By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Losing Customers One Return At A Time

It seemed easy enough: Pick up a can of WD-40 from Home Depot and spray the front door so my wife would no longer know when I was sneaking out for a jelly donut in the

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Why Retailers Are Becoming Online Media Players

For years, major retailers have created new revenue streams by transforming existing assets into paid media channels — e.g., product in-store signage, TV

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

It’s Time For an Upgrade

Hot on the heels of the opening of the 8th Microsoft store comes news that Sony has opened a new concept Sony Style location in the Century City mall in Los Angeles

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

The Tyranny of the Street

Today’s news that Cisco will shutter Flip Video is a bad decision on so many levels that it is difficult to fit them all into one discussion. But for the sake

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Not Exactly Time To Pop The Champagne Cork

Based on their January 2011 Industry Forecast, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) tells us the home audio segment appears to be in good shape (year-to-year

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Sixty IS the new Forty!

Not too long ago sixty marked the beginning of the last part of our lives….a time when we began to slow down, take it easy, retire…downsize. Well

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Looking For Today’s Norio Ogha

I was an early-adopter, and to a certain degree I still am. I like what I have (and what I’ve had.) Technology is cool, fun and there are those of us (and you

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

3D impressions from the Cannes Film Festival

Where should I start? Ok, I know I’m supposed to write about 3D content, report that there will be even more content available this year and that that fact

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

The Lesson Book for Consumer Electronics

The book retailing industry has certainly changed hasn’t it? According to the Statistical Abstract of the United States, the number of book retailers in the US

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Thoughts On E3 2011 From An Old Hand

While the Electronic Entertainment Expo took place in the Los Angeles Convention Center, as it has every year since 1999 — with the exception of 2007 when the