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Wren Sound Systems – This Bird’s Ready to Fly

November 13, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of girl bird watchingGovernment data makes a strong case for a sustainable recovery under way – but most people in the consumer electronics industry tell me that this recovery is, at best, mediocre and, at worst, not happening. And as challenging as most are finding the economy, start-up companies tell me the headwinds are more like those of a Category 1 hurricane as they try to launch new products and services – hoping to get traction – in a very hostile start-up environment.

But one new start-up that has caught our attention – Wren Sound Systems – seems to be gaining ground with its new wireless speaker system…a product we find unique and interesting.

See what interests us about Wren below… [Read more…] about Wren Sound Systems – This Bird’s Ready to Fly

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Specialty, Strategy Tagged With: AirPlay, Bluetooth, Mike Giffen, Play-Fi, wireless speakers, Wren

Saying Demand is for Digital Distribution, Dish Drops Blockbuster Stores

November 6, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Blockbuster video storeDish Network Corporation said today it will close all remaining Blockbuster video store locations and also dismantle the DVD-by-mail service by early-January 2014. According to the company, consumer demand is clearly for digital distribution of media and physical DVDs just don’t make sense anymore.

See more on this unexpected announcement… [Read more…] about Saying Demand is for Digital Distribution, Dish Drops Blockbuster Stores

Filed Under: Brands, News, Pivot Point, Retailers, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Blockbuster, DISH Networks, Joseph P. Clayton, Netflix, Redbox

Monster Launches a Shaq Attack; Sports Star to Help Market Monster Products

November 6, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Shaquille O'Neal with Monster Products

Monster Products Inc. announced today that it has cut a deal with basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal to endorse and otherwise market select Monster-branded products. The company says that O’Neal will aid in the marketing of Monster products in multiple categories “from personal audio to headphones and beyond.”

See more on this new celebrity endorsement deal from Monster below… [Read more…] about Monster Launches a Shaq Attack; Sports Star to Help Market Monster Products

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Beats by Dr. Dre, Beats Iovine, Head Monster, Jimmy Iovine, Monster, Noel Lee, Shaquille O'Neal, Wal-Mart, Walmart.com

Two Great Lakes State Reps Are Now One

November 5, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Boyle Davis Sales LogoTwo well-known and established sales representative firms in the state of Michigan have merged their companies into one larger and better resourced entity. Both firms, Boyle Sales and TWC Michigan, have substantial dealer networks throughout the state and represent and support respected lines of top manufacturers in the consumer electronics industry. The new merged organization promises to be one of the top specialty electronics reps in the state.

See more details on this dramatic new development… [Read more…] about Two Great Lakes State Reps Are Now One

Filed Under: Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Sales, Strategy Tagged With: Bob Boyle, Boyle Davis Sales, Boyle Sales, Chet Davis, Core Brands, Nortek, TWC Michigan

Strata-gee’s Editor Appears in Latest Edition of AV Week Webcast

November 5, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Graphic of AVWeek logoNot having learned their lesson last time, AV Nation once again invited me to participate in the latest edition of their AV Week webcast to discuss the hot A/V topics of the day. Also appearing in this week’s episode of AV Week was Sam Malik of ASK Proxima and Kevin Iselli of Crestron Electronics. And, of course, AV Week is hosted by the incomparable Tim Albright, founder of AV Nation.

What topics did the guests on AV Week ponder? See more below… [Read more…] about Strata-gee’s Editor Appears in Latest Edition of AV Week Webcast

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events, Strategy Tagged With: 4K, ASK Proxima, AVNation, AVWeek, Crestron, Dell, Kevin Iselli, Sam Malik, Samsung, Sony, Tim Albright, UHDTV

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

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