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Strata-gee’s COVID-19 Impact on Tech II Survey: What a Difference a Month Makes!

April 30, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Strata-gee COVID-19 Impact on Tech II Survey

Now completed, Strata-gee’s COVID-19 Impact on Tech II Survey is a follow-up study to Strata-gee’s original survey, COVID-19 Impact on Tech. If you haven’t read those original results yet, I would suggest you start there by clicking on this link as it will add context to the follow-up survey discussed here. And this time we learn that things have definitely changed in just five short weeks. In a nutshell, survey respondents report that the impact of COVID-19 this time around is much greater than in March.

See more of what the Strata-gee COVID-19 Impact on Tech Survey is telling us…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, Financial, Research, Statistics, Survey Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Strata-gee

IFA 2020 Show, Scheduled in September, is Now Canceled

April 23, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

A photo from a previous IFA show

All Eyes Turn to the Emerald City – San Juan Capistrano

IFA 2020, a huge consumer electronics show scheduled to take place in Berlin on September 4-9, 2020, is now canceled, the organization behind the event announced this week. It is yet another show joining a long line of mass, in-person marketing events to suffer this fate. The promoter is promising “an innovative new concept” to replace it – which some speculate will be a virtual online conference.

See more on this cancellation of IFA…

[Read more…] about IFA 2020 Show, Scheduled in September, is Now Canceled

Filed Under: News, Shows & Events Tagged With: AXPONA, CEDIA, CEDIA Expo, COVID-19, IFA

Group of 20 Prominent Exhibitors Call on Producer of AXPONA to Cancel Event

April 22, 2020 by Ted 5 Comments

AXPONA signage from previous evenrt

Cites COVID-19 & Economic Hardship

In an “Open letter to Joel Davis of JD Events,” a group of 20 prominent personalities in the high-end specialty audio industry – who are also contracted exhibitors – call on the producer of AXPONA to cancel the event. AXPONA had already been previously rescheduled by its production company from the originally planned April 17-19 dates…to August 7-9, due to the expanding COVID-19 pandemic.

Now some exhibitors are publicly calling upon the show’s producer to fully cancel the event for 2020 altogether, as COVID-19 – and the economic damage it’s causing – continues to be a major issue.

See why exhibitors want AXPONA canceled…

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Filed Under: Shows & Events Tagged With: Audio Expo of North America, AXPONA, Coronavirus, COVID-19

Fear Factor: Consumers’ Fear Suggests a Slow Recovery from Recession

April 16, 2020 by Ted 2 Comments

Photo from Manhattan showing stores closed due to recession and very few people on the street
[Photo: Juan Arredondo, New York Times]

COVID-19 Recession: Will Rebound be a V…U…or W?

The Coronavirus pandemic has hit America big time. With a head-spinning swiftness, the epidemic swept across the country with ruthless efficiency – first impacting densely populated urban areas (NYC, LA, Chicago), then spreading its tentacles throughout more sparsely populated regions of the country. It has extracted a devastating human toll, striking fear in the hearts of consumers, and brought a once bustling economy to a screeching halt…plunging it into recession.

We have never seen anything quite like this and for business owners and managers…we are truly in uncharted territory. With almost 85% of all Americans now subject to some form of Shelter-In-Place or Stay-At-Home order, everything except essential services, such as grocery stores and pharmacies, has been closed down – and most companies have seen their sales disappear. Will a fearful consumer complicate our recovery from this recession?

See more on what kind of rebound to expect…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Financial, Industry Trends, Management, News, Research, Strategy Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, recession

Stuck in COVID-19 Isolation? Country Music Star Says ‘Thank Goodness for Technology’

April 8, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

'Thank goodness for technology' says country music star Miranda Lambert

An astonishing 283 million Americans are stuck in some form of self-isolation or self-quarantine due to the fact that most states and cities have imposed a “Stay-at-Home” rule in the fight to snuff out the COVID-19 pandemic. This new reality in which we find ourselves means that almost all businesses (except for a few essential services) are closed – and millions of Americans are stuck at home with little or nothing to do. But what role does their technology play in this situation?

