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Savant’s Virtual Expo Delivers a Powerful 1-2 Punch That Just Knocks Me Out

October 6, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Online home of the Savant Virtual Expo 2021

As the first and one of the most prominent brands that decided to pull out of the recent CEDIA Expo in Indianapolis last month, Savant based their difficult decision on placing the safety of their employees and customers as their key concern in a time of surging Delta-variant COVID infections. But that decision did not mean that they didn’t want to communicate with their dealers about the many exciting developments at the company. So Savant developed a powerful two-pronged approach (the 1-2 punch I mentioned) to deliver their dealers a better – virtual – trade show.

See more on the Savant virtual tradeshow…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Angela Larson, CEDIA Expo, Savant, trade shows, virtual event

Who Owns the CEDIA Expo? And Other Important Questions of Context

September 29, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

CEDIA Expo 2021

As I am sure that most readers of this post will know, during CEDIA Expo at the beginning of September, I published a continuously updated post tracking which previously announced exhibitors subsequently made the decision to pull out of the event as the COVID Delta variant raged on. A remarkable realization occurred as I worked on that post, literally speaking with dozens, if not hundreds, of exhibitors and attendees for that event – many of them were confused about who owned the CEDIA Expo!

See why who owns the CEDIA Expo matters…

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Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Financial, Management, News Tagged With: CE Pro, CEDIA, CEDIA Expo, Connected Design, Dealerscope, Emerald Expositions, Future Plc, IFA, Residential Systems

Emerald, Calling CEDIA Expo ‘Solid,’ Releases Numbers That are Sobering

September 14, 2021 by Ted 7 Comments

A photo from the Emerald Expo produced CEDIA Expo 2021
[PHOTO: Emerald Expositions]

Emerald Expositions on Monday put out a final recap of the CEDIA Expo 2021 that took place earlier this month and while Group Vice President Jason McGraw called it “…a solid event,” the numbers they revealed told a much more sobering tale. Still, I need to say up front that I am actually impressed they released data from the event rather than the hazy and rough estimates as they have done in the past. It’s at least a step in the right direction towards some sort of transparency.

See some of the CEDIA Expo 2021 numbers

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Filed Under: News, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA Expo, Emerald Expositions, Jason McGraw

CEDIA Expo Attendee Videos Show Wide Open Aisles, Draped Empty Halls, and Sparse Attendance

September 1, 2021 by Ted 14 Comments

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On-site registration, opening day [Photo: anonymous show attendee]

In a post yesterday, I suggested that the evidence seemed pretty clear – this year, attendees would find a very different CEDIA Expo. Today, the opening day of the event has seen a few videos and photos uploaded on Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites which seem to suggest that this is indeed a very different Expo.

See more on attendee’s CEDIA Expo videos…

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Filed Under: Distributors, Health, Integrators, Manufacturers, Sales Reps, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA, CEDIA Expo, Emerald, Emerald Expositions

CEDIA Expo Opens with Few Exhibitors; Not 500, Not 242, Only 76 Booths Remain

August 31, 2021 by Ted 7 Comments

CEDIA Expo 2021 floorplan
Looks like lots of room for hospitality at CEDIA Expo 2021

CEDIA Expo opens this week, with education sessions starting today and the show floor opening tomorrow. As Strata-gee has been reporting, over the last three weeks literally hundreds of exhibitors have pulled out of the event over concerns surrounding the surge of infections due to the Delta variant of COVID-19. With Emerald expositions vowing to forge ahead with the event no matter what, attendees to the event – whether many or few – will find themselves at a very different CEDIA Expo.

See more on this very different CEDIA Expo

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Filed Under: Health, Integrators, Marketing, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA, CEDIA Expo, COVID-19, Delta, Emerald, Emerald Expositions Events

Digital Projection Pulls Out of CEDIA Expo and All Tradeshows Through 2021

August 26, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Digital Projection, Inc. (DP), a leading video technology provider, announced this week that it will withdraw its participation in CEDIA Expo 2021, as well as all large, in-person tradeshows for the remainder of 2021. While DP says they enjoy meeting face-to-face with “customers, partners, and friends,” the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced them to reexamine the risks of such events and led to this decision.

See more on the thinking behind this DP announcement

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA Expo, Digital Projection

CEDIA Expo 2021: Should You Risk Your Health to Attend a ‘20% Expo’?

August 26, 2021 by Ted 6 Comments

CEDIA18 Day 2 crowds
I saw more open aisles on Days 2 & 3

The Day After Losing 39 Exhibitors, Expo Loses Another 26

What a crazy couple of weeks it has been for exhibitors of CEDIA Expo 2021, and also for potential attendees who watched a slow-motion train wreck unfold right in front of their eyes. It was almost exactly two weeks ago – on August 10th – when Savant CEO Robert Madonna suddenly announced that Savant was pulling out of CEDIA, due to concerns over the surging infections from the Delta variant of COVID-19.

Little did we know then that this was the trickle before the flood…

See more on the saga of CEDIA Expo 2021

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Filed Under: Health, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA Expo, Crestron, Emerald, Emerald Expositions, Lutron, Samsung, Savant, Snap One, SnapAV, Sonance, Sonos, Sony, Sound United

CEDIA Expo Loses More Than 100 Exhibitors; Redraws Smaller Floorplan

August 23, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

CEDIA 2018 crowd
CEDIA Expo in better days

CEDIA Expo 2021, scheduled to run in less than two weeks from September 1-3, 2021 in Indianapolis, IN, has been steadily shrinking over the last ten days or so, as exhibitors began pulling out in the face of the rapid expansion of COVID infections due to the Delta variant. Emerald, the exposition company that owns the CEDIA Expo, has said they are going forward no matter what – even though their data shows that more than 100 exhibitors have pulled out of the event in the last two weeks.

See the latest numbers from Emerald and the smaller floorplan

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA Expo, COVID-19, Delta variant, Emerald, Emerald Expositions

Emerald: The Show WILL Go On!

August 19, 2021 by Ted 3 Comments

Emerald Holding logo

Emerald Letter Tries to Nail Down Remaining Exhibitors

On Wednesday, Emerald emailed a letter to exhibitors that appears to be an attempt to stem the outflow of companies that have canceled their participation in the CEDIA Expo 2021 – 42 brands according to Strata-gee’s tracking – and encourage those exhibitors that have not yet abandoned the show from leaving. Signed by Emerald executives Brian Pagel and Jason McGraw, the letter declared “the show is still very much on as planned.”

See more on the Emerald attempt to stem the tide leaving Expo

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Filed Under: Brands, Buying Groups, Dealers, Health, Integrators, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: Brian Pagel, CEDIA Expo, COVID-19, Delta variant, Emerald, Emerald Expositions, Jason McGraw

Sonance Says, See You in a (Hopefully) Safer 2022; Exits CEDIA Expo 2021

August 18, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

CEDIA 2019 in Sonance booth
Photo was taken during the 2019 CEDIA Expo in the Sonance booth looking towards the front of the hall. Notice Lutron booth on the left, another exhibitor who, like Sonance, withdrew from the CEDIA Expo 2021

Sonance, a leading supplier of custom integration speakers and electronics, announced today that they will “withdraw from exhibiting at the 2021 CEDIA Expo,” much as several other exhibitors have decided over the last few days. In fact, today has been a big day for such withdrawals – almost a third of all companies who announced they were pulling out of the show, made that announcement today.

See more on the Sonance withdrawal from CEDIA Expo 2021

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Filed Under: Brands, Health, Integrators, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA Expo, COVID-19, Delta variant, Jason Sloan, Sonance

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