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New Study Finds 80% of Companies Will Track RTO Attendance in 2024

January 4, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Companies are getting serious about RTO policies

A new study on corporate return-to-office (RTO) plans shows that 8 in 10 companies say they will track employee office attendance in 2024. The survey also found that those who fail to follow company policy on in-office attendance will face negative consequences for not complying.

See what else this study found on rapidly changing company attendance policies

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Filed Under: Management, News, Research, Strategy, Survey Tagged With: Resume Builder, return-to-office, RTO

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

Savant Acquires Long-Time Partner J Geiger Shading

December 12, 2023 by Ted 1 Comment

Savant demos Apple air tag triggering an automation controlling shades
At CEDIA Expo ’23 Savant showed a J Geiger motorized shade controlled by Apple Air Tags triggering an automation [click to enlarge]

Savant Systems, Inc., a leading provider of control, home automation, smart home, and smart power solutions, announced on Monday that it has acquired the assets of J Geiger Shading, a leading provider of architecturally conscious shading products. The two companies have had an ongoing association for several years now, and this new transaction brings J Geiger products under the Savant umbrella.

See more on Savant acquiring the assets of J Geiger Shading

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, News, Products

Nice and FSI, A Private Equity Group, Finalize a Strategic Partnership

December 6, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

New Nice headquarters in Brazil
New Nice headquarters in Brazil [Click to enlarge]

Nice, a multi-national company based in Italy with a portfolio of Home Management and Building Management brands (including former Nortek Security and Control brands) and its primary shareholder BeNice Holding, has finalized a strategic partnership with FSI, an Italian private equity investment company. This partnership was first announced in August as part of a capital investment by FSI and has now fully closed.

See more on Nice partnering with FSI

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: FSI, Nice

With Streaming Still Struggling, Spotify Announces 3rd Round of Layoffs

December 5, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Spotify's Daniel Ek, CEO & Co-Founder

Spotify Technology, S.A. announced that it will lay off approximately 1,500 employees, or about 17% of its entire staff. The company says the cuts are necessary to adjust operations for a very different operating environment than it anticipated when it built staff to drive growth in 2020 during the pandemic.

These are not its first layoffs in 2023…

See more on the Spotify layoffs

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Media, News Tagged With: Daniel EK, Spotify, streaming services

With Oasys Growing 100%, the Nationwide Drive to 1,000 is a Short One

December 1, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Oasys logo projected on a screen

Nationwide Marketing Group’s Oasys Residential Technology Group division reported this week that its membership has grown “over 100%” in 2023, a remarkable achievement in a relatively short period of time. It also propels the overall organization towards its publicly stated goal of achieving a total of at least 1,000 custom integration members across its three brands as part of its “Drive to 1,000,” first announced in March this year.

Learn more on Oasys driving progress to the Nationwide 1,000 member goal

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, Management, News, Strategy Tagged With: buying groups, Hank Alexander, Nationwide Marketing Group, Oasys

Parasound VP of R&D Has Fresh Ideas to Expand the Company & Grow High End

November 30, 2023 by Ted 2 Comments

Parasound VP of Research & Development Darren Myers

Darren Myers doesn’t look like your typical audio electronics engineer. He also doesn’t sound like a typical audio engineer. A young guy with fresh ideas…maybe they make sense, maybe they don’t…I had an unusual, thought-provoking, and even at times surprising conversation with Darren Myers, Parasound’s Vice President of Research and Development.

See what Myers thinks about the revitalization of Parasound and what he believes is an exciting and expanding future for the entire high end audio industry.

Check out my conversation with the top engineer at Parasound

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Filed Under: Management, News, People, Strategy Tagged With: Darren Myers, Parasound

In Huge Win for Masimo, ITC Bans Certain Apple Watch Imports for Trade Law Violations

October 27, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Masimo Freedom Watch

Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI) scored a big win Thursday in its ongoing battles with Apple, Inc. when the United States International Trade Commission (USITC or ITC) sided largely with Masimo and issued a Limited Exclusion Order and a Cease and Desist Order against certain Apple Watch models that infringe on select Masimo patents. This exclusion order bans the import of those models that incorporate Masimo’s patented light-based pulse oximetry technology in violation of U.S. trade laws.

See more on Masimo’s stunning ITC victory over Apple

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Filed Under: Law, Management, Manufacturers, News, Technology Tagged With: Apple, ITC, Joe Kiani, Masimo, patent infringement

MQA Limited No Longer Exists; Say Hello to Wave Realisations Limited

October 26, 2023 by Ted 5 Comments

MQA Limited has changed its name as this certificate notes

MQA Limited has notified Companies House, the U.K. government agency that is roughly equivalent to our Securities and Exchange Commission, that it has changed its name. After nine years as MQA Limited, the company will now be known as Wave Realisations Limited.

See more on this new change of name for MQA Limited

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Filed Under: Brands, Law, Management, Marketing, News Tagged With: Bob Stuart, MQA Limited, Wave Realisations

Snap One Lawsuit: AVA & Josh.ai File Responses; The Dance Marathon Begins

October 25, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

The Snap One lawsuit will be long, like a dance marathon

After receiving an extension from the court giving them more time to respond, AVA, Inc. and Josh.ai, Inc. formally filed their responses to the Snap One, LLC lawsuit filed against them this past summer. With these filings, we have completed the end of the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a long dance marathon of patent and trade secret litigation.

See more on the AVA and Josh.ai responses to allegations from Snap One

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Filed Under: Law, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: AVA, Josh.ai, patent infringement, Snap One

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