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NY Integrator Makes Unusual Expansion into Retail

October 30, 2013 by Ted 4 Comments

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Jak Daragjati
JD Pro

 

JD Pro, an integrator based in Staten Island, New York, has made what many would consider an unusual step – taking their successful, primarily commercial integration business and expanding it into the consumer retail market space. This step, which many would consider suicidal in the brutal New York Metro consumer electronics retail market, makes perfect sense to JD Pro’s owner – especially when you consider the unique position that their company has held from the day it was founded.

Why would a commercial integrator expand into retail? See more below… [Read more…] about NY Integrator Makes Unusual Expansion into Retail

Filed Under: News, Retailers, Strategy Tagged With: Best Buy, Jak Daragjati, JD Systems, Pro-Sho, The Sound Attitude

Lenbrook Hopes This Line Will Make You Blue

October 24, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Bluesound’s John Banks makes a point

Lenbrook America held a media event last week in Manhattan where they announced the birth of a new brand of multi-room wireless (and wired) music streaming systems called Bluesound. Bluesound is designed to be positioned above brands like Sonos in terms of price and performance…but tuck underneath some of the higher-end solutions such as those offered by NAD and others. The company hopes to create a profitable step-up market for higher priced, better performing solutions in the digital domain – as once existed in the analog realm years back.

Is Bluesound the new holy grail of quality digital music systems? Or will it miss the mark?… [Read more…] about Lenbrook Hopes This Line Will Make You Blue

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Android, Bluesound, Dean Miller, iOS, John Banks, Lenbrook America, MP3, NAD, PSB, wireless

The Miracle of…Birth – The Birth of the Bluesound Brand

October 24, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Bluesound LogoLast week, I witnessed a miracle. The miracle was…a birth. It was a birth like no other, as every proud parent believes is the case with THEIR child. There was a proud Papa…and a large assembled family…brought together to celebrate the event.

This birth, like any birth, was wondrous. And…for the parents…this was an event full of hopes and dreams of what their “bundle of joy” will become. At this joyous event was a group of observers, like me. But not like me.

Was this birth – the birth of Bluesound – truly “miraculous”???… [Read more…] about The Miracle of…Birth – The Birth of the Bluesound Brand

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Specialty, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Bluesound, Dean Miller, John Banks, The Lenbrook Group

One Year Later – Rosewater Rewarded with Test Program by Major Utility

October 9, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

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We first met the Rosewater Energy Group at the 2012 CEDIA Expo – a coming out party for the new company that makes a residential energy storage hub with batteries to store your energy from either the power company or renewable sources (i.e. solar or wind) and a capacity large enough to power your whole home with processed and purified 115 volt sine-wave power. Founded by well-known industry personality Joe Piccirilli, Rosewater is on the leading edge of a new concept in energy delivery, storage, and usage.

Now, one year later, how has Rosewater’s business developed? See below… [Read more…] about One Year Later – Rosewater Rewarded with Test Program by Major Utility

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Specialty, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: energy management, green technology, Joe Piccirilli, Rosewater Energy Group

Panasonic Pulls the Plug on Plasma

October 9, 2013 by Ted 2 Comments

BREAKING NEWS

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PHOTO: Bloomberg

Multiple news outlets including Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Nikkei reported today that sources at Panasonic are saying the company will exit the plasma TV business by the end of this fiscal year, which ends in March 2014. The news, while not totally surprising, means that there will be no plants anywhere in Japan producing plasma sets, and is likely the beginning of the end for the technology as LCD continues to take a greater share of even larger screen sizes.

See more on this surprising news out of Osaka, Japan… [Read more…] about Panasonic Pulls the Plug on Plasma

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Hitachi, IHS iSupply, LCD TV, Panasonic, plasma, Sony, Toshiba

Buying Group Kerfuffle Continues to Smolder

October 3, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

VIA International logoYesterday, we reported on an unusual flare-up involving Azione Unlimited, VIA International, and the Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA) – initially fueled by a press release from Azione that announced VIA was resigning all buying groups. In the wake of this announcement, we contacted both VIA and HTSA, who suggested that Azione’s release was not accurate.

Our post yesterday reported what both sides were saying. But today, they said more…as the kerfuffle continues… [Read more…] about Buying Group Kerfuffle Continues to Smolder

Filed Under: Associations, Management, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Retailers, Strategy Tagged With: Azione Unlimited, HTSA, Randy Stearns, Richard Glikes, Via International

Azione Notifies Market that VIA International Resigns from All Buying Groups – VIA & HTSA Respond

October 1, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Azione logoThe new retail buying group Azione Unlimited announced today that VIA International – a new mega-integrator made up of six separate integration companies merged into one – has resigned from all buying groups, effective October 1st. The announcement caught our eye as it was only tangentially about Azione (who lost two members as a result), yet offered assertions about VIA’s actions with no apparent participation from anyone at VIA.

VIA…and HTSA…react to Azione’s press release… [Read more…] about Azione Notifies Market that VIA International Resigns from All Buying Groups – VIA & HTSA Respond

Filed Under: Brands, Management, News, Pivot Point, Retailers, Strategy Tagged With: Azione Unlimited, Bob Hana, HTSA, Randy Stearns, Richard Glikes, Via International

TiO – Turn it On – It Just Might Turn YOU On

September 26, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

TiO logoPerhaps it is a touch poetic that TiO, the new division launched by Automated Control Technology Partners, and the company that emerged from the ruins of Colorado vNet (then 3vNet) – should launch their exciting new home automation system the year that CEDIA returns to Colorado. We’ve seen the system, and even though we have yet to have the opportunity to operate it (it was a non-powered display) we saw enough to strongly advise that you get to know it…and quickly.

In fact, if you are at CEDIA, we would recommend you set your sights on the Tio booth #3628… [Read more…] about TiO – Turn it On – It Just Might Turn YOU On

Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: AZSS1, home automation, MasterCoordinator, Mike Anderson, StealthStreamer, TiO

Gibson Brands Strikes Again – Seeks to Acquire Cakewalk from Roland

September 24, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Logo for Gibson BrandsGibson Brands announced this week that it it has signed a letter of intent with Roland Corp. and Cakewalk, Inc. to acquire Cakewalk Inc., a music software company, for an undisclosed amount. The deal is pursuant to the successful negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement.

And with acquisition, Gibson says it will launch a new brand, Tascam Professional Software to sell the Cakewalk product line. See more on this acquisition below… [Read more…] about Gibson Brands Strikes Again – Seeks to Acquire Cakewalk from Roland

Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Cakewalk, Cerwin-Vega, Gibson Brands, Henry Juszkiewicz, KRK, Onkyo, Stanton, Tascam, Teac

Ex-Niles Audio President Frank Sterns Appointed VP of Custom Installation at Sony

September 20, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

Photo of Frank SternsWe have learned today that former President of Niles Audio, Frank Sterns, is now the Vice President of Custom Installation at Sony Corp. This new appointment, effective this week, marks a significant change for Sterns who has been consulting to a variety of primarily smaller custom integration brands for the last two years.

See more on Sterns appointment at Sony… [Read more…] about Ex-Niles Audio President Frank Sterns Appointed VP of Custom Installation at Sony

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Specialty, Strategy Tagged With: Frank Sterns, Niles Audio, Nortek, Sony

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