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ECi Announces Dealer of the Year Award Winners

ECi created the Growth and Empowerment Awards to recognize ECi customers who have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance and innovative use of technology. The awards are given out in two categories: Dealer of the Year, and the Embracing Technology award.

Dealers of the Year

The Dealer of the Year awards honor those dealers who have set themselves apart through their outstanding achievements, both as businesspeople and as respected members of their community. ECi's Dealers of the Year are leading the way for the rest of their industry, using technology to build a fundamentally solid enterprise, to broaden their business horizons — and on the whole, to excel beyond all others in their chosen trade.

2008 Dealers of the Year

2008 ECi Dealer of the Year Award Winners Ryan Schmidt of Wheelers and Stuart Light of Artlite

The awards are given out in two categories: one for companies who have been in operation for five years or less, and one for companies who have been in operation more than five years. Companies are nominated by wholesalers, manufacturers and buying groups within their industry based on criteria that include technology use, growth, and community involvement.

2008 Dealer of the Year, Under 5 Years
Wheeler’s Business Products, Huron, SD

2008 Dealer of the Year, 5+ Years
Artlite Office Supply, Atlanta, GA

 

The Embracing Technology Award

These awards recognize companies who have made outstanding use of ECi technology to enhance their operation.

2008 Embracing Technology Winners

2008 ECi Embracing Technology Award Winners Steven Woodall of Reliant and Cindy and Kenny Sayes of Sayes Office Supply

Embracing Technology winners display a willingness to explore and adopt new technologies — not only for their own sakes, but also to the benefit of the entire dealer community (ie. participating in ECi forums, task forces, and customer advisory groups to test and develop new features that will improve the lives of every ECi customer).

2008 Embracing Technology Winners
Reliant Business Products, Houston, TX
Sayes Office Supply, Alexandria, LA

ECi Statistics

  • Over 5,200 dealers and distributors use ECi business software
  • Over $100 millon in e-commerce sales flow through ECi Web storefronts each month. These transactions occur in more than 20 countries, and are made in over 20 different languages.
  • ECi systems process over $20 billion in transactions
    for millions of small and medium sized businesses annually.