More than 1000 technology retailer, reseller and vendor executives across Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) voted online

ANTONY, PARIS, FRANCE, February 27, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2017 Awards’ were held in conjunction with last week’s regional channel event DISTREE EMEA 2017. These included a series of 11 awards for consumer technology distributors, with the winners announced during DISTREE EMEA, which took place in Monaco. A total of seven distributors received awards with a dominant Tech Data winning in five regions, and ABC Data, Asbis, EET Group, Merlion, Microline and Mitsumi winning one each.

Taking place for the ninth consecutive year in 2017, the awards were voted for by executives from retailers, resellers and vendors across EMEA, who were instructed to vote only in regions where they operated, or had in-depth knowledge of the distribution landscape. The full list of winners, plus the second and third placed distributors by region, was as follows:

African Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Mitsumi
2nd: Esquire
3rd: Channel Distribution

Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Asbis
2nd: Redington
3rd: Logicom

Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: ABC Data
2nd: AB/AT Computers Group
3rd: Tech Data

Russia & CIS Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Merlion
2nd: Marvel
3rd: Koodoo

Northern Europe Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: EET Group
2nd: ALSO Group
3rd: Tech Data

South East Europe Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Microline
2nd: Arena
3rd: Comtrade

Southern Europe Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Tech Data
2nd: Ingram Micro
3rd: Esprinet

DACH Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Tech Data
2nd: Ingram Micro
3rd: ALSO Group

France Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Tech Data
2nd: Ingram Micro
3rd: ALSO Group

Benelux Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Tech Data
2nd: Ingram Micro
3rd: Five4U

UK & Ireland Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year
WINNER: Tech Data
2nd: Ingram Micro
3rd: CMS Distribution

Liam McSherry, Marketing Director at DISTREE Events, said: “Voters were instructed to assess distributors on the overall quality of their business performance during the last 12 months and their skills as a distribution partner. We asked them not to simply pick the biggest distributor in each region, but to select the companies that had impressed them most during the last year with their operations and go-to-market approach.”

“We want to congratulate all of the distributors that made the top three lists by region. With the pace of product innovation accelerating, plus new channel models and structures changing the traditional role of distribution, these companies should be recognised for their ability to innovate and evolve in line with market changes,” McSherry concluded.

About DISTREE Events

DISTREE Events specialises in the planning, organisation, staging and management of ICT & CE channel events. DISTREE Events is a Paris−based company owned by Infopro Digital. The team at DISTREE Events has successfully organised such events for more than a decade, gathering more than 10,000 senior executives from 160 countries during that time. DISTREE Events spans the entire EMEA region, Asia-Pacific and Latin America with employees based in Paris, Dubai, Moscow, London and Singapore. For more information, visit www.distree.com or follow us on Twitter @DISTREE_Events

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