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Bravas Group Sold to Private Equity Firm in $75 Million Deal

August 23, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Group Says Deal is Just the Beginning

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Bravas Group, a cooperative of integrators aggregated by Paul Starkey and Steve Firszt of VITAL MGMT, was first put together as part of VITAL MGMT’s consulting practice helping member companies better organize their operations, improve their financial performance, and drive greater profitability. Ultimately, the group’s fifteen members coalesced into one widely-spread unified organization, with over-arching centralized management and plans for the group to be packaged and sold.

Now, in a deal said to be valued at $75 million, Bravas Group has been sold to Presidio Investors, a private equity investment company with offices in San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX.

See more on the Bravas – Presidio deal…

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Filed Under: Financial, Industry Trends, Integrators, News, Retailers, Strategy Tagged With: Bravas, Paul Starkey, Presidio Investors, Steve Firszt

New, Larger SnapAV: The One-Stop Shop of Smart Home

August 16, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Strata-gee Interviews SnapAV’s John Heyman & Charlie Kindel

The industry is still adjusting to the new normal of SnapAV combining with Control4…even as it continues to gobble up more local distributors and talk about their e-commerce prowess. It can get a little confusing. Is SnapAV a manufacturer? An e-commerce play? A local distributor? Or are they attempting to be all of the above?

I spoke with SnapAV’s John Heyman and Charlie Kindel to try and help our readers sort this all out. It’s certainly a new world out there…but just what planet are we on?

See what I learned from these top SnapAV execs…

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, People, Strategy Tagged With: Charlie Kindel, Control4, John Heyman, SnapAV

High Note Sales Expands Team

August 15, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

High Note Sales, a custom integration-focused manufacturer sales representative firm based in Boca Raton, FL, announced this week that it has expanded its team – adding Sammy Garber as Vice President of Sales. Garber is well-known throughout the state of Florida having worked in various roles in the industry there for many years.

Learn more about this new addition to High Note Sales….

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Filed Under: Marketing, Sales Reps Tagged With: High Note Sales, Lou Kerti, Sammy Garber

EXCLUSIVE: Strata-gee Tours James Loudspeaker’s New Nevada Factory

August 15, 2019 by Ted 2 Comments

Newer, Bigger, More Efficient, Higher Output

James Loudspeakers new Minden, NV factory and headquarters
Main Entrance: James Loudspeaker’s new Minden, NV factory & headquarters

It was like my Uber car was actually a time machine. After landing in Reno, Nevada, my Uber driver – an eccentric older fellow who is both a ride-share driver and a real estate agent – demonstrated an uncommon grasp of the local geography and history. Heading south on I-580 out of Reno there was a dramatic ridge of mountains to my right and a nonstop running monologue from my old-West style stagecoach driver: “Those are the Sierra-Nevada Mountains,” he helpfully offered. And on the left…the high desert.

This was going to be an adventure…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News Tagged With: factory, James Loudspeaker, Mark Schafle, Mike Park

Inside Crestron’s Amazing Research Center

August 8, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

It’s Like Disneyland for Geeks

Crestron's remarkable Research Center
[Click to enlarge]

Sometimes, I’m amazed at what I’m able to pull off. A year or so ago, John Clancy, Crestron Vice President of Residential, invited me to tour Crestron, a place I’ve heard much about but have never seen. OK…it was at a tradeshow cocktail party and John may have been drinking…but I immediately jumped at the opportunity. Just a few weeks ago, that visit finally happened and Crestron – much to their credit – granted me unlimited access to whatever I wanted to see…and photograph.

Go inside the amazing Crestron Research Center with Strata-gee…

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, Research, Technology

Amazon to Kill the Dash Button

August 7, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Amazon Dash button to order Tide laundry detergent

Amazon has announced that the end-of-life for its Dash button is rapidly approaching. If you’ve been dying to try it, better move quick – Amazon will completely disable the system just three short weeks from now on August 31st.

What went wrong with Dash? Read on…

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Filed Under: Brands, Retailers Tagged With: Alexa, Amazon, Dash button, Echo Show

Josh.ai & Sonance Partner with Amp Integrations & TRUFIG Mount

August 6, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

TRUFIG mount for Josh Micro
New TRUFIG mount for Josh Micro

Josh.ai announced today that they have a new multilevel partnership with Sonance that includes new integrations with Sonance amplifiers and a new TRUFIG flush mount for the Josh Micro device. The company says this new partnership allows their technology “to seamlessly fit into any architectural aesthetic.”

See more on the Josh.ai & Sonance alliance…

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Filed Under: Brands, Products Tagged With: Josh Micro, Josh.ai, Sonance, Trufig, voice command, voice control

Sonos/IKEA Partnership Delivers SYMFONISK Lamp Speaker & Shelf Speaker

August 2, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Symfonisk table lamp/speaker combo unit from IKEA and Sonos
IKEA and Sonos want homeowners to both see and hear the light [Click to enlarge]

Formally announced back in April, Sonos has collaborated with IKEA on a line of products for which it has great expectations. The first products of this collaboration – a table lamp with speaker built-in, and a thin bookshelf speaker that sits on a shelf and LOOKS LIKE a book…are finally now available. Will IKEA fans turn out in droves to buy these new models?

See the Sonos lamp & shelf speaker at IKEA…

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Filed Under: Brands, News, Products, Retailers Tagged With: Sonos, Symfonisk

Sex and the CES Attendee

July 29, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

CES logo

Only six months to go and word has emerged that the Consumer Technology Association – the trade group behind the annual Consumer Electronics show – has proactively taken steps to avoid repeating the mistakes that caused them to endure a plethora of embarrassing headlines last year. The controversy, a self-inflicted wound, surrounded the Association’s awarding – then rescinding – of a CES 2019 Innovation Award…and retroactive cancellation of booth space for that company. The news dominated the early headlines during the January 2019 event…mostly because the matter involved sex.

See how CTA got in trouble & hopes to avoid it this year…

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Filed Under: Associations, Industry Trends, Management, Marketing, News, People, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: Lora DiCarlo, Lora Haddock, personal health, sex tech, wellness

More Mixed Signals from Housing – Starts Down, Sales Up

July 26, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Housing - Photo of newly constructed home

In the choppy waters of today’s current economy, we continue to get mixed signals – this time from the housing market. Last week, we learned that residential construction starts declined in June by 0.9% below the rate in May. This week, we find that sales of newly built homes in June increased by 7% as compared to sales in May.

What should we make of developments in housing?…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: housing, housing starts, new home sales, residential construction

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