New York Metro manufacturer sales representative firm Atlantic Integrated has announced the appointment of Anthony Polzella as its New York Sales Manager.
Atlantic Integrated Appoints New York Sales Manager
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Bose to Shutter 119 Bose Stores in N. America, Europe, Japan & Australia
Bose Corp. announced earlier today that it will close a total of 119 Bose retail stores as a response to changing retail purchasing trends. The locations to be closed represents their entire retail footprint in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia.
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[Read more…] about Bose to Shutter 119 Bose Stores in N. America, Europe, Japan & AustraliaURC Cuts Staff as It Realigns Its Sales Efforts
Universal Remote Control, Inc. (URC) has had a round of layoffs heading into the holidays. Taking place last week, the remote control giant has made cuts to its team that represent approximately 6% of their total workforce.
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[Read more…] about URC Cuts Staff as It Realigns Its Sales EffortsFrank Sterns Leaves Sony for Sound United
Rumors abound for the last few days and now we learn it’s true, Frank Sterns, former Vice President of AV Specialty/Custom Integration for Sony, has left that position to join Sound United as Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations – Americas. This new role will begin on January 6, 2020.
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[Read more…] about Frank Sterns Leaves Sony for Sound UnitedMore Leadership Turmoil Hits Emerald Expositions
CEO to Exit by Year End; COO Steps into Interim Role While Search Begins
Emerald Expositions Events, Inc. (Emerald) (NYSE:EEX), parent company to the CEDIA Expo show and industry trade magazines CE Pro & Commercial Integrator, announced this week that CEO Sally Shankland will be leaving the company by the end of this year. Shankland was appointed CEO just this past June 2019, and has said she will step down “for personal health reasons.” Once again, the organization is plunged into a leadership vacuum which began just one year ago with the sudden resignation of then-CEO David Loechner.
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[Read more…] about More Leadership Turmoil Hits Emerald ExpositionsLast Week Onkyo, Now Sound United Reorganizes in Wake of Failed Acquisition Deal
For a few weeks now, I’ve been chasing a rumor that both sides of the failed Sound United acquisition of Onkyo’s branded A/V business were in the throes of a major reorganization. The rumors, it seems, were true – starting with Onkyo’s announced reorganization last week…and now word that Sound United is also implementing changes to its management structure.
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[Read more…] about Last Week Onkyo, Now Sound United Reorganizes in Wake of Failed Acquisition DealOrigin Acoustics Announces an Executive Promotion and Appoints a New CMO
Origin Acoustics announced this week that it has promoted current Sales VP Marc Fisher to the unusual title of President of Sales. The company also the appointment of John Marchionda as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
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[Read more…] about Origin Acoustics Announces an Executive Promotion and Appoints a New CMOLuxman Appoints John Pravel VP of Sales
Luxman America has appointed well known industry executive John Pravel as its Vice President of Sales. Previous to this appointment, Pravel was one of Luxman’s sales representatives in upstate New York.
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[Read more…] about Luxman Appoints John Pravel VP of SalesSony Announces Promotions in the AV Specialty & Custom Integration Sales Group
Sony announced that is has promoted two of the members of its team to new roles in the wake of the recent retirement of Gary Frankel, Western Regional Sales Manager. Both new appointments are in their “award-winning” AV Specialty and Custom Integration sales group and were made effective as of September 1, 2019.
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[Read more…] about Sony Announces Promotions in the AV Specialty & Custom Integration Sales GroupRocky Mountain Rep Firm Momentum Group Acquires Resi Biz of Texas-Based Dobbs Stanford
BREAKING NEWS
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.
