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IHL Group Debunks The Retail Apocalypse
U.S. retailers are opening 4,080 more stores in 2017 than they are closing, and plan to open over 5,500 more in 2018, according to...
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Home Automation
LG’s IFA Focus Is On Voice Control & Robotics
LG Electronics is at IFA 2017 this week to promote its agnostic approach to the smart home. The company said it has committed to...
Home Automation
IFA 2017: Polaroid Focuses On Its Hoop Home-Security Cam
PLR IP Holdings used the IFA tech show in Berlin to show off its two newest Polaroid-branded cameras on Tuesday: the Hoop wireless home-security...
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Calrec at AES New York 2017
Calrec at AES New York 2017 In addition to demoing products in the AES New York exhibition, Calrec will participate in the Broadcast Audio...
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RTI Solutions on Display at CEDIA 2017:
Integration Designer(R) APEX Programming Software The backbone of RTI’s control and automation solutions, Integration Designer(R) APEX is now available. RTI’s new programming platform combines...
Keeping Current
Amazon Opens 2nd Bookstore In New York
After closing on its Whole Foods acquisition yesterday, Amazon’s foray into brick-and-mortar no longer seems like the retailer is merely dipping its toe into...
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InFocus and AOPEN Create First Large Format, Google Chrome-Enabled Touch Displays for Classrooms
Pairing InFocus JTouch touch displays with AOPEN Commercial Chromebox to deliver the first big screen Google Chrome interactive display solutions for education Portland, OR...
Buying Groups
BrandSource/AVB Circles The Wagons At Summer Show
AVB/BrandSource, the $12 billion buying group for independent tech, appliance and home-furnishings dealers, got down to business yesterday amid the distractions of Las Vegas...
Audio
Amazon’s Alexa Brings Multiroom Audio To Echo — And Soon To Sonos & Bose
Alexa can now deliver multiroom audio. Amazon announced on Tuesday that its Echo devices can now act as multiroom speakers using Alexa. Consumers can...
Keeping Current
Sony Cuts Price Of PlayStation VR
Sony is lowering the price of its upcoming PlayStation VR system by bundling the VR headset and camera attachment to a round $400, down...
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Best Buy Earnings Exceed Expectations
Best Buy’s second-quarter earnings and sales topped analysts’ expectations as revenue approached $9 billion, up almost 5 percent, and same-store sales grew 5.4 percent....
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Indy Audio Labs partners with rep agency Precision Sales Group (PSG)
Indianapolis, IN – August 29, 2017 – Indy Audio Labs, market leader in immersive home cinema processing and amplification, and owners of the high-performance,...
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Wisdom Audio Introduces Second Generation of System Controllers
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Aug. 28, 2017 — Wisdom Audio, designer and manufacturer of loudspeaker systems tailored for the most discerning audiophiles, will unveil...
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Fitbit Ushers In Ionic Smart Watch With Its Own OS & App Store
Fitbit showed it was ready for a market-share fight with the debut of what it’s calling its first smart watch, the Fitbit Ionic. Although...
Keeping Current
The Future of Target Stores Looks Like This One in Downtown Minneapolis
The retailer intends to have more than one-third of its stores remodeled by the end of 2019 as part of the $7 billion investment...
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Panasonic, Samsung & 20th Century Fox Plan HDR10+ Certification Program
Panasonic and Samsung are teaming up with 20th Century Fox to create an open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for high dynamic range (HDR) through...
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SOUNDBOKS Launches New Speaker with Merus Audio eximo® Amplifier Technology; Now Shipping
Herlev, Denmark, August 28, 2017 – Copenhagen, Denmark-based SOUNDBOKS (www.soundboks.com) recently released a follow-up version of their popular party speaker, known among music festival...
Buying Groups
Nationwide Sets Its Agenda
While the rare solar eclipse was locally obscured by overcast skies and random drizzle, there was no shadow last week on the Nationwide Marketing...
Buying Groups
Mega Group To Members: You’ve Gotta Accentuate The Positive
Mega Group USA broke all attendance records with its Fall National Convention, held Aug. 12-15 at the Omni Hotel & Music City Convention Center in...
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Sonnet Launches Dual-Slot SxS Pro Card Reader, Industry’s First for Thunderbolt 3
IRVINE, Calif. — Aug. 24, 2017 — Sonnet Technologies today announced the launch of its new SF3(TM) Series — SxS(TM) Pro Card Reader ,...
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Russound Taps Current Marketing to Represent Southwest Territory
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 25, 2017 – Current Marketing (www.greatreps.com) is proud to announce that it has been named Newmarket, N.H.-based Russound’s manufacturer’s representative for...
