
Nanterre, FRANCE - November 20th 2009 - Nexway, a leader in digital distribution of e-content, has been awarded 13th place in the 2009 Technology Fast 50 index in France and 86th place in the EMEA Technology Fast 500.
Created in the United States in 1995, the Technology Fast 50 and Fast 500 seek to highlight the performance of the leading and fastest growing technology companies in their geographical region. Thanks to its spectacular increase in turnover and the impressive growth of its business activities, Nexway has again earned this prestigious distinction in the EMEA Technology Fast 500.
Nexway is an expert turnkey digital e-commerce solutions provider and partner to software vendors and game production studios and publishers. Nexway manages the official e-shops for many major software and games vendors and offers its catalogue of games and software (a total of 13,000 products available for download) via more than 300 outlets available on main retailers, e-merchants and ISPs websites throughout Europe, including Fnac.com, El Corte Inglés, Tiscali, IDG (PC Advisor), Gamesload and the Dell Download Store.
This prestigious award by Deloitte once again confirms Nexway's position as a high-growth Internet business, and bears witness to the success of its international expansion strategy.
Gilles Ridel, Nexway's founder and CEO says: "we are very happy to be able to put in an excellent performance year after year and we will continue to benefit from our expansion strategy in Europe and Worldwide. Our success is based on providing added value for consumers, who are showing an increasing interest in virtual shopping, in addition to a unique positioning policy within the European market. This prize admirably rewards the performance of our staff and the loyalty of our partners, who provide the driving force behind our growth".
About
Nexway:
Nexway is a leading digital e-commerce player and a strategic
partner for Software vendors, PC Games publishers and e-merchants
worldwide. The company has enjoyed a rapid growth thanks to strong and
diversified partnerships with leading retailers and e-merchants,
including: 01net, Dell, Fnac, Orange, Gamestop, Pixmania, VirginMega,
ElCorteIngles, Tom’sGuide, Softwareload; key software vendors, such as:
Avanquest, Kaspersky, Lavasoft, Mindscape, and Nero; and video-game
publishers, including: EA, Ubisoft, THQ, Sega, Atari and Take 2. Being a
leading provider of turnkey e-commerce solutions to e-content
publishers and major Internet players Nexway is committed to delivering
high-quality, cutting-edge titles to consumers through its broad
portfolio of exciting software and video games, enriched by
its acquisition of Boonty in January 2009 (www.boonty.com). Nexway has
established subsidiaries in 12 countries and distributes software and
games for download in more than 50 countries globally. In 2008, Nexway
reached the million download milestone and in 2009, for the third year
in a row Nexway ranks in the Top 100 of Deloitte’s Technology
Fast 500 EMEA. To learn more, please visit www.nexway.com
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