MERLION Business Channel in the Baikal region

On October 6-7, the seventh MERLION Business Channel forum, aimed at the biggest Siberian IT companies, took place in the Baikal region, Southern Siberia, Russia. The forum brought together fifty three representatives of thirty one companies from the ten cities in the Siberian federal district including Abakan, Zheleznogorsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Sayansk, Chita, Ulan-Ude, Yakutsk and others.

Mr. Raskolov, Commercial Director of the Siberia-Far East Regional OfficeThe forum was supported by such leading computer technology companies as ATI, BenQ, Canon, IPPON, Jetbalance, Sapphire, SONY and Western Digital.

Mr. Raskolov, Commercial Director of the Siberia-Far East Regional Office, made an opening speech. His presentation called, “MERLION focusing on Siberia, shows some new high priority projects of MERLION. He also introduced the team of the regional office, which is responsible for an efficient business in the Siberian federal district, to the partners in the region.

Mr. Zhuravlev, Marketing Director of MERLIONMr. Zhuravlev, Marketing Director of MERLION, particularly emphasized the major trends of the world and Russian IT markets; these included globalization, stronger market positions of the biggest Russian retailers, the emergence of world retailers in the Russian market.

Mr. Petrov, CEO of MERLION, put an emphasize on the development stages of MERLION. He reported the partners about company structure changes, a new regional division and principles of credit policy.

Mr. Abramov, Vice President of Merlion, Mr. Petrov, CEO of MERLIONDuring the three days of the forum Siberian partners could enjoy the opportunity to speak to Mr. Abramov, Vice President of Merlion, in an informal setting.

As part of MBC, MERLION experts made their presentations on desktop, digital photo and video and laptop product categories. The partners could therefore find out about the potential and business growth opportunities in these segments.

The busy schedule of one-on-one meetings gave the partners a great opportunity to discuss key partnership issues and business prospects with MERLION executives, the representatives of MERLION System Solutions and reps of the vendors.

‘Join in and do it better’ was the motto of the informal part of the forum. The attendees went in the countryside to relax on one of the most picturesque banks of the Angara river. Anyone who wished to test themselves in such games as football, ski race and other amusing contests could do this. The day ended with sitting at the fire and playing the guitar in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

In his closing speech, Mr. Raskolov, Commercial Director of the Siberia-Far East Regional Office, remarked: “This is the second time the forum has taken place in Siberia this year. The first one was in Novosibirk in July bringing together representatives of the IT companies from Western Siberia. This time the companies from Trans- Baikal, Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk hosted the forum. Such a commitment to the Far East is well-founded. We have developed long-standing and steady relations with most partners here. Yet, since that time, MERLION has changed considerably regarding its structure and techniques. So, we had to make it sure that our partners would be aware of these changes and the advantages they bring. The attendees got a first hand information. There were a lot of one-on-one meetings in the forum. We were given the feedback, visited some retail outlets and got a better idea of IT companies in Irkutsk”.

 

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