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Apple IMC

An Apple independent marketing company (IMC) is a discontinued name for an independent company authorised to be a distributor for the computer manufacturer Apple Computer Inc. Apple Computer marketing manager Brian Seligmann described IMCs as "super distributors" appointed in "marginal territories where the revenue doesn’t warrant a full subsidiary office".[1]

List

A number of countries have an Apple IMC including Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and UAE.

  • Czechoslovakia: Technicke a Informacni Sluzby
  • Middle East: Arab Business Machines[2][3][4][5] (and its subsidiary Apple IMC East)[6]
  • Portugal: Interlog[7]
  • Russia: RUIap,[8] Apple IMC Russia[9]
  • "Former Soviet Union region": Intermicro[8]
  • South Africa: Core Computer Business[1]

References

  1. Jan Vermeulen. Apple's history in South Africa: 1979 to 2015 MyBroadband, August 18, 2015, retrieved March 28, 2023^
  2. Charles Jade. Al Jazeera International powered by Apple Computer Ars Technica, 19 November 2006, retrieved 28 March 2023^
  3. Aaron Greenwood. ABM boosts Apple at GITEX Arabian Business, November 20, 2006, retrieved March 28, 2023^
  4. ABM goes big on Apple Arabian Business, September 5, 2007, retrieved March 28, 2023^
  5. Apple plans expansion in the ME Khaleej Times, May 12, 2006, retrieved 2023-03-28^
  6. Jeff Gamet. Apple IMC Sponsors Arab Student Film Project The Mac Observer, July 25, 2006, retrieved 2023-03-28^
  7. Katie Marsal. Briefly: Apple launches official presence in Portugal, more AppleInsider, November 17, 2007, retrieved 2023-03-28^
  8. Apple Parts Company With Its Local Distributor; New One Is Formed Computer Business Review, 19 November 1992, retrieved 28 March 2023^
  9. Apple's Russian partner to sell more iPods Computerwoche, December 18, 2006, retrieved 2023-03-28^