Edge Gets Good Turnout At Expo

TWICE Staff -- TWICE, 6/30/2009

Dallas - Edge Distributors Group reported its fifth annual Consumer Electronics Expo (CEE) drew 550 dealers and 95 suppliers.

CEE, which was held May 30-31 in Frisco, Texas, was hosted by Edge Distributors Group member Electronic Lane, Edge Distributing along with Electronic Lane Mobile, Sunbelt Associates & Distributing and Southwest Electronix, and co-sponsors ERA Marketing, Lesco Distributing, PCI, Elite Marketing and McKinney Sales.

The event's 95 CE suppliers included 44 residential product brands and 51 automotive audio/accessory brands and local-area suppliers.

According to Katye McGregor, manager of the CEE 2009 and director of The Edge Group, attendance was very strong, citing that decision makers and principal owners made up the bulk of the attendance, with many attending the show both days to maximize their time spent with each exhibitor.

"I'm hopeful that together we are laying groundwork for the re-growth of our industry, and am energized by the fact that attendees and exhibitors alike reported that they left feeling optimistic about the upcoming season," added McGregor.

The residential product lines represented were APX, Aspire RF (Cooper Wiring Devices), Boston Acoustics, Chief Manufacturing, Current Audio, Chrysalis, Dali, Denon, DNP, Envive, Epson, Esoteric, Ethereal, FatCat, Furman, GrandTech / Panphonics, ICMcorp, Innovolt, Jamo, KEF, KTV, LG, Marantz, Nexus, NuVo Technologies, Parasound, Pantel, Planet Waves, Severtson, Sherbourn, SIM2, Russound, Sanus Systems, Sonance, TEAC, Triad Speakers, Tripp Lite, TruAudio, Universal Remote Control, Velodyne, Xantech, Yamaha and Zektor.

Founded in 1999, Edge Distributors Group consists of 15 independently owned regional distributors that primarily serve the premium U.S. custom-installation market and select retailers.