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Are You Ready for the Coming Economic KABOOM?

March 24, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Economic KABOOM? While tech has been largely immune to it, many industry segments have been struggling to get through the current recession (think transportation and hospitality) that enveloped the country when the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S. early last year. Literally, for a period of weeks or even months, all businesses that were not considered essential services were shut down, bringing economic activity to a standstill. Now, like many folks, you may be expecting to see economic growth return as the country begins to climb out of the epidemic-ravaged economy. Perhaps you’re even expecting an economic boom.

But a growing number of experts say you are wrong – we won’t just have moderate economic growth coming out of this latest recession. We won’t even have an economic boom. Rather, they say we are headed towards an economic KABOOM.

See more on this approaching economic kaboom…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends Tagged With: economic growth

Samsung Warns Chip Shortage Now Impacting Mobile Phone & Computer Biz

March 23, 2021 by Ted 1 Comment

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Samsung’s Austin, TX chip factory remains idle with no announced restart date

Supply Chain Problems are Expanding into More Products

More evidence is emerging of the possibility of an economically significant impact from a stressed supply chain that has hit the global supply of integrated circuits (chips) hard. First felt in the automotive segment, now Samsung is warning that the global chip shortage is impacting smartphones and personal computers.

See more on the Samsung warning…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Manufacturers, supply chain, Technology Tagged With: General Motors, Honda, Honda Motor, Infineon Technologies, Japan Display, JDI, NXP Semiconductor, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Tesla, TSMC

Former Nike Exec to Take a Run at Denon

March 18, 2021 by Ted 3 Comments

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Sound United, parent company to a wide range of audio lines, announced this week that it has hired Trip Randall, a former executive with sneaker & sports gear maker Nike, to be the new President of Denon. The company says this move is part of their plan to “revitalize marketing” at Denon. They also say they are looking to “boost direct-to-consumer sales” as well as several other initiatives.

See more on the new Denon president…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Strategy Tagged With: Bart Muller, Boston Acoustics, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, Definitive Technology, Denon, HEOS, Marantz, Polk, Sound United, Trip Randall

LG Prevails in First of Three Patent Lawsuits Against TCL

March 17, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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LG Electronics (LG) announced last week that they had prevailed in a patent infringement lawsuit they had filed against Chinese powerhouse TCL Communication Technology Limited and two other affiliated European entities in Germany. While this is just one of three suits brought by LG, it’s the first argued, resulting in a winning decision.

See more on the lawsuits between these two giants…

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Filed Under: Law, News, Technology Tagged With: mobile phones, TCL

February Housing Starts in Double-Digit Drop

March 17, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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The 2nd Month of Decline; Is Housing Turning?

In the latest government data on new residential construction, housing starts dropped in February by 10.3%. This is the second month-in-a-row that starts dropped, after falling 6% overall in January.

So what do analysts think this downward cycle means? Is the housing construction segment beginning a period of contraction?

See what is happening in housing starts…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, News Tagged With: housing starts, residential construction

Sonos Car Audio and Other Surprises at Investor Event

March 11, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

Audi Q4 E-Tron interior with Sonos car audio
Audi Q4 E-Tron interior [Click to enlarge]

On Tuesday, Sonos held a major investors event that started off with the introduction of their new Roam portable speaker. But the real purpose of this event was to provide investors information on their financial performance. And stock analysts and the media got quite a show – and a few surprises – as the company revealed their formula for success.

Learn what Sonos says is their success formula…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, Strategy Tagged With: Audi, Brittany Bagley, Patrick Spence, Pete Pedersen, Roam, Sonos, Ted Dworkin

Sonos Launches New Roam Portable at Investors Event

March 10, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

Sonos Roam in white
The New Sonos Roam

Late in the day on Tuesday, Sonos held an investor event – their first such event – and kicked it off by announcing the new Roam portable speaker. While the $169 MSRP Roam speaker was interesting, I was more interested in trying to figure out the thinking behind why they wanted this small and relatively inexpensive portable as their next big thing.

Learn more on the latest speaker from Sonos…

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Filed Under: General Topics

Melrose Makes It Official: Nortek is For Sale…Again

March 9, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Melrose Industries Plc has announced that their financial results for fiscal 2020 and it wasn’t pretty. The company swung to a net loss on lower revenues. They said this was mostly due to the Coronavirus pandemic’s massive impact on its GKN Aerospace division. To streamline operations and raise cash, Melrose told the press that it has again put Nortek up for sale.

See more on Melrose putting Nortek up for sale…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Melrose, Melrose Industries, Melrose Industries PLC, Nortek

Crestron Partners with Origin on New Audio Line

March 8, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

When two power players decide to create something new together, the result could potentially shake the earth and be felt by all in the industry – especially by their competitors. Such was the first thought that came to mind when I learned that Crestron Electronics and Origin Acoustics – one, a home automation and integrated systems Jedi Master…and the other, a leading brand in premium architectural audio solutions – came together to create a new line of residential audio products under the Crestron brand.

Learn more about this Crestron/Origin partnership…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: architectural speakers, Crestron, Crestron Electronics, John Clancy, Nick Berry, Origin, Origin Acoustics, smart home

NuTech Group Appointed as Mid-Atlantic Rep for Legrand AV

March 4, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Legrand AV announced today that it has selected NuTech Group as its new manufacturers sales representative for the Mid-Atlantic region. NuTech will provide sales and technical support for the wide roster of Legrand’s residential custom integration lineup.

See more on NuTech’s appointment by Legrand AV…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, People, Sales Reps Tagged With: Brett Neiderman, Legrand, Legrand AV, NuTech Group, Tech Source Distributors, Tom Oliver

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