SanDisk, the world’s largest supplier of flash storage card products, today announced it has honored Grand Stores, one of UAE’s leading distributors of branded products, the ‘Best Merchandising Development’ award during SanDisk’s Annual Channel Partner Awards 2007. Grand Stores were selected by SanDisk for their proactive approach in developing and executing SanDisk branded memory centres across the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
SanDisk’s Annual Channel Partner Awards 2007 was held earlier last month in Mallorca, Spain, and honored a number of world-class distributors, retailers and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) from Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Winners were selected for their outstanding performance in customer satisfaction and overall dedication and achievements in maintaining SanDisk’s market leadership in the flash memory market.
“SanDisk’s EMEA Channel Partner Awards play a curial role in our strategy and success. This is why each year we single out the partners that have excelled throughout the past year and delivered superior value to our customers,” said Tareq Husseini, SanDisk’s Middle East and Africa Sales Director. “Grand Stores have successfully met our expectations by displaying a sustained, consistent and proactive approach that succeeded in achieving great results and championed the SanDisk brand in-store. Grand Stores are a key channel partner and will continue to be so in the future.”
Grand Stores is SanDisk’s direct distribution partner in the United Arab Emirates. Since its establishment over two decades ago, Grand Stores has represented and distributed world leading consumer brands such as Nikon and Fujifilm. Grand Stores is considered one of the best retail organizations in the field of photography, digital imaging, electronics, audio and video equipment for the UAE market.
“We are very proud to receive this award that acknowledges our commitment to maintain professionalism in matching the standards of our brands,” Omar Ghanayem, Director of Technology Division at Grand Stores. “We want to thank SanDisk for their innovation in products and quality that provided us with a strong foundation to meet the needs of customers in the country. We also would like to thank and share this success with our retail partners for their support in product merchandising and vendor displays. And of course the Grand Stores team for their hard work, talent and skills that have been the driving force to position us as one of best retail distributors in the UAE.”
In addition to Grand Stores, the 2007 SanDisk’ Channel Partner Award winners are:
• Distributor of the Year (Retail): Axcom A.B
• Best Mobile Distributor: Holst
• Overall Marketing Support: Agami
• Ducati Sponsorship Activation: Peak Development
• New Business Development: Hama Poland
• Distributor of the Year (OEM): MSC
The ‘SanDisk Channel Partner Awards’ are distributed annually to the best channel partner in each category and are determined by a selection committee composed of SanDisk executives.
About SanDisk
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world’s largest supplier of flash data storage card products using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, CA and has operations worldwide with more than half its sales outside the U.S.
