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Daisy Adds New Franchise in Ocala, Fl with a Familiar Owner

January 29, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

The Daisy Ocala, FL team including franchisee Bert Herrero
Bert Herrero (Ocala franchisee), Sean Williams, Jose Zapata (Daisy Ocala) & Suzanne Keoghan (Daisy corporate partnerships & marketing) [Click to enlarge]

Daisy, the new national brand that is both acquiring and franchising custom integration businesses, announced today that it celebrated the Grand Opening of its newest franchise location in Ocala, Florida on January 25th. This new location, owned and operated by Bert Herrero, joins the ever-expanding Daisy universe.

But wait! That name…Bert Herrero…sounds familiar. Isn’t he already a part of the Daisy organization?

Read on to learn the interesting twist in this story

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Filed Under: Dealers, Feature, Industry Trends, Integrators, News, People Tagged With: Bert Herrero, Daisy, franchise, Hagan Kappler

Troubling Trend: 2024 CEDIA Expo Loses Hundreds of Attendees This Year

November 7, 2024 by Ted 4 Comments

Scene from the 2022 CEDIA Expo
On-site registration and badge pickup at the 2022 CEDIA Expo

Data from the 2024 CEDIA Expo in Denver, CO this past September shows a troubling trend – attendance actually declined…and declined appreciably – from the 2023 version of the event. And this decline took place even though the promoter has combined CEDIA Expo with a new event (new last year), the Commercial Integrator Expo (CIX), which was probably an effort to boost attendance numbers.

See more on the attendance at CEDIA Expo 2024

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Filed Under: Feature, Industry Trends, Management, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: attendance, CEDIA, CEDIA Expo, Commercial Integrator Expo

Themes That Were Key in ’23 on Strata-gee

December 28, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Themes that were Key in 2023

Wow! It’s crazy that 2023 is now just about behind us, and what a dramatic and dynamic year it was! What were the key themes of the year? At the beginning of the year, I think most would say their greatest concern was the economy and their least concern was the tech industry. Yet the year turned out to be almost the exact opposite of that.

See more on the themes that were key in ’23 on Strata-gee

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Filed Under: Dealers, Distributors, Industry Trends, Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, Products, Strategy, supply chain Tagged With: trends

WiSA Stock Value Crashes on News of New Stock Issue & Possible ‘Strategic Transaction’

October 18, 2023 by Ted 2 Comments

Image from WiSA website

Current Stock Price Violates NASDAQ Listing Rule…Again

On Monday, WiSA Technologies, a developer and licensor of spatial, wireless sound technology, publicly announced the pricing of a new $4.8 million public offering of Series B convertible redeemable preferred stock and warrants. Separately, and a little less publicly, the company also filed a Form 8K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealing that it is “pursuing a potential strategic transaction.”

The result of both of these pieces of news is that the company’s stock value nosedived as investors turned thumbs down on this latest turn of events at the troubled organization.

See more on the new WiSA problematical issues

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Filed Under: Associations, Financial, Industry Trends, News, Pivot Point, Technology Tagged With: stock market, WiSA

CEDIA Expo 23: We’re Going to Need Crowd Control

September 9, 2023 by Ted 3 Comments

Another busy day at CEDIA Expo 23

The crowds on Day 2 of CEDIA Expo 23 were equally as impressive, if not more so, as they were on Day 1. I had a mid-day meeting at the Snap One booth and as you can see in the image above, I couldn’t even get into the booth! Of course, I can only give you my impressions as there is no official count as I write this, but to my eyes it sure looks like attendance is going to be a pleasant surprise when Emerald announces the final count.

