PCR AWARDS: The Finalists are announced

News

Lisa Foster Dec 12 2008, 10:54am

60 companies up for an award on the evening of Thursday March 19th

After weeks of anticipation and hundreds of lobbying emails and calls, the Finalists of the PC Retail Awards '09 have been announced – and next year's event will see an even more diverse range of companies battling it out for glory.

Taking place at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington on Thursday March 19th, the PC Retail Awards '09 will once again celebrate all those in the computing and IT channel.

The full list of Finalists is:-

FRONTLINE

High Street Independent
Novatech Computer Store
Utopia Computers
YoYoTech
121 Computer Services
Shasonic

High Street Multiple
Argos
Comet
John Lewis
PC World
Tesco

Online Retailer
QVCUK.com
Novatech
Amazon
Play.com
Overclockers.co.uk

Value Added Reseller
Bear IT
Softcat
Form IT
Stone Computers
Keen Computers

Best Technical Support
Positive Computing
Bear IT
YoYoTech
GeeksOnWheels
Forum Computers

DISTRIBUTION

Sales Team: Home
Interactive Ideas
VIP
CCI
Centerprise
Gem

Sales Team: Business
Entatech
VIP
Realtime
Ingram Micro
C2000

Sales Innovation
TotalPDA
Entatech
Interactive Ideas
Gem
M2M

Marketing & PR Team
VIP
Interactive Ideas
Ingram Micro
Gem Creative
Midwich

Specialist Distributor
TotalPDA
Midwich
Meroncourt
Widget
Target

VENDOR

Sales Team: Home
Hannspree
Sapphire
BullGuard
AVG
Acer

Sales Team: Business
Acer
Lenovo
HP
Canon
Mitsubishi

Marketing & PR Team: Home
Symantec
Kapersky Lab
TomTom
Intel
Nvidia

Marketing & PR Team: Business
Cooler Master
Acer
Dell
AMD
Microsoft

Specialist Vendor
Billion
Medea
Antec
Kingston
Big Red

The Grand Prix and Lifetime Achievement Awards will be unveiled on the night.

A panel of judges from across the industry will now vote on the ultimate winners. If you would like to be a judge, please email [email protected].

The PC Retail Awards '09 are sponsored by AMD (Platinum Partner), Gem (Frontline Category Partner), Widget (Gold Partner), Interactive Ideas (Gold Partner) and Channel Advantage (Opening Drinks Reception).

For information on further sponsorship packages – or for ticket sales – please contact [email protected].