Blurring Lines

Sony and Best Buy announced last week that they have co-developed (my emphasis) a line of wireless audio products under the Altus brand. The line will be sold at Sony

By: Steve Smith |

Phones (?) At CEDIA Expo

In preparation for any major show in CE that highlights new products, members of our editorial staff will usually pop in my office when there is surprise introduction

By: Steve Smith |

CE Pricing: An Open Letter To The Industry

The last thing this industry needs is a “price war” right about now. But that’s what may be happening if you believe all the industry chatter in

By: Steve Smith |

Reflections On CEDIA Expo In Atlanta

CEDIA Expo concluded its first show in Atlanta last week with many key major suppliers, custom installers and retailers in attendance.I say that upfront because, as

By: Lisa Johnston |

Keeping Up With Consumer Tweets

Slate has an article detailing the experiences of unsatisfied consumers who take to the Web to voice their complaints. This is nothing new, of course, but newer

By: Steve Smith |

CEDIA Expo, Then & Now

The custom-install channel - installers, upscale retailers, distributors, reps and suppliers - all converge on Atlanta this week to attend CEDIA Expo, which is

By: Steve Smith |

Efforts To End Texting & Driving Intensify

A story in today’s Wall Street Journal outlines plans by U.S. regulators of all stripes to stop texting and driving. The story quotes CTIA stats about a boom in

By: Steve Smith |

Good Circuit City, B&H Analysis

Our managing editor John Laposky passed along a story from Inc. Magazine called “Why Circuit City Failed, and Why B&H Thrives” by Joel Spolsky.

By: Steve Smith |

Independent Retailers Get No Respect

So J.D. Power and Associates issued a report the other day saying that “big box” retailers like Best Buy, hhgregg and others provide shoppers with more

By: Steve Smith |

Rays Of Sunshine

During bleak times like this it’s easy to just look at the steady drumbeat of bad economic news and say there are no opportunities out there. There is no

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