See more on Day 2 results in my final show report

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Filed Under: Associations, Industry Trends, News, Products, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA Expo, Just Video Walls, Keith Haas, Russound

A Reinvigorated Crestron Says, ‘Welcome Home’ With New Crestron HOME OS 4 Release

August 24, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Crestron residential showroom for Crestron Home
Crestron’s new residential showroom in Rockleigh, NJ [Click to enlarge]

Crestron Electronics Corp. (Crestron), one of the largest and most popular custom integration control brands delivering literally thousands of products to both the commercial and residential smart home channels, announced today the launch of Crestron Home OS 4. This exciting new update brings much to the party, not only a more polished and graphically appealing look and feel but also a more intuitive end-user operability. Oh, and not to mention, some exciting new functionalities.

All of which, I got to see for myself in the company’s completely renovated residential-specific showroom. This company is on the move…

See more on Crestron Home OS 4 and my visit to the company…

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Filed Under: Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Products, Residential, Technology Tagged With: Chase Bouchard, Crestron Electronics, Crestron Home, Doug Jacobson, John Clancy, OS 4

UEI – This May be the Canary in the Coal Mine We Need to Pay Attention To

February 22, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

A slide from a UEI investor presentation

Universal Electronics, Inc. (UEI), (NASDAQ: UEIC) released the results of their fiscal 2022 fourth quarter (Q4) and full year (FY) at the end of last week and their mixed performance was not well received by investors skittish over the economic outlook for 2023. Although gross margins improved slightly for the fourth quarter, for the full year gross margins declined, revenues were down, operating income declined, and the company saw its net income dramatically lowered.

UEI is one of the companies I watch as it can give a sense of the changing economic outlook for the overall consumer electronics market. And that fact makes this latest report a little troubling.

Learn more about UEI’s results for fiscal 2022…

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Filed Under: Financial, Industry Trends Tagged With: Paul Arling, UEI, Universal Electronics Inc

CEDIA Expo Gives the Cold Shoulder to Any Media Not Named CE Pro

October 12, 2022 by Ted 1 Comment

CEDIA Expo

It’s a remarkable event when someone can claim a legitimate first. In all my years in this crazy Tech business, those firsts are getting fewer and further between. But Emerald Expositions, owner of the CEDIA Expo trade show can claim a legitimate first that I have never seen before from any show. They gave the cold shoulder to any media organization not named CE Pro.

Usually, shows want good media relations across the board with happy media writing positive stories and building an upbeat buzz about their event. Not Emerald…they are quite satisfied to help just one media outlet to run positive stories about their event…their very own CE Pro.

See how Emerald and CEDIA Expo give the media the cold shoulder

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Filed Under: Financial, Industry Trends, Management, Media, News Tagged With: CEDIA Expo, Emerald Expositions

What to Expect at CEDIA Expo 2022

September 28, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

CEDIA Expo 2022 will be in the Kay Bailey Hutchinson convention center in Dallas

Finally, after two years without a real show – absolutely no show in 2020, and a very tiny one in 2021 – the industry comes together again for its one big show of the year – the CEDIA Expo 2022. Although not technically post-COVID, at least the situation is improving to the point where the world is beginning a return to something that approaches normal. And that brings us to now, the relaunching of live in-person events like the CEDIA Expo in Dallas, TX. But what can you expect if you head to Dallas and Expo?

See what to expect in Dallas at CEDIA 2022…

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Filed Under: Associations, Education, Industry Trends, News, Shows & Events, Strategy, Training Tagged With: CEDIA, CEDIA Expo, Emerald Expositions

Senate Finally Takes Action on CHIPS Act, Setting the Stage for Its Passage

July 20, 2022 by Ted 1 Comment

Photo of semiconductors or chips, the Senate finally takes action
[Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration]

More than a year after its initial introduction, and in the wake of chip manufacturers threatening to scale back their U.S. projects, the United States Senate finally took action on Tuesday to move forward on the bill known as the CHIPS Act. After months of at times heavy discussion/arguing, the stage is set for both the House of Representatives and the Senate to vote on its passage, perhaps as early as next week.

See more on this development with the CHIPS Act

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Filed Under: construction, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, supply chain, Technology Tagged With: chip shortage, CHIPS Act, Congress, House of Representatives, Intel, Senate, Texas Instruments

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