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Audio Design Associates Warns of Imminent Company Shutdown

December 10, 2019 by Ted 10 Comments

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In a letter to the media early Tuesday evening, Richard Stoerger announced the likely impending closure of Audio Design Associates (ADA), a company that was a founding member of CEDIA and a significant driving force in the early days of the “CEDIA channel.” The letter itself never explicitly explains the reasons for the possible closure, only offering vague allusions to: difficulty to “defeat the noise generated on a public level”… and … that they “just ran out of time and money”… and … a failure to “reckon with” how “difficult and expensive” it is to tell one’s story.

This news tolls the end of an era…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point Tagged With: ADA, Audio Design Associates, custom installation, custom installers, custom integration, Richard Stoerger

Last Week Onkyo, Now Sound United Reorganizes in Wake of Failed Acquisition Deal

November 21, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Sound United logo

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.

See what changes Sound United is making…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: reorgnization

Onkyo to Slash Overall Company Headcount by 30%, Cutting Management by 50%

November 14, 2019 by Ted 4 Comments

Also: Consolidating Facilities & Moving Headquarters

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It appears that the other shoe is dropping in the wake of the failed acquisition of Onkyo Corporation’s branded A/V division by Sound United last month, as the company now says it will reduce its overhead by cutting jobs. This appears to be the first step in a major reorganization of the company, as it seeks to right-size the organization for the industry’s new, smaller, and more competitive environment in which electronics manufacturers find themselves.

See more on Onkyo’s restructuring…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Boston Acoustics, Classe, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Integra, Marantz, Onkyo, Pioneer Elite, Polk, Sound United

Toshiba Launches Consortium of 100 Companies to Drive ‘Internet of Things’ Market

November 6, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Toshiba Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo
The Toshiba Corp. headquarters stands in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Toshiba Corp. announced this week that it has launched a large consortium of more than 100 companies in Japan for the purpose of creating new services and products to attack and drive the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) market. Consortium participants are companies of varying size and capabilities that cover the entire spectrum of the market.

Learn more about the new Toshiba IoT consortium…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Research, Strategy, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Internet of Things, IoT, Toshiba

The Curious Case of the Disappearance of Classé

October 31, 2019 by Ted 2 Comments

BREAKING NEWS Acquired by Sound United Two Years Ago, Then Gone


Classe logo

It was January 2018 when I reported that Sound United had completed its acquisition of Classé, an acquisition which had been first announced in December of 2017. In the weeks leading up to that December, former owner Bowers & Wilkins was considering getting out of the electronics business…maybe. After months of confusion, where on any day executives at Classé teetered back-and-forth between survival and demise – it now seemed that Sound United had thrown them a lifeline…a chance to live to fight another day.

And then they dropped out of sight for the last two years…

What happened to Classé?…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, Classe, Dave Nauber, Sound United

With Loss of Two Potential Buyers, Onkyo’s Future is a Question Mark

October 10, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

onkyologo

As you most likely know by now, Onkyo Corp. and Sound United have called off their transaction which would have transferred ownership of the 73-year old Onkyo brand, as well as the Integra, Pioneer, and Pioneer Elite brands to Sound United. The shocking news capped off a nearly five month process where many in the industry tried to figure out just how this deal made sense.

This was the second loss of a potential buyer for Onkyo, which admits it is re-evaluating its future based on the failure to sell off its brands.

See why Onkyo’s future is a question mark…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Gibson, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Integra, Onkyo, Pioneer Elite, Sound United

CEDIA 2019: Onkyo USA Says It Will Become a Retailer of Sonos, a Distributor Too

September 14, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

onkyologo

Onkyo USA announced this week that it will become a retailer of Sonos wireless music systems – selling the company’s wireless music systems on Onkyo USA’s website. The company also says it will distribute the brand nationally as well.

See more on Onkyo’s partnership with Sonos…

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, Pivot Point, Products, Retailers, Shows & Events, Strategy Tagged With: CEDIA Expo, Elite, Integra, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sonos

CEDIA 2019 – SnapAV to Distribute Sonos Wireless Music Systems Nationally

September 11, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of multiple Sonos models

SnapAV announced today that it will begin distributing Sonos wireless music systems beginning next month in October. The company says it will offer the entire line – including the Sonos Port, Sonos Move, and Sonos One SL – as part of its extensive assortment of gear targeted to the professional custom integrator.

See more on this announcement from SnapAV & Sonos…

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Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, Industry Trends, Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Shows & Events, Strategy Tagged With: SnapAV, Sonos

ADP Jobs Report is a Shocker, Seen as a Red Flag

June 6, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Logo for ADP

On Wednesday, the country’s largest payroll processor, ADP, announced that private-sector employers hired 27,000 people in May. This number was a dramatic reversal from their report on April hiring, which said employers added a remarkable 271,000 people. Many economists and market analysts expressed shock at the surprisingly low number.

See more on ADP’s May hiring numbers…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Pivot Point Tagged With: ADP, employment, Jobs, Moody's Analytics

Angling at Auction for a Deal on Thiel? Heed This Warning

June 5, 2019 by Ted 5 Comments

Thiel speaker at a show

Last week’s Strata-gee story on the final liquidation of what remains of Thiel not only drew a huge number of readers, it also sent a big chunk of them on to the auctioneer’s website (McLemore Auctions). Many of those readers who journeyed to the auction were in search of a great deal on a good line of Thiel speakers. But then, in an unexpected twist, a source reached out to Strata-gee to offer a warning to those in search of a great deal on Thiel.

Know this before bidding in the Thiel auction…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products Tagged With: acquisition, auction, audiophile, liquidation, private equity, specialty, Thiel

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