{"id":92,"date":"2006-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/?p=92"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:38:12","slug":"it_europe_poland_market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.asbis.com\/news\/media\/it_europe_poland_market\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Europa<\/strong>:Poland's distributors start to feel the pinch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poland remains a notoriously local market, with few foreign distributors having a noteable presence, except Actebis and Tech Data which are placed first and second in the country. But following EU accession in 2004, Polish distributors have been feeling on edge with the risk of more competitors entering the market, and they are specialising in an attempt to fortify themselves. IT Europa looks deeper…<\/STRONG> <\/P>

Of the ZL 17bn (\u20ac4.4bn) Polish IT market, 40pc of IT sales are to SMBs and consumers, and the market is growing rapidly – at almost 10pc annually, according to local researcher and publisher Teleinfo. The largest broadliner in the market, ABC Data<\/STRONG>, is owned by Germany based Actebis<\/EM>, with revenues said to be around the ZL 1.7bn (\u20ac432m)<\/STRONG> mark. It is trailed by some way by second-placed Tech Data, the US giant that has Polish revenues estimated at ZL 1.3bn (\u20ac329m)<\/STRONG> . Following this are local goliaths Action - which is expanding activities in Ukraine too – AB and Incom.<\/P>

Tech Data\u2019s growth in the market has been strong and the company claims Poland is one of its key countries. Irek Dabrowski, managing director at the firm\u2019s Polish office, tells IT Europa: \u2018Poland is one of our most profitable markets, and in general it\u2019s a good time to be here.<\/EM> \u2019 Tech Data has for a number of years been attempting to restructure its business to return key zone EMEA to profitability.<\/P>

Consumer electronics are quickly becoming a hot topic for Polish distributors, and are usually what they mean when they refer to \u2018convergence\u2019, rather than the coming together of telecoms and IT goods. But Tech Data claims to be \u2018the only distributor genuinely covering both segments [IT and consumer electronics]\u2019 and it is also growing its networking expertise. Other distributors have a mixed response to this, with Incom stating it also supplies the consumer resell arena with entertainment and photo products.<\/P>

Retailers are increasingly leaning towards this convergence to sell PCs, as consumers develop more \u2018disposable income\u2019 and become interested in hightech consumer products. The introduction of Microsoft\u2019s new XBox console to the market this autumn only serves to accentuate such a link, as many observers have noted the console\u2019s similarity to a gaming PC, and many Polish resellers are said to be looking into this market to avoid multiple retailers stealing the limelight.<\/P>

While elsewhere in Europe Tech Data tends to brand its high-margin networking business as Azlan, in Poland it has made a decision to sell this through the Tech Data brand. Dabrowski explains: \u2018The Azlan name has never existed here and we felt it would be more effective to stick with the broadline name. But in the Czech Republic and other markets, Azlan is a known name so it\u2019s very effective there.<\/EM>\u2019 Despite running against the grain of nearly all of Tech Data\u2019s markets with this decision, the firm is adamant that value-added, Azlantype distribution represents 20pc of its revenues in the country. \u2018But it\u2019s not a fast-growing area compared to broadline and retail sales<\/EM> ,\u2019 Dabrowski is keen to point out. Other specialist distributors in the market include networking disti Techmex and storage and security firm Veracom.<\/P>

Third-placed distributor Action is a major components-led distributor, but is said by some to have a certain reliance on large contracts. A source at another Polish distributor tells us: \u2018Action counts a lot on the government, and it hoped for a deal with the Ministry of Education. Without these big deals, it is sometimes pushed to look elsewhere to make up the difference.\u2019 Action has recently set out a plan to better its business by focusing on its in-house PC brands and its own retail operation, and increasing its investment in its Ukrainian office, as detailed in the last issue of IT Europa.<\/P>

Copyright: IT Europa (27 November 2006)
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