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Onkyo to Slash Overall Company Headcount by 30%, Cutting Management by 50%

November 14, 2019 by Ted 4 Comments

Also: Consolidating Facilities & Moving Headquarters

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It appears that the other shoe is dropping in the wake of the failed acquisition of Onkyo Corporation’s branded A/V division by Sound United last month, as the company now says it will reduce its overhead by cutting jobs. This appears to be the first step in a major reorganization of the company, as it seeks to right-size the organization for the industry’s new, smaller, and more competitive environment in which electronics manufacturers find themselves.

See more on Onkyo’s restructuring…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Boston Acoustics, Classe, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Integra, Marantz, Onkyo, Pioneer Elite, Polk, Sound United

Private Equity Giant Apollo Global Management Acquires Tech Data in $5.4B Buyout

November 13, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Tech Data, one of the largest technology distributors in the U.S. and globally, has been acquired by Apollo Global Management, a private equity powerhouse, in a deal valued at $5.4 billion. The deal announced today, is expected to close by mid-2020.

Read more on this mega-deal with Tech Data

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Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, Economic Trends, Financial, News, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Apollo Global Management, private equity, Tech Data

The Curious Case of the Disappearance of Classé

October 31, 2019 by Ted 2 Comments

BREAKING NEWS Acquired by Sound United Two Years Ago, Then Gone


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It was January 2018 when I reported that Sound United had completed its acquisition of Classé, an acquisition which had been first announced in December of 2017. In the weeks leading up to that December, former owner Bowers & Wilkins was considering getting out of the electronics business…maybe. After months of confusion, where on any day executives at Classé teetered back-and-forth between survival and demise – it now seemed that Sound United had thrown them a lifeline…a chance to live to fight another day.

And then they dropped out of sight for the last two years…

What happened to Classé?…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, Classe, Dave Nauber, Sound United

LG Smokes Q3 Forecast for Record Financial Results

October 31, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

LG OLED lighting

LG Electronics Inc. is on a roll, as evidenced by their fiscal third quarter results. The company says it has set an all-time record for third quarter revenues while at the same time booking their best quarterly profit in a decade.

See more details on LG’s Q3 results…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: LG, LG Electronics, LG Electronics USA

Sharp & Foxconn Stiff Korean Factory Equipment Suppliers on Money Owed

October 31, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Korean media is reporting that Sharp, the former Japanese powerhouse brand now owned by Taiwan’s Foxconn, is late on approximately tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars worth of payments to Korean factory gear makers. Not only are they late, but they are said to be demanding even more discounts on the outstanding debt owed to multiple South Korean suppliers of factory equipment destined for use in LCD production factories. All of this is being done in violation of covenants in their purchase contracts with these suppliers.

This dispute may raise to level of government intervention.

What is Sharp & Foxconn doing? And why?…

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Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Foxconn, LCD panels, Sharp, South Korea

Nortek Figures Prominently, If Not Always Positively, in Melrose Industries’ 1st Half Fiscal Results

October 18, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Melrose Industries PLC, a U.K. based investment group that purchased Nortek, Inc. back in 2016, released their fiscal 2019 first half financial results last month (for the period ending June 30, 2019). And while the results showed strong sales growth (thanks to a large acquisition) the company still booked a net loss.

Perhaps more interesting, was that Nortek’s Security & Smart Technology unit figured quite prominently in the document – often for the wrong reasons.

See why Nortek was so prominent…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Melrose, Melrose Industries, Melrose Industries PLC, Melrose PLC, Nortek, Nortek Inc.

With Loss of Two Potential Buyers, Onkyo’s Future is a Question Mark

October 10, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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As you most likely know by now, Onkyo Corp. and Sound United have called off their transaction which would have transferred ownership of the 73-year old Onkyo brand, as well as the Integra, Pioneer, and Pioneer Elite brands to Sound United. The shocking news capped off a nearly five month process where many in the industry tried to figure out just how this deal made sense.

This was the second loss of a potential buyer for Onkyo, which admits it is re-evaluating its future based on the failure to sell off its brands.

See why Onkyo’s future is a question mark…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Gibson, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Integra, Onkyo, Pioneer Elite, Sound United

Sound United Calls Off Onkyo Acquisition

October 4, 2019 by Ted 5 Comments

BREAKING NEWS

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In a tersely worded release, Sound United announced today that its deal to acquire the Onkyo, Integra, Pioneer, and Pioneer Elite brands is off. Originally announced in May, the deal was said to be conditional on the completion of due diligence, the signing of “definitive agreements” and other specific elements. Apparently, that process was not successful.

See more on this surprising, but rumored, outcome…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Onkyo

Rocky Mountain Rep Firm Momentum Group Acquires Resi Biz of Texas-Based Dobbs Stanford

September 9, 2019 by Ted 5 Comments

BREAKING NEWS

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Consolidation continues in the custom integration world – in this case, Denver-based manufacturer representative firm Momentum Group has acquired the residential division of Texas’ own renowned Dobbs Stanford rep firm based in Dallas. Consolidation has NOT been a big story on the sales representative side…up until now.

See more on Momentum Group’s acquisition Dobbs Stanford…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, News, People, Sales Reps, Strategy Tagged With: David Thomas, Dobbs Stanford, Momentum Group, Woody Taylor

Sonance to Acquire James Loudspeaker

September 6, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Sonance announced today that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Minden, NV-based James Loudspeaker. This is the first major acquisition by Sonance since the purchase of Sound Advance in 2005, and is truly a marriage of two companies with a strong resonance in their approach to the custom integration industry.

See more on the Sonance purchase of James…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, Specialty, Strategy Tagged With: Ari Supran, James Loudspeaker, Mark Schafle, Sonance

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