Fidelity Imports, a U.S. importer and distributor of fine, upscale audio products, announced this month the appointment of Derek Kolterman as Director of Finance and Operations. The move is said to be the result of dramatic company growth driving the need for personnel expansion.
Distributors
Sonance Names National Sales Manager for Canada Biz Transition
Sonance announced last week that it was transitioning its business model in Canada from one centered around a distribution model with an in-country partner responsible for all sales and servicing in the country to a new direct one where Sonance HQ will directly handle all sales and service of its products there. This week, we learn that the company has appointed a new National Sales Manager for Canada, responsible for implementing this new business model, building an all-new sales team, and managing their sales operations there.
That new executive is Toronto-based sales professional Brad Middleton.
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[Read more…] about Sonance Names National Sales Manager for Canada Biz TransitionSonance Residential Biz In Canada to Go From Distributor to Company Direct
Sonance announced this week that it is transitioning its residential business in Canada to a direct model, ending its distributor-led approach that has existed there for several years. Beginning on January 1, 2023, all sales and service of residential products from Sonance, James Loudspeaker, and IPORT will be handled directly by Sonance’s salesforce.
Learn more about this change by Sonance in Canada
[Read more…] about Sonance Residential Biz In Canada to Go From Distributor to Company DirectAcoustic Energy Loudspeakers Names Fidelity Imports as U.S. Business Partner
London-based Acoustic Energy Loudspeakers Ltd., announced today it has appointed growing high-end specialty distributor Fidelity Imports as its “exclusive new business partner for the US market.” Fidelity will take over full responsibility for sales and support of its line throughout the U.S.
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[Read more…] about Acoustic Energy Loudspeakers Names Fidelity Imports as U.S. Business PartnerIf I Was an Integrator Specifying Savant, I’d Do This Immediately
Company’s Power Division Expands National Distribution
You may have seen the recent announcement from Savant that they have broadened the distribution of their new energy management solutions to a pair of new, strategically significant distribution partners. You may have ignored this news, perhaps not recognizing the distributors who are both better known in the electrical/renewable contracting communities.
But if you are an integrator who specifies Savant products in your proposals, you should be really paying attention to what this company is doing with its powerful (pun intended) energy management strategy. It’s big!
What I would do if I were an integrator selling Savant products…
[Read more…] about If I Was an Integrator Specifying Savant, I’d Do This ImmediatelyRussound Previews an Array of New Products at ISE 2022
Russound, a designer/developer/manufacturer of innovative audio products for the integration channel, launched an array of new products for 2022 at ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) 2022 earlier this month at the Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain. These interesting new products include a new series of landscape and rock speakers; a new, next-generation Bluetooth source kit; and a new “ultimate” Android touchscreen.
Learn all about the Russound ISE product launch preview
[Read more…] about Russound Previews an Array of New Products at ISE 2022Snap One Fiscal 1st Qtr Results Show Good Revenue Growth, But a Net Loss
At the end of last week, Snap One Holdings Corp. released the results of their fiscal 2022 first quarter, a period which ended April 1, 2022, with comparisons to the same quarter last year, which ended on March 26, 2021. The company showed good revenue growth in the quarter but is still dealing with a net loss – albeit less of one than in 2021.
See the details on the Snap One fiscal Q1 results
[Read more…] about Snap One Fiscal 1st Qtr Results Show Good Revenue Growth, But a Net LossTampa Integrators Angered as Supplier Becomes Competitor
Owners of Distributor DOW Technologies Launch Integrator SMARTSolutions
For years, many Tampa, FL-area integrators relied upon distributor Dow Technologies as a valued supply partner for the technology solutions they needed to complete their system designs and installations. But not long ago, the owners of Dow Technologies acquired an integration business and merged it with their existing satellite installation business to create a new Tampa integrator they call SMARTSolutions – and now many of those same integrators say a partner…has become a competitor. And they are quite angry about it…
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[Read more…] about Tampa Integrators Angered as Supplier Becomes CompetitorFuture Ready Solutions Appoints Lawrence Davis as VP of Biz Dev
Future Ready Solutions (FRS), a distributor of cable and connectivity products, announced this week that it has appointed Lawrence Davis as Vice President of Business Development. Davis has a long career in tech, mostly in sales management for a wide range of prominent brands.
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[Read more…] about Future Ready Solutions Appoints Lawrence Davis as VP of Biz DevSnap One Acquires Canadian Distributor Staub Electronics
Snap One announced on Thursday that it has acquired Staub Electronics, a distributor based in Canada who has been the Snap One distributor there for ten years as an independent entity. Snap One says this “strategic move” will “elevate [the] partner experience in Canada.”