Toshiba Corp. announced late yesterday that it has decided to exit the TV business in all export markets, including North America. The move shocked some, but those who follow the trends in the TV business were not surprised at all as Japanese manufacturers have struggled to maintain viability in a low profitability category with declining demand.
Archives for January 2015
Kaleidescape Appoints Industry Veteran Mark Weisenberg as VP Sales
BREAKING NEWS… STRATA-GEE.COM EXCLUSIVE
We have learned today that Kaleidescape has appointed well-known industry veteran Mark Weisenberg as Kaleidescape’s new Vice President of Sales. Weisenberg replaces former VP of Sales Buzz Goddard, who left the company this past December.
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SOL Republic Signs Promotion Deal with Pro Golfer Tiger Woods
SOL Republic announced today that it has signed PGA pro golfer Tiger Woods to promote its brand of headphones and speakers. One of the most successful pro golfers of all time, Woods is an 11-time PGA Tour Player of the Year and has won 14 major golfing events.
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Storytelling – Your Story is Your Key to Success
From The Stratecon Group
We’ve been saying for years that the key to outperforming your competition is to have a really powerful story…and then tell it well. (The caption to the image at right and below is “A strong story, well told.) If you do both of these things better than your competition – you will succeed.
See what the Harvard Business Review and the NY Times say about the power of stories… [Read more…] about Storytelling – Your Story is Your Key to Success
Irony: Apple Reports Historic Fiscal Quarter Results – Sony Announces More Layoffs
Two rather significant news stories emerged today – one about Apple’s amazing Q1 fiscal results and the other about Sony’s troubled mobile division – and we couldn’t help but notice an incredible irony. In a way, it’s almost a tale of two CE industries.
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Strata-gee Editor Ted Green is Guest Panelist on AVWeek
AVWeek, a weekly audio/video webcast on AV industry news from AV Nation invited Strata-gee.com editor Ted Green to participate as a guest panelist last Friday. The group discussed several of the AV industry’s most recent news stories including Harman’s acquisition of software company, a new AVNu Alliance product, Via founder Randy Stearns leaving, and more…
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Content Marketing – The Most Powerful Marketing Tool You’re Not Using
From The Stratecon Group
Marketing as we know it has changed dramatically over the last ten, even five years. Many new tools have emerged – most right at your fingertips. And yet…from what we’ve seen…most TECH companies have ignored these trends and continue to plod along with their traditional, increasingly less effective, old-school marketing methods. We explore the most powerful of these new tools – content marketing – and give you some insight into how you can take advantage of it to drive your results.
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Nortek Acquires Anthro Corporation
BREAKING NEWS
Nortek, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Anthro Corporation through its Ergotron division. Anthro makes and designs a range of technology furniture. Nortek said that it financed the purchase using cash on hand and its existing asset-based lending facility.
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SpringDeck Appoints Aim High Audio; Launches Innovative ‘Test’ Program
Spring Deck, LLC (SpringDeck) made two significant announcements this week – one sales-oriented, and the other service-oriented. First, the company announced plans to begin hiring sales representative companies around the United States to sell its unique sales presentation software and app to custom integrators. Second, the company announced a new “pilot” or test program, offering an affordable way to access their large database of vendor marketing materials.
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Company Warns Media & Investors, Sharp Pain is Coming
Sharp Corp. this week began warning the media and, through them, investors that it is likely to miss its forecasts for revenues and profits for the fiscal year set to end March 31, 2015…and miss big. Just days after the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where Sharp excitedly showed a large roster of new products, the company is hinting that it may have to take extraordinary steps to stem a newly expected tide of red ink.
