Monday, December 10th, 2018
UTISC – University of Toledo Invitational Sales Competition (21-23 February 2019)
21-23 February 2019, University of Toledo, Toledo…
Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Sales competitions attract future sales stars
A sales student at the University of Portsmouth has been crowned winner of the 2018 European Sales Competition in Paris. Final-year student George Nodwell is now seen as the best and toughest negotiator among the 56 competitors from 21 European universities and Texas State University, USA. Nodwell told the Journal, which was one of the event sponsors: “It’s been an…
Sunday, March 25th, 2018
European sales competition
This year’s European Sales Competition will take place in downtown Paris near the near Champs Elysees on 30-31 May. Hosted by Euridis Business School, the competition is open to students from 20 participating universities. Bernard Hasson, General Manager at Euridis Business School explains that the competition distinguishes itself by featuring real buyers playing the roles of IT buyers on the…
Sunday, March 25th, 2018
Sales newcomer wins saleswoman of the year
Virgin Media Business Specialist Sales Desk Manager, Emma-Leigh Waters won big at the 5th annual Women in Sales Awards Europe ceremony held at the Sheraton Grand Park Lane last December. She was voted Best Woman Sales Newcomer and Most Distinguished Sales Woman of the Year. “I have come back from the experience feeling more inspired than ever before,” she told…
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
Sales competitions come to Scotland
Two important sales competitions are taking place in Scotland next year. The 4th European Sales competition will be held at Edinburgh Napier Business School’s Craiglockhart campus in Edinburgh on 31 May and 1 June 2017. This event has already secured sponsorship from the likes of Salesforce, Oracle, Gartner and RBS, according to one of the organisers, Dr Tony Douglas, Associate…
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
European Sales Competition seeks to raise appreciation of professional sales work
Long popular in the United States, sales competitions are now beginning to take off in Europe. Co-hosted by Haaga-Helia and Turku Universities of Applied Sciences. The second European Sales Competition takes place in Helsinki, Finland on 1 June. “The aim of the competition is to raise the appreciation of professional sales work, to learn the concept of selling at a…
Saturday, October 31st, 2015
The challenge of sales competitions
Tony Douglas investigates the role and relevance of university sales competitions to sales education from the perspective of business school students. Professional or personal selling has not been regarded by academics in general – nor indeed practitioners – as a profession that can be (or should be) taught at university (Douglas, 2011; Rutterford, 2011; McCourt, 2011). Though this may well…
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
Powerful women across the world celebrate sales achievements
High-achieving saleswomen in India have been celebrating the first ever Women in Sales Awards. The winners were announced last month. Ruchita Taneja Aggarwal, who is Director, North & East India Sales Head for Citibank, celebrated winning the award for Best Woman Sales Director and the overall accolade of “The Most Distinguished Saleswoman of the Year”. She says: “I hope this…
