Industry
Hifonics Founder Helmut Stieglitz Dies
Helmut Stieglitz, the founder of car audio manufacturer Hifonics, died earlier this month. Stieglitz launched the brand and its first product, the Series 1...
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Audio
Luxury Audio Is Another World And Different Rules Apply
Editor’s note: On the heels of TWICE Magazine’s Luxury Issue, we asked our friends at Futuresource Consulting to identify what sector of the tech...
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Price Cutting Doesn’t Always Result In Better Retail Sales: Study
Does having the lowest prices result in more sales? According to a Bain & Co. survey, customers’ perceptions are often at odds with reality....
Accessories
Sennheiser’s MKE 2 Elements Is An External Mic For The GoPro Hero4
Sennheiser launched a portable microphone for use with the GoPro Hero4 action cam as part of its participation in the GoPro developer program. The...
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10 High Fliers In The Luxury CE Market
Bang & Olufsen is a known name in the high-end audio market, but its newest project has still managed to raise eyebrows. The BeoSound...
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Lenovo’s Abary Talks Gaming’s Future
Legacy CE is rife with sleepy, commoditized product categories but few have been as marginalized as PCs. Enter Mike Abary, a former Samsung (Chromebook)...
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Product Showcase: Fitness & Fun
BIK-26 Unfold & Go™ Folding pedal assist electric mountain bike The BIK-26 easy folding makes ideal for travelling holidays and those with minimal storage...
Audio/Video
Product Showcase: Home Theater
Swiveling TV Base The Swiveling TV Base creates the look of a mounted TV and provides space for the Sonos® PLAYBASE™, PLAYBAR™ or other...
Accessories
Product Showcase: Headphones
Koss TD85 Over Ear Headphones Capture every note and listen loudly without worry of disturbing others nearby. Built to deliver ultimate durability, listeners will...
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High-End Audio Makes A Comeback
As part of our April 17 issue, TWICE examined some of the biggest players in the luxury consumer electronics market. What follows is a...
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Architectural Digest Show Shines Light On Luxury Market
If anyone knows luxury its the folks at Architectural Digest, who more than tens years have been featuring luxury furniture, lighting, kitchen and bath,...
Audio
Product Showcase: Speakers
Logitech Z337 2.1 Wireless Speaker System Stream audio wirelessly from any Bluetooth® device by connecting a computer, smartphone or tablet, or for a wired...
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Something’s Brewing For The DIY Beer Connoisseur
For discriminating beer drinkers, it’s the best of all times. Once limited to watery, mass production lagers, suds swallowers can now choose from thousands...
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What Becomes A Showroom Most?
When it comes to luxury white-goods displays, Starpower has some tough competition in True Refrigeration. The super-premium kitchen vendor has been earning accolades for...
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Starpower’s ‘Living Showroom’ A Dream For Luxury Clientele
Starpower Home Entertainment Systems, Dallas’ luxury A/V, custom-install, major appliance, flooring and home furnishings chain, is quite aptly named. Its newest concept store, which...
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hhgregg’s Demise Could Breathe Life Into Independents
The liquidation of assets is well underway at hhgregg and the chain expects to shut its doors for good by June. But in death...
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Toshiba’s Future Takes A Turn For The Worse
On the heels of releasing unaudited third-quarter results, Toshiba is facing a possible delisting by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the rumored sale of its...
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HTSA Rides Wave Of Good Cheer
As he took the stage to deliver his opening address at HTSA Spring Conference, an emotional Jon Robbins paused, trying to fight back tears....
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Time is… Much More Than Money
“Time is money.“ This maxim was penned by Benjamin Franklin in 1748. Fast forward over 250 years, and I submit that today time is...
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Thinking Inside The Box
Retailers, specifically brick-and-mortar, seem to be getting an unfair rap in the wake of some significant announcements. For example, Sears, JCPenny and hhgregg have...
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Accessories: No Boundaries
I’m well into my second year as chair of the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA)™ Accessories Division, and happy to report our division is unified...
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USB-C Transition Means Product Compliance is More Important Than Ever
The Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA)™ member companies are the architects and engineers of tomorrow, some of whom are developing the next platform of USB...
