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PS Audio, Direct Marketer of Electronics, Launches a Record Company

June 11, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

Octave Records logo

Boulder, CO-based PS Audio, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) marketer of higher end audio electronics products, announced this week that they are launching a record company called Octave Records. The company says Octave “is dedicated to preseving the art of high-fidelity recordings and compensating musicians fairly.”

Learn more about PS Audio & Octave Records…

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Filed Under: News, Specialty Tagged With: Don Grusin, Gus Skinas, Octave Records, Paul McGowan, PS Audio

Sugar Daddy Onex Throws Emerald Expositions a Lifeline

June 11, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Onex logo, majority owner of Emerald

COVID-19, the massive pandemic that changed everything this year, probably infected your business and perhaps made it ill in a way that will take time to recover. But for Emerald Expositions, the national expositions company that owns the CEDIA Expo show and CE Pro – COVID-19 almost killed them.

Now Emerald’s sugar daddy, Onex Corporation, is ready to throw them a lifeline…a $400 million lifeline to be exact.

Learn more about Emerald’s lifeline…

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Filed Under: Financial Tagged With: Emerald, Emerald Expositions, Emerald Expositions Events, Emerald Expositions. Onex, Emerald Holding Inc., Onex, Onex Corporation

A New Epidemic Sweeps Across America…Recession

June 10, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

economic downturn recession

I would hope that by now long time Strata-gee readers had already anticipated this day, and now it’s official that this day has come – the U.S. economy is in a recession. It really shouldn’t surprise anyone. However, I know that there are some I’ve spoken with who were expecting a “rubber ball” rebound where – almost magically – everything, including business levels, would bounce back to normal quickly. This seemed to be based more on wishful thinking, or just general optimism, rather than anything factually based.

I suspect some of those folks might be a little surprised to learn that the economy is sliding into recession.

Learn more about our 2020 recession…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends Tagged With: Federal Reserve Board, Jerome Powell, recession

Industry Brands Take a Public Stance on Systemic Racism & Injustice

June 4, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

YouTube social media post on social injustice and racism

It seemed as if 2020 was destined to represent a year of hardship, illness, and death in the wake of a still simmering COVID-19 pandemic – not to mention its impact on the economy. Then, a white police officer in Minnesota was filmed with his knee on the neck of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died. That officer, along with three others present, was charged with murder. And a fuse was lit that erupted into street protests which were largely peaceful with some acts of violence in cities around the country.

This scenario – white police officer killing an unarmed black man – is an all-too familiar one here in the United States…but this time, people took to the streets both here and around the world. And a growing list of powerful brands, including a few in our industry, are stepping forward to take a stance on the issue.

See which brands are taking on racism…

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Filed Under: Brands, Crime, News, Strategy Tagged With: George Floyd, injustice, racism, systemic racism

New Research Shows Home Control System Adoption Jumps 38% in Just One Year

June 4, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Wow, surprising numbers from a new research report from Parks Associates shows that control system adoption jumped a full 38% in 2019 as compared to 2018. That’s a really big jump in a really short period of time.

See more from this latest Parks Associates research…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Industry Trends, News, Research, Statistics, Tech Trends Tagged With: consumer purchase intent, home automation, home security, Parks Associates, security systems, smart home

Chord Electronics Names The Sound Organization as North American Distributor

June 3, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Stack of Chord Electronics gear now distributed by The Sound Organization

U.K. based high-end electronics manufacturer Chord Electronics has selected The Sound Organization, of Arlington, TX, as its importer and distributor for the North American market. The move follows the termination of their previous distributor, Bluebird Music who is said to have represented the line for 20-years.

More on the selection of The Sound Organization by Chord Electronics…

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Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, Manufacturers, Marketing, Sales Tagged With: Chord Electronics, Stephen Daniels, The Sales Organization

These Outlaws Wear a Different Kind of Mask

June 3, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Graphic of outlaw cowboy, a symbol like those used by Outlaw Audio

Outlaw Audio Runs Sales Promo Offering N95 Masks as Premium

Outlaw Audio, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) marketer of specialty electronics and speakers, is running a new type of promotion – one that may be totally in tune with the COVID-19 dominated world of today. Now, consumers making a qualifying purchase from Outlaw Audio can receive a number of high quality N95 masks included with their order for free.

Check out this mask promo from Outlaw…

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, Marketing, Promotions

High-End Faces A Matter of Survival in Pandemic’s Wake; Here’s What We Should Do Now

June 2, 2020 by Ted 6 Comments

In This GUEST POST, Bill Leebens Takes You on a Journey from ‘Me’ to ‘We’ & Proposes a New Industry Association

A few months ago, I unexpectedly became unemployed. There had been occasions in my career when it was clear that I needed to get the hell out of Dodge —but this wasn’t one of them.

A new job would not appear overnight; that was obvious. I was up to my ears in fearful self-absorption.

Then things changed…and the world was in upheaval.

This changed everything…

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Filed Under: Associations, Buying Groups, Pivot Point, Shows & Events, Strategy Tagged With: Bill Leebens

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