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
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 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.