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Gibson Brands Takes Control of Onkyo Corp.

July 5, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

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In a filing with Japan’s JASDAQ stock exchange, Onkyo revealed this week that at the end of June, major investor Gibson Brands became the largest shareholder for the first time since its relationship with the Osaka-based manufacturer of higher-quality electronics began in 2012. This small announcement portends a potentially significant change in the relationship between the two entities.

See more on this news out of Japan about Gibson and Onkyo… [Read more…] about Gibson Brands Takes Control of Onkyo Corp.

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Elite, Esoteric, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, Integra, KRK, Onkyo, Onkyo USA, Pioneer, Stanton, Tascam, Teac, WOOX

Gibson Brands Hires New COO, Hit With Another Credit Downgrade

October 5, 2016 by Ted 3 Comments

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Gibson Brands announced Tuesday that it has hired Lee Cheng as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and executive vice president. This appointment takes effect immediately and follows a recent additional credit downgrade by the Moody’s Investor Service.

See more on Cheng’s interesting background and the Moody’s downgrade… [Read more…] about Gibson Brands Hires New COO, Hit With Another Credit Downgrade

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: Gibson, Gibson Brands, Henry Juszkiewicz, Lee Cheng, Onkyo, Teac

Gibson Brands Puts Assets Up For Sale

March 24, 2016 by Ted 1 Comment

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Just two weeks after we told you about Moody’s Investors Service downgrading Gibson Brands credit to junk status, the company has put two of their properties up for sale in an apparent effort to raise some much-needed cash. According to local reports, both properties contain warehouses and are located in redevelopment areas in downtown Nashville.

See more on this new Gibson development… [Read more…] about Gibson Brands Puts Assets Up For Sale

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, News, Strategy Tagged With: Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Moody's Investor Service, Onkyo, Philips, Teac, WOOX

Moody’s Downgrades Gibson Brands Credit to Junk

March 10, 2016 by Ted 10 Comments

Gibson Brands CEO Responds to Moody’s Downgrade

Photo of Gibson busThe music industry is positively buzzing about the announcement late last week by Moody’s Investors Service that, for the second time in three months, it has downgraded the credit rating of Nashville, Tennessee-based Gibson Brands. Gibson (formerly Gibson Guitars) is a tightly held private company that launched an aggressive diversification strategy a few years ago, focusing on acquiring several consumer electronics brands such as Onkyo Corp. and Teac, Corp. and recently Philips.

Now Moody’s suggests the debt used to acquire these brands is dragging the company down… [Read more…] about Moody’s Downgrades Gibson Brands Credit to Junk

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Gibson, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, Onkyo, Pioneer, Teac

Gibson Brands Opens Showroom in Tokyo

July 10, 2014 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of exterior of Gibson's Tokyo ShowroomGibson Brands (née Gibson Guitars) announced last week that it has opened a showroom in Tokyo, Japan that it calls a “pioneering music lifestyle concept showroom.” Although Gibson Brands owns many different brands, this particular showroom focuses on just three of them: Gibson Guitars, TEAC and Onkyo.

See more on this unique showroom… [Read more…] about Gibson Brands Opens Showroom in Tokyo

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Strategy Tagged With: Gibson, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, Onkyo, Teac, Teac/Tascam

Niche Speaker Manufacturer Cabasse Appoints Integra as U.S. Distributor

March 19, 2014 by Ted 2 Comments

Integra_Black_HighRes2In a brief announcement today, Cabasse – a French loudspeaker manufacturer with a small niche following here in the U.S. – announced that it has appointed electronics brand Integra as its “exclusive” distributor for the United States. This new relationship takes effect retroactively to March 1, 2014.

See more on this announcement which some industry observers found strange… [Read more…] about Niche Speaker Manufacturer Cabasse Appoints Integra as U.S. Distributor

Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, Industry Trends, Marketing, News, Specialty, Strategy Tagged With: Cabasse, Esoteric, Gibson, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, Integra, KRK Systems, Stanton, Tascam, Teac

Gibson Brands Goes ‘Back to the Future’ to Celebrate 120 Years

January 9, 2014 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Gibson Brands took advantage of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to make a bit of a show of their own to celebrate 120 years in business. The company, which serves up 23 different brands of musical instruments, professional audio products and, more recently, consumer electronics products, chose a unique way to mark the occasion by going “Back to the Future.”

See more on how Gibson chose to celebrate their 120-year anniversary… [Read more…] about Gibson Brands Goes ‘Back to the Future’ to Celebrate 120 Years

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Promotions, Shows & Events Tagged With: CES, Consumer Electronics Show, Gibson, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, Integra, Onkyo, Teac, Teac/Tascam

Readers’ Choice – The Top Strata-gee.com Stories of 2013 as Picked by Readers

December 31, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

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2013 ends today and it is fun to look back on the top stories of the last year. Many times, this yields surprises as stories from early in the year are easy to forget. In this post, we are revealing the top Strata-gee.com stories from 2013 based on which stories generated the most page views…therefore, those stories that you – the reader – found most interesting.

See Strata-gee.com’s Readers’ Choice for top stories of 2013 below – Do you remember these?… [Read more…] about Readers’ Choice – The Top Strata-gee.com Stories of 2013 as Picked by Readers

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: 3vNet, AudioXperts, Automated Control Technology Partners, Beats, Beats by Dr. Dre, Core Brands, Gibson, GoldenEar, HDBaseT, NAD, Nortek, Onkyo, Samsung, Seiki, Sound pOp, Teac, Thiel, Wireworld, Yamaha

Gibson Brands Strikes Again – Seeks to Acquire Cakewalk from Roland

September 24, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Logo for Gibson BrandsGibson Brands announced this week that it it has signed a letter of intent with Roland Corp. and Cakewalk, Inc. to acquire Cakewalk Inc., a music software company, for an undisclosed amount. The deal is pursuant to the successful negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement.

And with acquisition, Gibson says it will launch a new brand, Tascam Professional Software to sell the Cakewalk product line. See more on this acquisition below… [Read more…] about Gibson Brands Strikes Again – Seeks to Acquire Cakewalk from Roland

Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Cakewalk, Cerwin-Vega, Gibson Brands, Henry Juszkiewicz, KRK, Onkyo, Stanton, Tascam, Teac

Gibson Guitar Announces Name Change

June 12, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Gibson_Bus_Fleet-1Gibson Guitar announced on Tuesday that – in a bid to better reflect its growing family of products outside of the guitar category – it will be changing its corporate name from Gibson Guitar Corp. to Gibson Brands. While the move looks logical, there will likely be many who will bemoan the fact that the new name loses its ability to honor the company’s stringed-instrument heritage and still-important namesake product.

See more on why the company says this is the right move… [Read more…] about Gibson Guitar Announces Name Change

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Cerwin-Vega, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, KRK, Onkyo, Stanton Group, Teac

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