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Independent RadioShack Dealers Unleashed By Latest Bankruptcy
RadioShack’s second bankruptcy in two years may have brought its company-owned stores to the edge of oblivion, but it has apparently sparked a renaissance...
Appliances
LG Breaks Ground On First U.S. Appliance Plant
LG Electronics took a ceremonial step closer to domestic manufacturing yesterday when dignitaries including U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross and Tennessee Sen. Bob...
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Sears Closing More Kmart Stores
Sears Holdings has added another 28 Kmart stores to its list of locations targeted for shuttering this year. The announcement came with the release...
Keeping Current
Qualcomm President Steps Down
Qualcomm said its president, Derek Aberle, who had a major role in dealing with the company’s ongoing legal spat with Apple, decided to leave...
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Riedel Provides Massive Broadcast Infrastructure for Eurovision Song Contest
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Aug. 24, 2017 — For the 12th consecutive year, communications and signal distribution solutions from Riedel played a starring role in...
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iPoint Unveils New Commissioning Features
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Aug. 24, 2017 — iPoint LLC, a full-service business management software provider serving the home technology market, today announced enhanced...
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Middle Atlantic Leads Power Training at CEDIA 2017
FAIRFIELD, N.J. – Aug. 24, 2017 — Middle Atlantic Products today announced that Scott Lowder, Middle Atlantic’s director of product management, power, will present...
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Just Add Power Brings Guitars for Vets Giveaway to CEDIA 2017
LARGO, Fla. — Aug. 24, 2017 — Just Add Power (J+P), the leader in Ultra HD over IP, today announced the company will be...
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Samsung Expands The Boundaries Of (Screen) Space With Galaxy Note8
A year after a series of exploding Galaxy Note7 smartphones ripped a hole in Samsung’s reputation and bottom line, the company today responded with...
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VANCO INTERNATIONAL GRANTED PATENT FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY USED IN HDMI EXTENDERS, SPLITTERS & MATRIX SWITCH
The patent makes Vanco the only manufacturer to offer non-HDBaseT products that can extend bi-directional Power over Ethernet, transmission and control for 4K and...
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New JVC Bluetooth Sports Headphones Provide Secure, Comfortable Fit
WAYNE, NJ, August 22, 2017 – A pair of new JVC Bluetooth (ver. 4.1 Class 2) sports headphones, announced today, broadens the company’s line...
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New Bluetooth Headphones For Popular JVC Gumy and Marshmallow Series
WAYNE, NJ, August 22, 2017 – New Bluetooth headphones join the widely popular JVC Gumy and Marshmallow headphone lines, offering consumers the convenience of...
Keeping Current
Gibson Guitar May Default If Company Can’t Refinance Its Debt
What’s lower than a B? The financial rating of Gibson Brands Inc. The famed guitar maker had its rating lowered to Caa3, nine notches...
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Caster Communications Offers New Social Media Courses at CEDIA Expo 2017
In the third year of teaching, Caster’s classes help home technology professionals establish their brand on social media at different levels Wakefield, RI –...
Audio
Yamaha Debuts R-N303 Network Hi-Fi Stereo Receiver
It has been 63 years since the Yamaha Hi-Fi Player, the world’s first audio component bearing the “Hi-Fi” name, was released in 1954, and...
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Google, Walmart Partner On Shop-By-Voice
Your wish is their command. Beginning in late September, Walmart customers will be able to purchase hundreds of thousands of items from the discount...
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Acoustic Innovations WallScapes Acoustic Treatment Panels to Be Showcased at CEDIA 2017
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Aug. 22, 2017 — Acoustic Innovations, the industry’s premier designer, manufacturer, and installer of home theater seating and personal home...
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Bluebell Introduces Hothead Silhouette for Power Insertion and Long-Distance, 4K Remote-Camera Operation at Live Events
BERKSHIRE, U.K. — 22 August 2017 — Bluebell Opticom Ltd., provider of innovative fibre optic solutions for fixed and remote applications, today announced the...
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Digigram: Building Advanced Broadcast Solutions on Cutting-Edge Technologies
Digigram, a radio changemaker, offers solutions to the broadcast industry. In 2017, after 32 years of sustained history in the radio broadcast arena, Digigram...
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Petra Partners with Design Engineering to Expand Car Audio Selection
EDMOND, Okla. — Petra Industries, the consumer electronic industry’s accessory authority, has added Design Engineering, Inc. to its list of vendor partners. With its...
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SMPTE Announces Annual Awards Recipients for 2017
LOS ANGELES and WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Aug. 22, 2017 — SMPTE (R), the organization whose standards work has supported a century of advances...