Everything Channel's RetailVision Middle East Debuts, a Key Middle Eastern Technology EventPRNewswire-FirstCall Everything Channel's RetailVision Middle East (http://www.retailvision.com/middleeast/) debuts today at the JW Marriott® Hotel Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and will run until November 5, 2008. RetailVision is the only Middle Eastern event where new PC and consumer electronics products and channel programs are unveiled, retailer/distributor-vendor relationships are forged and critical retail merchandising decisions are made. Attendees are the key decision-makers from the major retail chains, mail order and online resellers who are responsible for identifying and selecting the latest products and services that their companies will offer in thousands of outlets across the Middle East, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic and the United Arab Emirates. "We are pleased to launch this cutting-edge event where attendees are guaranteed to meet 'the right people' and do business with the region's top IT retailers and distributors -- all in one place," said Nancy Hammervik, Vice President, Group Managing Director, Everything Channel Events. "The Middle East is a significant emerging market for consumer technology. By bringing vendors together with the top retailers and distributors, RetailVision helps build relationships and new growth opportunities in the consumer channel." Event highlights include:
-- An industry insight session entitled, "The Future of Consumer
Electronics," will focus on laptops, mobile phones, UMDs, LCD TVs and
more. The panel session will be led by industry veteran Bob Snyder,
the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Distribution Channel Ltd.
-- The retail panel entitled, "Growing the MEA Customer Base," will focus
on the development of the market for consumer IT has changed the face
of computing retailing forever as PCs and notebooks merge into the
world of consumer electronics. Moderators include: SHARAF DG - Nilesh
Khalko, Head--Merchandising & Vendor Relationships; B-TECH - Dr.
Mahmoud Khattab, Chairman & CEO; EON - Leon Beuyukian, CEO; JARIR
BOOKSTORE - Varadan Manaharan, VP- Merchandising; and RADIO SHACK -
Muthanna Al Durrah, CEO
-- Networking sessions with Philip Hughes - From Both Side Now: What The
Retail Channel Needs; Alex Malouf - The Developing Region; Guy
Whitcroft - Where's The Value-Added?; Andrew Seymour - Grey Imports,
White Marketing; and Bob Snyder - Creating The Retail Experience Via
Sales
RetailVision Middle East advances technology business with various opportunities: -- Private Boardroom Appointments and Category Presentations show the
latest products, programs, promotions and distribution opportunities
presented to pre-qualified buyers;
-- One-on-One Meetings are the natural follow-up to Boardroom
Appointments and Category Presentations;
-- Theatre Presentations are large scale new product and technology
presentations in a theatre setting; and
-- Networking Events enable social functions to build relationships in a
relaxed setting.
For nearly 20 years, RetailVision has brought consumer technology vendors together with leading retailers and distributors to drive business in the consumer channel. The event is uniquely designed to help create a competitive-edge with technology vendors, retailers and distributors. For more information on RetailVision Middle East, visit: http://www.retailvision.com/middleeast/ Vision Events (visionevents.com) Vision Events, a division of Everything Channel, is a leading producer of highly focused business events that bring resellers and end users together with leading and emerging vendors in private boardroom appointments and case study presentations to form strategic partnerships and secure new business in the technology sector. Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com) Everything Channel is the one-stop-shop for accessing, enabling and 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. About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com) United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $1.6 billion. CONTACT: Kate Spellman, +1-516 562 7383, SOURCE: Everything Channel |