Everything Channel’s RetailVision Announces the Best Selling Retail/E-tail Products Awards

Everything Channel Partners with The NPD Group for Awards Program Research

BOCA RATON, Fla., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — RetailVision, produced by Everything Channel, today announced the winners of the Best Selling Retail/E-tail Products Awards, which took place at RetailVision Spring 2009, April 27-30 at the Boca Raton Resort. Everything Channel partnered with The NPD Group, the leading global provider of consumer and retail market research information, for the award program research.

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The NPD Group’s retail tracking information provides rich detail on sell-through, share, and pricing at the category, brand, attribute, and item levels, which showcases the products that are selling, at what price points, and in which distribution channels. The NPD Group collects global point-of-sale (POS) information from more than 750 retail partners — representing about 150,000 stores worldwide that provide sales information. This retailer network spans all key distribution channels including department stores, distributors, national chains, specialty stores and mass merchants. By calibrating POS and consumer panel information sets, The NPD Group offers the most reliable market estimates in the industry sectors they track.

The Best Selling Retail/E-tail Products Awards are as follows:

• E-TAIL NETBOOK – ACER
• E-TAIL UPS & RETAIL UPS – APC
• E-TAIL PC RAM – Corsair
• E-TAIL VIDEO CARDS – EVGA
• RETAIL & E-TAIL ONLINE MULTIFUNCTIONAL PRINTERS – HP
• RETAIL MP3 SPEAKERS/DOCKS – iHome
• E-TAIL PC, PROCESSORS – Intel
• E-TAIL & RETAIL WIRED NETWORKING – Linksys by Cisco
• E-TAIL & RETAIL WIRELESS NETWORKING – Linksys by Cisco
• RETAIL MEMORY CARDS & RETAIL USB DRIVES – SanDisk
• RETAIL DIGITAL POINT AND SHOOT CAMERAS & RETAIL FLAT PANEL TV (Large Form Factor) – Sony
• RETAIL PORTABLE ACCESSORIES & RETAIL LAPTOP CASES – Targus

“The winners of the Best Selling Retail/E-tail Products Awards are on track for continued success. We congratulate them on this achievement,” said Robert C. DeMarzo, SVP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. “NPD’s data showcases the pulse of the consumer technology market and we are truly excited to have them as a partner for these awards.”

“NPD is proud to have partnered with Everything Channel and RetailVision to highlight and recognize the winners who have made their mark in the industry and with consumers,” said Stephen Baker, Vice President of Industry Analysis at NPD. “We too congratulate the winners on their accomplishments and wish them continued success.”

For additional information on RetailVision, visit http://everythingchannelevents.com/rvs09.

About The NPD Group, Inc. (http://www.npd.com)

The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,700 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD to help them drive critical business decisions at the global, national, and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to identify new business opportunities and guide product development, marketing, sales, merchandising, and other functions. Information is available for the following industry sectors: automotive, beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment, fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies, software, sports, toys, and wireless. For more information, contact us or visit http://www.npd.com/ and http://www.npdgroupblog.com.

About RetailVision (www.retailvision.com)

RetailVision is the premier event for building alliances between top retailers, vendors, distributors and industry experts serving the retail channel across North America and Latin America. RetailVision’s agenda is built to maximize the face-to-face interaction in both highly structured business settings and relaxed social networking events. RetailVision’s format, tools and offerings give retailers, vendors and distributors more access and control to develop a comprehensive strategy to maximize their success throughout the retail channel.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited (www.ubm.com)

United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM’s businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $1.6 billion.

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    Everything Channel
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    kspellman@everythingchannel.com

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