Five 4 U France
22, rue de la Pépinière
F-75008 Paris France Phone : +33 (0)1 44 69 27 74 Fax : +33 (0)1 44 69 27 72 Website :http://www.five4u.com E-mail : commandefr@five4u.com
Team
General manager : Mrs Françoise Martino
Information
Creation year : 2011 Siret : 533 564 209 00013 VAT identification number : FR 94 533 564 209 Annual turnover 2012 : 3,50 M€ Indirect turnover : 100% Export :
Andorra, Monaco Specialist : Graphic art, peripherals, software Main brands : Adobe, Artwizz, Iomega, iSkin, Macally Clients : Apple Premium Resellers, associations, central purchasing companies, corporate resellers, dealers, department stores, e-commerce, hypermarkets, IT consulting and service providers, mail-order resellers, multispecialists, outlets, specialized resellers, specialized retailers, VAR Employees : 6 people
News
Five4U gets a new director
2012-01-13 France : François Martino, who was marketing director for O2i, has been hired by Mac specialist Five4U as its new country director.
Five4U signs with Macally
2011-11-18 France : newly installed Mac specialist Five 4 U has inked an official distribution partnership with cabling and accessory vendor Macally.
Five 4 U goes south
2011-10-03 France : just a few weeks after announcing an exclusive distribution partnership with the Italian color management specialist Barbieri Electronic covering Benelux and France, the Dutch Mac specialist Five 4 U, which also owns a subsidiary in Belgium, opens its French office to challenge its local competitors Apacabar, CUF, Dr Bott and Powerdata. Its five French employees, currently managed by the Dutch president Rien Slagter, are based in Paris. They target Apple Premium and Authorized Resellers, Apple Solution Experts as well as French traditional retailers and resellers with a full offer of consumer and B2B accessories and graphic solutions. Through its show-room, Five 4 U plans to train its channel partners on technical issues. The distributor will also have a selection of services around the products it distributes (training or installations for example). This offer targets resellers, whenever they do not have time, personal or competencies to help their end customers on color management, workflow, font management, DAM installation. "We plan to reach a turnover of €3-4m for the first year", Rien Slagter says. French resellers will be services in 24h through the 4000sqm Dutch warehouses of the distributor. Five 4 U also opens in France its value-added division Grafiplus, which is specialized on the graphic arts hardware and software market. Grafiplus starts with an exclusive distribution partnership on Enfocus software solutions.
