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EXCLUSIVE: A Rare Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Sonance Rebranding Decision

September 5, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Insiders & Participants Share Their Perspective

“You are WAY too excited about this news,” Jason Sloan, Sonance Chief Sales Officer joked when first telling me about their rebranding plans a few weeks ago. But I was excited – these plans put forth a major shift in the position of the Dana Innovations, Sonance, iPort, & Trufig brands. To Sloan and CEO Ari Supran, this was more of a refocus than a rebranding – a return to their largest and most beloved brand after a long and at times frustrating period of trying to establish another overarching entity.

But to me, it was much more than that.

The inside story on the Sonance rebranding…

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, People, Strategy Tagged With: Ari Supran, branding, brands, Dana Innovations, design, Jason Sloan, Ken Rabe, Liz Birch, logo, Sonance

New, Larger SnapAV: The One-Stop Shop of Smart Home

August 16, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Strata-gee Interviews SnapAV’s John Heyman & Charlie Kindel

The industry is still adjusting to the new normal of SnapAV combining with Control4…even as it continues to gobble up more local distributors and talk about their e-commerce prowess. It can get a little confusing. Is SnapAV a manufacturer? An e-commerce play? A local distributor? Or are they attempting to be all of the above?

I spoke with SnapAV’s John Heyman and Charlie Kindel to try and help our readers sort this all out. It’s certainly a new world out there…but just what planet are we on?

See what I learned from these top SnapAV execs…

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, People, Strategy Tagged With: Charlie Kindel, Control4, John Heyman, SnapAV

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

Ex-Nortek Exec Speaks With Strata-gee, See What’s On His Mind

July 11, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Joe Roberts, EVP of Products and Marketing, at 2017 CEDIA Show

The last ninety days or so have been somewhat turbulent at Nortek Security and Control (NSC), with two top executives departing under foggy circumstances. First, in May we learned that President Mike O’Neal had left the company. Then, last week, news emerged that Joe Roberts, Executive VP of Products and Marketing had also departed.

I reached out to Joe Roberts to try to find out what was up with all of these changes at NSC.

See what Roberts had to say about Nortek…

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, People Tagged With: Joe Roberts, Melrose PLC, Nortek, Nortek Security & Control

AudioControl CEO on Fox Biz Network Says Tariffs are Trouble

May 24, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

AudioControl CEO Alex Camara on the Fox Business Network

Alex Camara, CEO of Seattle-based specialty electronics manufacturer AudioControl, was featured Friday on a segment on the Fox Business Network (FBN) talking the real impact of tariffs on American manufacturers. In the wake of the move by the Trump administration pushing a dramatically increased 25% tariff on a wide range of Chinese goods, Camara explained to FBN anchor Liz Claman the true impact these tariffs have on his business…and ultimately the American consumer.

See Camara explain how tariffs are trouble…

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Filed Under: Associations, Financial, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, People Tagged With: Alex Camara, AudioControl, Fox Business Network, Liz Claman, tariffs

Multi-Decade Member & Respected ‘CEDIA Fellow,’ Renounces His Membership

May 15, 2019 by Ted 1 Comment

Says Organization is On the Wrong Path;  Announces the Launch of a New Venture

Fred Ampel in Fox sound truck

Fred Ampel, a long time, multi-decade member of CEDIA, a regular trainer at multiple CEDIA Expos, and a “CEDIA Fellow” has renounced his membership in the organization. In a Skype interview with Strata-gee, he shared his view that the organization has changed in ways that are counter to his view of the type of education that they should be providing to the membership. As a result, he feels forced to develop a new alternative program outside of the trade association.

See why Ampel left CEDIA & what he’s planning…

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Filed Under: Associations, News, People Tagged With: CEDIA, education, Fred Ampel, training

CEDIA Hires Senior Director of Sales, Sponsorships & Partnerships

May 1, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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CEDIA announced on Wednesday that it has hired Robert Keeler to join the organization as its new Senior Director of Sales, Sponsorships, and Partnerships. Keeler is ex- a lot of well-known companies in this industry and he takes on a primary sales responsibility at the trade association.

Learn more about Keeler at CEDIA…

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Filed Under: Associations, News, People, Sales Tagged With: CEDIA, Robert Keeler

Luxman Announces Rep Awards at AXPONA 2019

April 25, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Luxman America took advantage of the recent high-end AXPONA 2019 show to announce awards to two top manufacturer sales representatives for outstanding sales achievements. Luxman Corp. president Terry Kawakami, presented both John Pravel and Rick Tydings with special gifts from Japan to honor their over-and-above efforts.

See more on these Luxman rep awards…

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, People, Sales Reps, Shows & Events Tagged With: John Pravel, Luxman America, Terry Kawakami

James Loudspeaker Launches New Mavericks Division

April 25, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Innovative architectural loudspeaker designer/manufacturer James Loudspeaker announced this week that it will split off its Mavericks theater products into their own division, the Mavericks Architectural Cinema (MAC) division. This new division will offer the company’s dramatic Mavericks theater speakers for both the high-end residential and commercial cinema installation markets.

See more on James’ new Mavericks division…

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, People, Products, Strategy Tagged With: commercial, James Loudspeaker, John Bishop, Mark Schafle, Mavericks, residential

The Ticket is $3,000 to See a Cinema at This Most Exclusive Theater

April 11, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Are you a one percenter who loves movies, but doesn’t love sharing a theater experience of dirty seats and sticky floors with the unwashed masses? Then Red Carpet Home Cinema is for you! You can see first-run, genuine (non-bootleg) blockbuster Hollywood movies in the comfort of your very own plush home theater for the positively pedestrian sum of a mere $3,000! And you can absolutely see them on the same date & time they are in commercial theaters! Hurrah!

See more on Red Carpet Home Cinema…

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Filed Under: Industry Trends, Marketing, News, People, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Dan Fellman, Fred Rosen, Red Carpet Home Cinemas

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