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D&M Holdings Announces Sweeping Changes – Starting with Their Name

May 30, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

May 2012 D+M Group Press PresentationEven by late-May’s standards, it was an unusually hot and humid day this week as a major contingent of the tech press gathered up in Mahwah, New Jersey at the weirdest looking Sheraton you’ve ever seen – more rocket ship than hotel. We were summoned to a press presentation by D&M Holdings that promised to be more significant than those in the past. Little did we know that the heat of the day was presaging the hot presentation that was the subject of our gathering!

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Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, Economic Trends, Industry Trends, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Shows & Events, Specialty, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Brian Poggi, D&M Holdings, D+M Group, Denon, Jim Caudill, Marantz, press, reporters, Reps, UAP, Unilateral Advertising Program

Maybe Late to the Party, But Denon Headphones Arrive in a Big Way

May 30, 2012 by Ted 2 Comments

Display Showing Denon Headphone Line-UpAt a major press event in New Jersey Tuesday, Denon announced a new company name, a new logo, newly restructured operations…and an imperative to create new products and expand into new markets. Technically, Denon has been in the headphone business for a while. But as part of a new more aggressive marketing strategy – the company has launched an all-new line of headphones designed for specific and tightly defined consumer segments. But wait…as infomercials and headphone product manager Petro Shimonishi liked to say…there’s more.

[Read more…] about Maybe Late to the Party, But Denon Headphones Arrive in a Big Way

Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Shows & Events, Strategy Tagged With: Boston Acoustics, Brian Poggi, D&M Holdings, Denon, headphones, Jim Caudill, Marantz, Petro Shimonishi

BREAKING NEWS
Weissburg Leaves Gibson Guitar & Onkyo

May 29, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

>>ALERT EXCLUSIVE<<

Bob Weissburg
Bob Weissburg

The ALERT has learned that Bob Weissburg has resigned from his position at Gibson Guitar effective immediately. The surprising news comes just three months after Gibson announced it had hired Weissburg, the former President of Sales and Marketing for the Americas at D&M Holdings.  Gibson had appointed Weissburg to a newly created position of Global Executive Vice President.

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Weissburg Leaves Gibson Guitar & Onkyo

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point Tagged With: Bob Weissburg, Cerwin-Vega, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, KRK Systems, Onkyo, Stanton

BREAKING NEWS: Nortek Reorganizes Its Reorganization

May 24, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

AVC GroupToday, just a short time ago, Nortek Inc.’s AVC Group released an announcement that a major new phase of their reorganization is in the works. Specifically, the AVC Group which currently is the merged brands of Niles Audio, Elan, and Xantech, will be expanded to include SpeakerCraft, Proficient, Panamax/Furman all under the same roof. Furthermore, Nortek’s former reorganizer – Mark Terry – has been reorganized out of the newly restructured company.

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Filed Under: Brands, Economic Trends, Industry Trends, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: AVC Group, Bill Pollock, Elan, Mark Terry, Niles, Nortek, Panamax/Furman, Proficient, Sean Burke, SpeakerCraft, Xantech

Alliance Expo 2012 Draws Large Dealer Attendance

May 23, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Mike Lefkowits, Ron Meyerowitz & John Bogle Jr. of Audio Associates

Audio Associates Corp. launched its “Alliance Expo 2012” Dealer Show Tuesday at the Doubletree Hotel in Newark, New Jersey. Attendees braved gray, rainy, sticky, humid weather…and a resulting variety of roadway-clogging traffic accidents…to travel from all around the New York Metro area and the Mid-Atlantic to see product displays from 23 manufacturers representing top brands in the specialty A/V business. [Read more…] about Alliance Expo 2012 Draws Large Dealer Attendance

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Retailers, Shows & Events, Specialty Tagged With: Alliance Expo, Audio Associates, D&M Holdings, Denon, John Bogle Jr., Marantz, Mike Lefkowits, Monster, Ron Meyerowitz

Monster’s Cable-less Future

May 23, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Central Hall of Alliance Expo Showing Monster Cable Display
Monster's presence at this week's Alliance Expo

This week at the Alliance Expo 2012 being held in Newark, NJ by Audio Associates and their vendors, Monster (formerly Monster Cable) had a large presence with a booth that stretched down one wall, across a corner, and along another wall with an impressive showing of their product line. The Monster presence included those products for which they are best known – cables and headphones, but perhaps even more impressive than that – they demonstrated some of their new wireless technologies and systems…pointing towards a wireless future. [Read more…] about Monster’s Cable-less Future

Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events, Specialty, Tech Trends Tagged With: AAC, apt-X, Audio Associates, ClarityHD Micro, HDMI, Mitch Witten, Monster, Reps, wireless

Connecting Three Powerful Partners – Technology, Vendors & Dealers

May 23, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Ron Meyerowitz at Alliance ExpoAt this week’s Alliance Expo 2012 in Newark, NJ, we sat down with event promoter Audio Associates’ CEO Ron Meyerowitz to get his take on the event…and on trends in the industry. The dealer show, held annually by the well-known New York Metro-area sales representative firm, appeared to be quite successful at a time when many in the industry find business sluggish. We wanted to know – why was this year their biggest show ever…and what is the secret of their success?

[Read more…] about Connecting Three Powerful Partners – Technology, Vendors & Dealers

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Shows & Events, Specialty, Strategy Tagged With: Audio Associates, AVC Group, Boston Acoustics, Denon, Marantz, Mike Lefkowits, Reps, Ron Meyerowitz

Ciornei Makes Triumphant Return to Russound

May 16, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Oscar Ciornei, OAC Group
Oscar Ciornei, OAC Group

<May 16, 2012> Russound announced today that it has retained the OAC Group to work with the company on a variety of product and marketing projects. The announcement follows the company’s recent divestiture of Colorado vNet – selling it to Russound’s former Vice President of Sales Mike Anderson. But the development is most notable for what it appears to represent – the triumphant return of Oscar Ciornei to Russound. [Read more…] about Ciornei Makes Triumphant Return to Russound

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Specialty Tagged With: Atlantic Technology, custom installation, Maureen Baldwin, OAC Group, Oscar Ciornei, product development, Qsonix, Russound, Soundcast Systems

Nortek’s Net Losses Continue – And Continue to Improve

May 16, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

<May 16, 2012> Late last week Nortek Inc. released the results of its fiscal first quarter or the period that Nortek's Headquartersended March 31, 2012. Nortek – parent company to venerable industry brands such as Niles Audio, Speakercraft, Xantech, Elan, and more – showed a 7% sales increase in the quarter to $522.8 million as compared to $488.6 million in the year before. And while the company continued to book a net loss in the first quarter, it clearly showed solid improvement in several areas…including a dramatically reduced net loss of $1.2 million as compared to the same quarter last year when the net loss was $21.1 million. [Read more…] about Nortek’s Net Losses Continue – And Continue to Improve

Filed Under: Economic Trends, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: AVC Group, financial resuilts, Nortek

U.S. Dept. of Justice Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple & Five Publishers

April 12, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

<April 11, 2012> The Department of Justice (DOJ) today filed an antitrust civil lawsuit against Apple, Inc. and five major book publishers, alleging that the parties had formed an illegal cabal for the purpose of artificially inflating the price of e-books. The publishers charged in the action were Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster. [Read more…] about U.S. Dept. of Justice Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple & Five Publishers

Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Apple, Dept. of Justice, Hachette, HarperCollins, iBookstore, Jobs, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Steve

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