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It’s Official – Monster Money is Dead

November 8, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Monster Money logoBack in June, Strata-gee reported that Monster Products, Inc. (the former Monster Cable) had filed an S-1 registration document with the Securities and Exchange Commission, laying out its plans to launch a new cryptocurrency known as Monster Money. In addition to this, the company would offer shares in the company as well. The filing got a lot of attention at the time, in part because if successful, it would be the largest cryptocurrency launch ever to that point.

Now, I’ve learned that this initiative has been officially rescinded by the company.

See what we know about the retreat of Monster Money… [Read more…] about It’s Official – Monster Money is Dead

Filed Under: Financial, Management, News, Strategy Tagged With: cryptocurrency, Monster, Monster Cable, Monster Products, Noel Lee, SEC, Securities and Exvchange Commission

Emerald Expositions CEO Resigns, Q3 Results Released

November 8, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

For Owner of CEDIA Expo, There’s Trouble in Emerald City

Emerald Expositions logoEmerald Expositions’ stock nose-dived 19% in early afternoon trading last Thursday as the company released its third quarter fiscal results and announced that David Loechner has resigned as the company’s President and CEO. Current CFO Philip Evans takes over as Interim President and CEO.

What’s going on at Emerald Expositions?… [Read more…] about Emerald Expositions CEO Resigns, Q3 Results Released

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Industry Trends, Management, Marketing, News, Promotions, Shows & Events, Strategy Tagged With: CE Pro, CEDIA, CEDIA Expo, David Loechner, Emerald, Emerald Expositions, Emerald Expositions Events, Expo, Philip Evans

Troubling Sign: New Home Sales Drop in Sept

October 31, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

New Residential Sales in SeptRecently, I warned of some troubling housing related news. You may recall that a collapse in the housing sector was a key driver of the last recession in 2007-2009 that was so painful for the custom integration community, and for the country as a whole. In my report – Are You Prepared for the Coming Recession? – I noted a pronounced and troubling turn in several housing industry specific data, perhaps presaging another economic downturn. Now new government data shows that, once again, new residential sales have declined in the month of September.

See more on residential sales turning downward… [Read more…] about Troubling Sign: New Home Sales Drop in Sept

Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: economy, housing, new home sales

Gibson to Emerge from Bankruptcy & Stop Singing the Blues

October 31, 2018 by Ted 1 Comment

With Old Debt Gone, A New Leader & Team Arrives

Logo for Gibson BrandsGibson Brands is on the verge of emerging from bankruptcy a much healthier business in many respects – with less debt, more money in the bank, and a new leader to help the company shed its consumer electronics debacle and reconnect with the musical instrument market. The fifth time, it appears, was a charm as the court has approved the fifth revision of a company submitted turnaround plan that, cuts debt, jettisons former CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, and puts bondholders KKR in the driver’s seat.

See more on Gibson’s dramatic turnaround… [Read more…] about Gibson to Emerge from Bankruptcy & Stop Singing the Blues

Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Strategy Tagged With: Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, James Curleigh, Levi Strauss & Co

Thiel Audio Files Bankruptcy in Bitter Coda to a Sad Song

October 31, 2018 by Ted 5 Comments

Although owned by an agribusiness tycoon who is rumored to be extremely wealthy, Thiel Audio Products Company last Tuesday declared bankruptcy. The company filed papers with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court saying it had assets of around $900,000 and liabilities of over $1,800,000. The filing was a bitter end to a sad series of developments over the last six years, with new owner David B. Griffin changing management teams at least five times in one five-year period. The result was a constant, if slow, slide down the slippery slope of ruin.

See what is learned from Thiel Audio’s bankruptcy filing… [Read more…] about Thiel Audio Files Bankruptcy in Bitter Coda to a Sad Song

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point

Legrand and Lumileds Partner to Drive Adoption of Tunable White LED Lighting

October 18, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Legrand logoLegrand and Lumileds announced today that they have signed a partnership agreement that is designed to combine forces and help drive industry adoption of tunable white LED lighting. The two will create and sell what they say is a “simple to integrate” and “easy-to-install plug and play solution” that delivers high quality tunable white LED light. This partnership is another example of the growing interest in this more human-friendly lighting solution.

See more on this tunable white lighting technology partnership… [Read more…] about Legrand and Lumileds Partner to Drive Adoption of Tunable White LED Lighting

Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Legrand, lighting, Lumileds, tunable white light

New Study Says Voice-Controlled Assistants Aren’t Used Daily

October 18, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

eMarketer logoAs more research continues to emerge on consumer utilization of voice-controlled devices, it becomes clear that there are still impediments to end-users utilizing their voice-control capabilities regularly, according to research by Social Lens. A separate study by Nielsen reaffirms what Strata-gee has previously reported, that people use smart speakers more for listening to music, than for any other task…including voice-control of their home automation solutions.

See more on this pair of new studies on voice-controlled smart speakers… [Read more…] about New Study Says Voice-Controlled Assistants Aren’t Used Daily

Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Industry Trends, News, Products, Research, Statistics, Survey, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon Alexa, consumer, Cortana, Google Assistant, Siri, voice command, voice control, voice-controlled

Does the WAVE/AVAD Deal Signal a New Era in Distribution?

October 10, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of WAVE's new Dania Beach locationAs we reported last week, the world learned that the private equity group that owns AVAD has made another deal, acquiring Houston, TX-based WAVE Electronics, another major custom integration distribution company. After an initial ripple of excitement over the deal, most of us went back to our daily lives – looking at this deal as nothing more than just another private equity acquisition. But there may be more here than meets the eye…

See how distribution is changing… [Read more…] about Does the WAVE/AVAD Deal Signal a New Era in Distribution?

Filed Under: Buying Groups, Distributors, Industry Trends, Management, News, Strategy Tagged With: Alliance of Value Added Distributors, AVAD, Kiingswood Capital, WAVE, WAVE Electronics

Melrose Talks of Disposing of Nortek

October 5, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Are Elan, Speakercraft, Niles, Proficient, etc. In Play Again?

Nortek LogoMelrose PLC, owner of Nortek, including Nortek Security & Control, is openly talking to U.K. media about the likelihood of selling off Nortek – saying, in essence, their work is done, the turnaround is complete. This being the case, their thinking is that it is time to harvest their crop by selling off the company to reap their reward of profits.

But what does this mean for Nortek and its stable of brands?… [Read more…] about Melrose Talks of Disposing of Nortek

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Core Brands, Elan, Furman, Gefen, Linear, Melrose, Melrose Industries, Melrose PLC, Niles, Nortek, Nortek Security & Control, Panamax, Proficient, SpeakerCraft, Sunfire, Xantech

Emerald Expositions Reports Attendance Flat at CEDIA Expo 2018

October 4, 2018 by Ted 3 Comments

CEDIA Expo 2018 crowdEmerald Expositions Events, Inc. (stock symbol: EEX) reported last week that attendance at CEDIA Expo 2018, the first Expo run totally by Emerald Expositions employees, had an attendance of “more than 20,000 home tech pros” or flat as compared to their announcement of “more than 20,000 home tech professionals” at the event last year.

See more on this announcement from Emerald which has some new data… [Read more…] about Emerald Expositions Reports Attendance Flat at CEDIA Expo 2018

Filed Under: Associations, Management, Marketing, News, Promotions, Shows & Events Tagged With: Brianna Morris, CEDIA, CEDIA Expo, Emerald Expositions Events

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