PCR Awards 2012: The finalists

After an extensive period of lobbying, we’ve collated all the nominations and are proud to announce the finalists of this year’s PCR Awards.

Listed below are the full list of companies up for an award across Frontline, Distributor, and Vendor categories.

FRONTLINE

Independent Retailer

Novatech
Pudsey Computers
Micro Plus Computers
Sweethaven
Bubble IT
GHI Computers

Specialist Retailer

PC World
Ebuyer
Scan
Dabs

Non-Specialist Retailer

Comet
John Lewis
Tesco
Amazon
Argos
HMV
Staples
Zavvi

Reseller

Arbico Computers
Total Computing
Tandem Solutions
Computacenter
Insight
SBL

Service & Support

Utopia Computers
SimplyFixIt
PC Pal
ComputerBase
OrderWork
Totally Techy

Retail Experience

Utopia Computers
PC World (Colchester)
PC World/Currys (Peterborough)
Comet (Northhampton)
Solutions (Worcester)

DISTRIBUTION

Software

Koch Media
Ingram Micro
EntaTech
Interactive Ideas
Gem
Computer 2000

Gaming

VIP
Interactive Ideas
Realtime Distribution
Gem
Centresoft
Meroncourt
Koch
Entatech

Components

VIP
Micro-P
Ingram Micro
EntaTech
KMS
Centerprise
Avnet

Peripherals

Micro-P
CCI
Ingram Micro
Interactive Ideas
Midwich
Westcoast
Computer 2000

Consumer Electronics

Micro-P
CCI
Westcoast
Computers Unlimited
Northamber
Midwich
Direktek

Marketing & PR

Gem
Micro-P
VIP
EntaTech
Interactive Ideas
Westcoast
Computer 2000 / TD Agency

Distributor of the Year

Gem
Micro-P
VIP
Ingram Micro
EntaTech
Westcoast
Midwich

VENDOR

Business and Utility Software Publisher

Kaspersky
Nuance Communications
Sage
Symantec
Microsoft
Acronis
Adobe

Leisure Software Publisher

Deep Silver
Lace Mamba
Focus Multimedia
Kalypso
Excalibur Publishing
Bethesda

Peripherals Vendor

Brother
Trust
Cherry
Hannspree
Storage Options
Veho
Logitech

Computing Vendor

Lenovo
Acer
Asus
Samsung
MSI
HP
Toshiba

Components Vendor

Arctic
Kingston Technology
PNY
Gigabyte
Intel
AMD
Verbatim
Asus

Brand of the Year

Samsung Galaxy
Amazon Kindle
Asus Transformer
Windows Phone
OnLive
Nikon Coolpix