PC Retail

Gem, Enta and John Lewis win big at PC Retail Awards 2008

Over 300 dealers, distributors and suppliers celebrated the first ever trade awards dedicated to the computer retail channel last night.

Gem was the star of the show, picking up the prestigious Grand Prix prize in recognition of the distributor’s outstanding achievements and new initiatives over the past year.

Entatech also stood out - taking home two awards for Sales Innovation and Sales Team: Business. Fellow distributors XMA and VIP were also acknowledged, winning the Marketing and PR Team and Sales Team: Home awards respectively, while Target took home the Specialist Distributor prize.

Retail wise, YoYoTech won best High Street Independent, while after a hugely successful period John Lewis was presented with the High Street Multiple Award. Elsewhere, Overclockers.co.uk took the online retailer prize.

Successful vendors such as Antec, AMD and Symantec were also rewarded with prestigious titles.

“It was a tremendous night. Huge thanks must go to the trade for supporting this new tightly-targeted and affordable awards event. Every major computing and technology buyer was in the room and there was a real sense of community,” commented PC Retail publisher and Intent Media boss Stuart Dinsey.

“Well done to the winners. They have won because the trade voted for them, so they should be very, very proud of their achievements.”

PC RETAIL AWARDS 2008 WINNERS

High Street Independent: YOYOTECH

High Street Multiple: JOHN LEWIS

Online retailer: OVERCLOCKERS.CO.UK

Value Added Reseller: STONE COMPUTERS

Best Technical Support: FORUM COMPUTERS

Sales Team (Home Distribution): VIP

Sales Team (Business Distribution): ENTATECH

Sales Innovation (Distribution): ENTATECH

Marketing & PR Team (Distribution): XMA

Specialist Distributor: TARGET COMPONENTS

Sales Team (Home Vendor): AVG

Sales Team (Business Vendor): LENOVO

Marketing & PR Team (Home Vendor): SYMANTEC

Marketing & PR Team (Business Vendor): AMD

Specialist Vendor: ANTEC

Grand Prix: GEM

For information regarding tables or sponsorship packages for the PCR Awards 2009, contact Kathryn.Humphrey@bhpr.co.uk