CRN Network, November 19, 2009, 1230 hrs
Epson’s Accredited Partner’s Meet 2009 was recently concluded in Venice, Italy. About 85 Accredited partners met in Italy from November 7 to 11 to review and discuss plans for the year ahead.
Held to review Epson’s performance for the year 2008-09 and to discuss the roadmap and strategies for the year ahead, the meet saw Epson’s senior management from India and Singapore share their plans for the company and individual product categories.
Quoting the latest IDC reports, Epson informed its partners that its value market share of the overall printer market stood at 27 percent in September 2009 up from 21 percent in September 2008. Similarly, Epson’s Value Market share in the Inkjet segment was up from 27 percent in September 2008 to 36 percent in September 2009, a market share gain of 9 percent points. In the traditionally strong area of dot matrix printers, Epson’s share moved up from 48 percent to 55 percent over the course of the last 12 months.
It was not all work at the meet, however. Epson also arranged for a sight seeing in Venice, a visit to the Sistine Chapel in Florence, the leaning tower in Pisa and a visit to the Vatican. |