The Accredited Partners’ Meet 2009, organized by Epson, concluded in Venice, Italy. In keeping with the location, the theme for this year’s event was “Veni. Vidi. Vici.” (Came. Saw. Conquered.), a celebration of sorts for the excellent performance of the company. The business meeting was held to review Epson’s performance for the year 2008-09 and to discuss the roadmap and strategies for the year ahead.
An event which is eagerly awaited by all Epson’s key partners from across the country, this year’s business discussions as usual were combined with lots of fun and games. As like previous years, the event saw the participation of partners from all business segments and from both India and the Indian subcontinent.
Epson senior management from India and Singapore as well as individual Business Managers presented their road map and plans for the company and their individual product categories. At the meet, Epson informed its partners that it had seen significant market share gains, as per the latest IDC reports Epson’s Value market share of the Overall Printer market stood at 27% in September 2009. Similarly, its Value Market share in the Inkjet segment was up from 27% in September 2008 to 36% in September 2009, while that of Dot-Matrix Printers moved up from 48% to 55% over the course of the last 12 months.
While applauding the partners for a superb effort to make this happen, Epson officials reiterated the aim to grow substantially in these segments in the year ahead and the growth objectives as well as strategies set were shared with the partners. Epson also provided the partners with an insight into the role they and their organizations could play as leaders going forward. All the partners acknowledged that the presentations were extremely useful. |
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