we salute our 2008 Retail Fast Growth Retailer award winners, as well as our
Retailer of the Year and Vendor of the Year. This group clearly demonstrates
the power of the Retail Channel, and the strength of the technology market as
a whole," said Robert C. DeMarzo, Senior Vice President and Editorial Director,
Everything Channel Editorial.
For more information on Everything Channel's RetailVision visit:
www.retailvision.com.
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accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to
marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the
unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined
with an unparallel audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology
sales channels. Through innovative sales and marketing solutions, Everything
Channel arms the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve
measurable and significant results.
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