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Monster’s Cable-less Future

May 23, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Central Hall of Alliance Expo Showing Monster Cable Display — Monster's presence at this week's Alliance Expo

This week at the Alliance Expo 2012 being held in Newark, NJ by Audio Associates and their vendors, Monster (formerly Monster Cable) had a large presence with a booth that stretched down one wall, across a corner, and along another wall with an impressive showing of their product line. The Monster presence included those products for which they are best known – cables and headphones, but perhaps even more impressive than that – they demonstrated some of their new wireless technologies and systems…pointing towards a wireless future. [Read more…] about Monster’s Cable-less Future

Connecting Three Powerful Partners – Technology, Vendors & Dealers

May 23, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

At this week’s Alliance Expo 2012 in Newark, NJ, we sat down with event promoter Audio Associates’ CEO Ron Meyerowitz to get his take on the event…and on trends in the industry. The dealer show, held annually by the well-known New York Metro-area sales representative firm, appeared to be quite successful at a time when many in the industry find business sluggish. We wanted to know – why was this year their biggest show ever…and what is the secret of their success?

QR Codes are Quite Popular with Electronics Shoppers

May 18, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

New research from market researcher The Nielsen Company conducted just this month (May 2012) shows that those QR (quick response) codes are popular with shoppers in many different types of stores. But these codes are most popular with smartphone-equipped shoppers at electronics stores according to this latest research. Why? [Read more…] about QR Codes are Quite Popular with Electronics Shoppers

Our BIG Announcement!

May 17, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

<May 17, 2012> OK…the day has finally come. It is time to make our big announcement. For those of you who don’t know, Stratecon is a strategic marketing company. In addition to writing newsletters about trends and issues, we work with companies of all types to develop strategically sound marketing plans and to drive new business development. [Read more…] about Our BIG Announcement!

New York’s Huge ‘Alliance Expo’ Dealer Show is Next Week

May 16, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

<May 16, 2012> New York manufacturers representative firm Audio Associates tells me that they are ready-to-go for their huge dealer show called “Alliance Expo 2012 – Partnering for a Stronger Tomorrow” scheduled for next week and originally announced in the ALERT last month. Launching this coming Tuesday, May 22nd and wrapping up Wednesday, the company says they are pulling out all of the stops for another mega-event, taking place this year at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Newark, NJ. [Read more…] about New York’s Huge ‘Alliance Expo’ Dealer Show is Next Week

Ciornei Makes Triumphant Return to Russound

May 16, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

<May 16, 2012> Russound announced today that it has retained the OAC Group to work with the company on a variety of product and marketing projects. The announcement follows the company’s recent divestiture of Colorado vNet – selling it to Russound’s former Vice President of Sales Mike Anderson. But the development is most notable for what it appears to represent – the triumphant return of Oscar Ciornei to Russound. [Read more…] about Ciornei Makes Triumphant Return to Russound

Best Buy’s Founder is Forced Out as Ex-CEO Receives $6.6 million Severance

May 16, 2012 by Ted 2 Comments

<May 16, 2012> The news out of Best Buy Stores, Inc. continues to be ugly. Earlier this week, we learned that the board investigation into the unseemly Brian Dunn affair has taken an unexpected turn, resulting in Best Buy founder and board chairman Richard Schulze being forced out of his own company. And yet, some market analysts are celebrating. Why? [Read more…] about Best Buy’s Founder is Forced Out as Ex-CEO Receives $6.6 million Severance

Nortek’s Net Losses Continue – And Continue to Improve

May 16, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

<May 16, 2012> Late last week Nortek Inc. released the results of its fiscal first quarter or the period that ended March 31, 2012. Nortek – parent company to venerable industry brands such as Niles Audio, Speakercraft, Xantech, Elan, and more – showed a 7% sales increase in the quarter to $522.8 million as compared to $488.6 million in the year before. And while the company continued to book a net loss in the first quarter, it clearly showed solid improvement in several areas…including a dramatically reduced net loss of $1.2 million as compared to the same quarter last year when the net loss was $21.1 million. [Read more…] about Nortek’s Net Losses Continue – And Continue to Improve

Welcome to Strata-gee.com

May 10, 2012 by Ted 4 Comments

THANK YOU for stopping by our humble abode on the Internet! We’ve stocked it to the rafters with a ton of what I hope you’ll find is useful content and news on marketing and business strategy in TECH today.