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website over the bank holiday weekend. This could result in some downtime being experienced between Friday evening
and Sunday afternoon. We trust this will not cause to much inconvenience and thank you for your support.
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Company History
Committed to Partnering with Customers.
VIP works closely with retail, reseller and system builder customers to understand their individual needs and strategic business
focus: then offers a personalised service to fulfill these requirements.
A proactive team of pre-sales, sales and customer service representatives are on hand to recommend products and offer a bespoke service
to its partners; many customers also trade online. The VIP website offers more than just ordering functionality, it allows customers to manage
their account; use guided customer service and returns processes; conduct advanced searches; and use quick ordering tools.
Achievements
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2008
- VIP signs distribution deal with Silverstone
- VIP wins PC Retail Award for Sales Team: Home
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2007
- VIP ranked for second consecutive year in The Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 league table at 149.
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2006
- VIP acquired Realtime Distibution, group turnover £200 million.
- VIP appointed official partner of Acer notebooks.
- VIP appointed sub distributor of Logitech.
- VIP appointed distributor of Sapphire.
- VIP rank 125 in The Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 league table.
- VIP appointed official Microsoft OEM distributor.
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2005
- VIP launch new corporate identity and appointed distributor for Mustek and Octigen.
- VIP launched new online shop and XML services.
- VIP won Computer Trade Shopper Distributor of the Year 2005 and Customer Service
Award 2005
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2004
- VIP awarded Computer Trade Shopper Distributor of the Year 2004.
- VIP appointed distributor of Asus and Peak, group turnover £156 million.
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2003
- VIP awarded Computer Trade Shopper Distributor of the Year 2003 and Best Distributor
Website 2003.
- VIP opened offices in Spain and Taiwan and appointed AMD Associate Distributor.
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2002
- VIP relocated to 64,000 square foot distribution centre in Warrington, Cheshire.
- Invested in Warehouse Management System
- Group turnover £127 million.
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2001
- Awarded Best Broadline distributor by the PC Association.
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2000
- Increased warehouse capacity to 34,000 square foot.
- Group turnover £120 million.
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1999
- Opened office in Benelux.
- Launched VIP Online Shop for UK.
- Achieved group turnover £95 million.
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1997
- Relocated to 28,000 square foot warehouse
- Turnover £72 million.
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1995
- 100% year on year growth achieved.
- Turnover £37 million.
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1990
- VIP Computers is established.
- First year turnover £250,000.
Vendor Portfolio
VIP Computers distributes for the following brands:
- 3
- ACER
- ADATA
- ALPS
- AMD
- ANTEC
- AOC
- ASROCK
- ASUS
- BILLION
- BTC
- BULKPAQ
- CHIMEI
- CIBOX
- CREATIVE
- DATAWRITE
- EDIMAX
- EMPREX
- ENERMAX
- EPSON
- ETEC
- FREECOM
- FUJITSU
- GEIL
- GENIUS
- GNR
- HAWKING
- HITACHI
- HP
- I/O MAGIC
- INTEL
- JETWAY
- LG
- LITEON
- LOGITECH
- MAXTOR
- MICROSOFT
- MIRAI
- MUSTEK
- MYGUIDE
- NETGEAR
- NINTENDO
- OCTIGEN
- PEAK
- PIONEER
- POWERCOLOR
- PQI
- PSA
- RIDISC
- SAMSUNG
- SAPPHIRE
- SEAGATE
- SILVERSTONE
- SONY NEC OPTIARC
- SYMANTEC
- TECH AIR
- TECO
- TENNRICH
- THERMALTAKE
- TOSHIBA
- TR2
- TRANSCEND
- TUFFDISC
- UNBRANDED
- UNKNOWN
- VIEWFUN
- WESTERN DIGITAL
- XPERTVISION
- ZERO DEFEX