Thanks to Technology, we can all be connected…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, Financial, Industry Trends, News, Technology Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Miranda Lambert

Savant Launches New Support Structure & Options for Today’s ‘New Normal’

April 2, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Savant remote with cat
Savant Adapts to ‘New Normal’ of Work-at-Home

You don’t need me to tell you…the entire world has changed dramatically in just a few short weeks. Deadly viral outbreaks forcing government mandated ‘Stay-at-Home’ orders is something we haven’t seen in our lifetimes. Well the good news is, Savant remains committed to supporting their dealers and has aggressively taken action to more effectively configure their company’s support systems to meet the challenges of today’s environment.

See Savant’s changes to improve support in changed environment…

[Read more…] about Savant Launches New Support Structure & Options for Today’s ‘New Normal’

Filed Under: Education, Manufacturers Tagged With: COVID-19, customer support, remote support, technical support

As Overall Economy Hit by COVID-19, Layoffs Hit Tech as Well

April 2, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

AudioQuest Announces Downsizing

AudioQuest logo

A relatively large number of readers and industry sources have reached out to Strata-gee with word of cutbacks and layoffs at various industry brands – as the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) takes its toll on the U.S. economy. As was reported in a post just a few days ago, jobless claims jumped dramatically – by 33% in just one month – only to be exceeded a few days later by a massive jump in claims of 3 million more unemployed workers.

Now we are beginning to see layoffs in Tech…

[Read more…] about As Overall Economy Hit by COVID-19, Layoffs Hit Tech as Well

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Industry Trends, Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Pivot Point Tagged With: AudioQuest, Coronavirus, COVID-19, layoffs, recession

New Study: Another Impact of COVID-19 – the Crash of Consumer Sentiment

March 26, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Nearly 90% of Consumers Expect a Recession Because of COVID-19

Logo for L.E.K. Consulting and Civis, researhers on consumer sentiment

New research conducted this month shows another major impact of COVID-19 Coronavirus – the crash of consumer sentiment. A statistically significant survey of a representative sample of all Americans has reached concerning conclusions about consumer sentiment now and likely to prevail for months after the COVID-19 crisis passes.

See how COVID-19 has impacted consumer sentiment…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, News, Pivot Point, Research, Statistics Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, spending

With Recession Certain, What To Do Now

March 25, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

8 Steps to Recession-Proof Your Business

Most economists have come to the conclusion that a recession is imminent – if not already here – as the drive to stamp out the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has businesses being shut down and employees sent home. Many of these employees are either being officially laid off, or effectively laid off if they are hourly workers. Unemployment claims have already jumped and based on estimates from people way smarter than me – are going to go way higher soon. So now what do we do?

See logical next steps in a recession…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, Financial Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, recession

Uninvited Guest: Attendees of ProSource Summit 2020 Exposed to Coronavirus COVID-19

March 19, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of entryway into ProSource Summit 2020

ProSource Confirms COVID-19 Exposure from Exhibitor at Annual Member Conference

ProSource wrapped up their annual Summit, this year known as Summit 2020 on March 11th. The event had barely wrapped up when within days many other organizations began canceling their events due to the rapidly propagating coronavirus epidemic sweeping across the U.S. ProSource barely got their event completed just as health authorities around the country began restricting gatherings such as conferences like theirs which congregate a lot of people in one place at one time.

And now we know that there was another attendee at the ProSource Summit 2020 – coronavirus COVID-19, an uninvited guest, visited the group’s annual event..

See more on COVID-19 at ProSource Summit 2020…

[Read more…] about Uninvited Guest: Attendees of ProSource Summit 2020 Exposed to Coronavirus COVID-19

Filed Under: Buying Groups, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: AVB, Coronavirus, COVID-19

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