London Prepares to Host Europe's Largest Gathering of CE & IT Manufacturers & Buyers

LONDON, March 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Electronics and IT manufacturers are in great anticipation for this year's RetailVision Europe, a three day event looking to capitalise on the growing CE and IT retail market. UBM, a leading global media and events company, will once again bring together Europe's leading retailers, e-tailers and distributors for one of this year's most important focused retail buying events. RetailVision Europe will be held on the 10-12 May 2010 at the Sofitel London Heathrow, UK.

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Now in its fifteenth year, a wide and varied list of vendors will participate alongside specially invited CE & IT buyers from the European retail community. To date, more than 180 have registered to attend.

Over the course of the event, multiple industry insight sessions will be led by a select group of retail experts including Dr. Rudolf Aunkofer, Global Research Director IT, at GfK Retail & Technology and Bob Snyder, Editor in Chief, The Distribution Channel. Dr Aunkofer will be presenting an overview of the European retail market - "What's Selling & What's Not" referencing GFK's recent report on "The IT Market 2010".

"As the pioneers of the 'Hosted Buyer' model, RetailVision Europe has been instrumental in facilitating long-term and lucrative partnerships between 1000s of technology vendors and leading European retailers, e-tailers and distributors. Our hosted buyer programme makes it easy for top buyers to be present at the show, maximising the sales potential for our solution providers.

We also have an excellent track record of bringing new products to the European market and helping vendors increase their market share. This year's event, combining a showcase-led exhibition with industry insight sessions, private boardroom appointments and pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, will provide more opportunities than ever for innovative manufacturers to meet and influence the key people who will ensure their future business growth," said Nick Cabrera, Managing Director, RetailVision Europe.

To enquire about vendor opportunities, contact Nick Cabrera, Managing Director, RetailVision Europe on +44(0)207955-4311 or email [email protected]

To enquire about VIP attendance packages for retailers and distributors, contact Liam McSherry, Audience Manager on +44(0)207955-4365 or email [email protected].

For media/press related enquiries, contact Anna Knight, Head of Marketing, RetailVision Europe on +44(0)207955-3788 or email [email protected].

About UBM:

United Business Media Limited is a leading global business media company which informs markets and brings the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provides them with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM focuses on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Its 6500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. Visit http://www.ubm.com.

For further information, please visit http://www.retailvisioneurope.com or contact [email protected]

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