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Social Media Revisited: Increasing Product Awareness
Social media permeates our culture: over 1.8 billion monthly active users on Facebook, 600 million on Instagram and 106 million on LinkedIn. Many of...
Digital Cameras
NPD: Sony Takes No. 2 Position In U.S. Full-Frame Interchangeable Lens Camera Market, Trailing Canon
Sony Electronics is now No. 2 in U.S. market share dollars of full-frame interchangeable lens cameras, trailing Canon. Sony displaced Nikon which sits at...
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Hisense To Settle NASCAR Dispute With Video Game Tournament at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Hisense is furthering its sports sponsorship efforts with a gaming showdown by two NASCAR drivers at the Hisense 4K TV 300 at the Charlotte...
Digital Cameras
Nikon Unveils Advanced D7500 DX DSLR
Nikon introduced an advanced-level DX-format DSLR, the D7500, that takes the best elements of its D500 flagship and incorporates them into a more affordable...
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Walmart Offers Discounts For Online Purchases Picked Up In Stores
Walmart will begin offering discounts on certain online-only items that customers purchase on Walmart.com and then pick up at any Walmart store. The Pickup...
Financial
Toshiba Questions Its Future After Disastrous Earnings Report
On the heels of releasing unaudited third-quarter results, Toshiba is facing a possible delisting by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the rumored sale of its...
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Apple, Samsung, Google Dominating Mobile Payments, But Look Out For PayPal
New data from Juniper Research estimates that the number of mobile payment users, including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay, will exceed 100...
Home Automation
Moni Adds Qolsys IQ Home Security/Smart Home Control Panel
Moni has introduced an all-in-one security and smart home control panel to its smart home security portfolio. The Qolsys IQ Panel 2 has a...
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LeEco-Vizio Merger Officially Off; Collaboration Announcement Made
LeEco Global Group and Vizio announced today that the merger agreement to acquire Vizio will be called off “due to regulatory headwinds.” “We continue...
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ZTE Debuts Its First Connected Smartwatch For U.S., The ZTE Quartz, Through T-Mobile
ZTE USA has teamed with T-Mobile to enter the connected wearables category in the U.S. with its ZTE Quartz smartwatch. ZTE, the fourth largest...
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hhgregg To Begin Liquidating
Unable to find a buyer by today’s deadline, hhgregg will begin liquidating its assets this weekend and expects to shut its doors for good...
Industry
CTA’s 2017 Hall Of Fame Class Includes Former TWICE Publisher Marcia Grand
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced its new class of inductees into its 2017 Consumer Technology Hall of Fame, and for the second year...
Buying Groups
ProSource Adds 10 CI Members, Elevates 2 To Power Tier
A/V and integration buying group ProSource has added 10 new members and elevated two. Audiolab Stereo & Video Center of Fairless Hills, Pa., and...
Audio
Zvox TV Speaker Can Be Fine-Tuned For Impairment Needs
Zvox has given its AccuVoice TV speaker an upgrade, adding a remote control that can better match a user’s hearing impairment. The AccuVoice TV...
Industry
Voxx To Hold New Installer Certification Program At KnowledgeFest 2017
Voxx Electronics has provided a peek at its plans for the KnowledgeFest car technology show, to be staged in Indianapolis April 9-11. In addition...
Audio
Onkyo Launches 2-Channel TX-8270 Network Stereo Receiver
Onkyo USA introduced its latest network stereo receiver, the TX-8270. Outputting 2×100 watts (8 Ohms, 20Hz to 20kHz, 0.08 percent, two channels driven), the...
Buying Groups
HTSA Talks New Initiatives On Wave Of Good Cheer
The Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA) buying group celebrated a successful 2016 and presented a positive look to the future at its recently...
News
Hisense An Official Sponsor Of The 2018 FIFA World Cup
Hisense has become an official sponsor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, making it the first-ever Chinese CE brand to support the...
Buying Groups
Mega Group USA Spurs On Members Amid Rare Marketplace Opportunity
Mega Group USA, the 3,200-store marketing and merchandising organization for independent furniture, CE, appliance and bedding dealers, is urging its members to redouble their...