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CEDIA 2019: Soundbars Here…Soundbars There…Soundbars Everywhere

September 11, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

image of Denon subwoofer

The assimilation of the custom integration industry by the once-reviled, now embraced soundbar is almost complete. And on the advent of another CEDIA Expo, yet another round of announcements of new soundbar products came rolling out. While this fact is now an accepted reality, what is remarkable is that some of these new soundbars are from companies that no reasonable person would have predicted would enter the category just a few short years ago.

See some new soundbars being launched at CEDIA Expo 2019…

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Filed Under: Brands, Consumer Trends, Integrators, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: consumer, Dali, Denon, KATCH ONE, soundbar

CEDIA 2019: Savant Broadens Access to More of Their Line Through AVAD and WAVE

September 11, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Savant announced this week that it has broadened access to more of its models through its existing partnership with the AVAD & WAVE distribution centers across the country. This expansion is for all of the existing 25 distribution centers that AVAD/WAVE have throughout the U.S. and Canada.

See more on Savant’s expanded deal with AVAD/WAVE…

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Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, Management, Manufacturers, News, Shows & Events, Strategy Tagged With: AVAD, WAVE, WAVE Electronics

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

CTA: Tariffs Mean Consumer Pain, Business Uncertainty

September 5, 2019 by Ted 1 Comment

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is pulling no punches when it comes to the latest revised tariff schedule being implemented by the Trump administration. The recently revised tariff schedule, which started a new round of tariffs just days ago on September 1st, with a second round scheduled to hit on December 15th means pain and uncertainty moving forward according to the CTA.

See what the CTA had to say about tariffs…

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Filed Under: Associations, Economic Trends, Industry Trends, News Tagged With: Consumer Technology Association, CTA, Gary Shapiro, tariffs

EXCLUSIVE: Dana Innovations Launches Major Rebranding Effort; Sonance Reasserted

September 3, 2019 by Ted 3 Comments

BREAKING NEWS

Dana Innovations at CEDIA 2017

San Clemente, CA-based Dana Innovations announced today that it is launching a major rebranding effort, the results of which will better reflect their business initiatives, clarify the meaning and positioning of their various brands, and assert new brand “pillars” to better convey who they are and what they represent. It will also reassert the prominence of the Sonance brand.

Strata-gee exclusive

The company will no longer be known as Dana Innovations thanks to a “back to the future” decision to elevate Sonance – the brand under which they were founded. Company management has granted Strata-gee exclusive access to this story, including to behind-the-scenes information revealing the depth and detail of the thinking, discussions, and even arguments of the last year and a half or so that were behind this major – and some would say somewhat risky – decision.

What the heck is Dana Innovations, er, Sonance doing?…

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Strategy Tagged With: branding, design, iPort, iPort by Sonance, logo, Sonance

AudioControl to Unveil the Most New Products Ever at 2019 CEDIA Expo

August 29, 2019 by Ted 1 Comment

AudioControl Concert XR-8

AudioControl said today they will introduce the greatest number of new products they have ever launched at a show at the upcoming 2019 CEDIA Expo taking place next month in Denver, CO. A specialty electronics supplier of high-performance residential, automotive, and commercial products, the company will show all-new home theater products, 70-volt amplifiers, and more.

See more on AudioControl’s new products at CEDIA Expo…

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Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events Tagged With: AudioControl, CEDIA Expo, home theater, subwoofer amplifier, surround sound

Bravas Group Sold to Private Equity Firm in $75 Million Deal

August 23, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Group Says Deal is Just the Beginning

Bravas Group logo

Bravas Group, a cooperative of integrators aggregated by Paul Starkey and Steve Firszt of VITAL MGMT, was first put together as part of VITAL MGMT’s consulting practice helping member companies better organize their operations, improve their financial performance, and drive greater profitability. Ultimately, the group’s fifteen members coalesced into one widely-spread unified organization, with over-arching centralized management and plans for the group to be packaged and sold.

Now, in a deal said to be valued at $75 million, Bravas Group has been sold to Presidio Investors, a private equity investment company with offices in San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX.

See more on the Bravas – Presidio deal…

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Filed Under: Financial, Industry Trends, Integrators, News, Retailers, Strategy Tagged With: Bravas, Paul Starkey, Presidio Investors, Steve Firszt

EXCLUSIVE: Strata-gee Tours James Loudspeaker’s New Nevada Factory

August 15, 2019 by Ted 2 Comments

Newer, Bigger, More Efficient, Higher Output

James Loudspeakers new Minden, NV factory and headquarters
Main Entrance: James Loudspeaker’s new Minden, NV factory & headquarters

It was like my Uber car was actually a time machine. After landing in Reno, Nevada, my Uber driver – an eccentric older fellow who is both a ride-share driver and a real estate agent – demonstrated an uncommon grasp of the local geography and history. Heading south on I-580 out of Reno there was a dramatic ridge of mountains to my right and a nonstop running monologue from my old-West style stagecoach driver: “Those are the Sierra-Nevada Mountains,” he helpfully offered. And on the left…the high desert.

This was going to be an adventure…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News Tagged With: factory, James Loudspeaker, Mark Schafle, Mike Park

Sonos/IKEA Partnership Delivers SYMFONISK Lamp Speaker & Shelf Speaker

August 2, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Symfonisk table lamp/speaker combo unit from IKEA and Sonos
IKEA and Sonos want homeowners to both see and hear the light [Click to enlarge]

Formally announced back in April, Sonos has collaborated with IKEA on a line of products for which it has great expectations. The first products of this collaboration – a table lamp with speaker built-in, and a thin bookshelf speaker that sits on a shelf and LOOKS LIKE a book…are finally now available. Will IKEA fans turn out in droves to buy these new models?

See the Sonos lamp & shelf speaker at IKEA…

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Filed Under: Brands, News, Products, Retailers Tagged With: Sonos, Symfonisk

Sex and the CES Attendee

July 29, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Only six months to go and word has emerged that the Consumer Technology Association – the trade group behind the annual Consumer Electronics show – has proactively taken steps to avoid repeating the mistakes that caused them to endure a plethora of embarrassing headlines last year. The controversy, a self-inflicted wound, surrounded the Association’s awarding – then rescinding – of a CES 2019 Innovation Award…and retroactive cancellation of booth space for that company. The news dominated the early headlines during the January 2019 event…mostly because the matter involved sex.

See how CTA got in trouble & hopes to avoid it this year…

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Filed Under: Associations, Industry Trends, Management, Marketing, News, People, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: Lora DiCarlo, Lora Haddock, personal health, sex tech, wellness

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