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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, please contact:
Diane Lehman
Vision Events
603-471-4236
diane.lehman@gartner.com
North America's Leading Retailers
Honor Technology Vendors at RetailVision Fall 2003 Event
Bedford, NH, September 15, 2003 — The leading retailers
of North America recognized the vendors of consumer technology for
their product innovation and channel strategies at the "Best
of RetailVision Awards" held during the RetailVision Fall 2003
Event, September 2-5 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort &
Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.
For the past 13 years, the "Best of RetailVision Awards"
have been acknowledged as one of the computer retailing industry's
leading honors. Among the record number of leading retailer organizations
attending RetailVision and voting on this fall's awards were Best
Buy, Staples, CompUSA, Dell, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Circuit City,
and many others.
"These awards represent an extraordinary benchmark
for technology vendors because they are voted on by the top retailers
in North America," said Pete Prentice, event director for RetailVision.
"For both winners and nominees, the awards carry the prestige
and the confirmation that a vendor's products and strategies are succeeding
in the consumer channel."
RetailVision Fall had more than 175 vendor companies showcasing new
products. The nominees and winners of the latest "Best of RetailVision
Awards" are as follow: :
- Best Product: Hardware — Maxtor
Nominees: Archos Technology, Micro Solutions, Palm, Planon System
Solutions
- Best Product: Productivity Software – MediaRECOVER
Nominees: Corel, Executive Software, Panda Software, Susteen
- Best Product: Peripheral — Wacom
Nominees: LaCie, Micro Solutions, Pegasus America, Planon System
Solutions
- Best Product: Accessories — American Power Conversion
(APC)
Nominees: Fossil, Gemini Industries, iBIZ, Orange Micro
- Best Product: Edutainment/ Entertainment Software — Brighter
Child Interactive
Nominees: Ahead Software, MUSICMATCH, NoviiMedia, PalmGear.com
- Best Merchandising — Belkin
Nominees: Adobe, Gemini Industries, Logitech, Palm
- Best RetailVision Presentation — Synapse Micro
Nominees: Gemini Industries, Imation, Maxtor, Palm
- Best New Technology — Z-Tel
Nominees: iBIZ, MediaRECOVER, Palm, Planon System Solutions
- Best Vendor — Palm
Nominees: American Power Conversion (APC), Belkin, Gemini Industries, Maxtor
For further information on the "Best of RetailVision
Awards," please contact John Hurley at 603-471-4228, or Eda Fantasia
at 603-471-4207 or visit the Web site at www.retailvision.com.
About Vision Events
Vision Events, a Gartner (NYSE:IT and ITB) company, 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
to form strategic partnerships and secure new business in the technology
sector. Additional information about Vision Events can be found at
www.visionevents.com.
About Gartner
Gartner, Inc. is a research and advisory firm that helps more than
10,000 clients leverage technology to achieve business success. Gartner's
businesses consist of Research, Consulting, Measurement, Events and
Executive Programs. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford,
Conn., and has more than 3,800 associates, including approximately
1,000 research analysts and consultants, in more than 75 locations
worldwide. Revenue for calendar year 2002 totaled $888 million. For
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