Buying Groups
Attention Independents: Buying Group Conventions Are In Season
If it’s August, it must be buying group time, the end-of-the-summer period when these confederations of independent dealers convene in host cities to begin...
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Appliances
Major Appliances To Lead Smart-Home Market By 2021: IHS
Following a false start with energy-aware smart-grid appliances, the white-goods industry is now on track to dominate the connected-home market in four years. That’s...
news
Amazon’s 2-Minute Drill For College Students
Amazon upped the ante on shipment gratification with its debut of Instant Pickup in five U.S. cities. Geared toward college students, Instant Pickup enables...
news
Cord Cutting On The Cheap
Display-Vu has begun shipping a line of affordably priced RCA-branded Roku TVs. Three models are offered: 50 inches ($499 suggested retail), 43 inches ($379)...
Accessories
1More 1st With THX Badge
THX has launched a performance-certification program for headphones, and 1More is the first company to receive official designation. THX said it established its headphone...
news
A Virtual Reality Data Crunch Is Coming
The coming VR revolution may be delayed by heavy traffic. A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that data consumption by wireless virtual-reality headsets,...
news
FM Radio For Phones? LG Built It In Already
LG phone owners are about to suddenly find an FM radio in their pockets. LG Electronics and TagStation, owner of the NextRadio app, inked...
Accessories
Trndlabs’ Nova Take On Apple AirPods
Serving as an affordable alternative to Apple’s AirPods, The Nova ear buds from Trndlabs offer the same wireless operation for half the price. Currently...
news
5 Key Features our Retail App Is Missing
Ninety percent of shoppers have a mobile phone on them when in-store; however, 73 percent have two or fewer retailer apps on their phones....
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Accessories
Monster Builds In Voice Control To Its Headphones With MonsterTalk
Monster said voice-activated versions of its Elements, Clarity HD and iSport Freedom V2 Bluetooth headphones will become available later this month as part of...
Appliances
Sears Stepping Up Its Kenmore Rollout To Amazon
Sears’ launch of Kenmore-brand appliances on Amazon is picking up speed. Four weeks after it began offering a limited assortment of private-label majaps to...
news
Target Takes Aim At Same-Day Delivery, Again
In 2014 Target announced tests of a same-day delivery service in Boston, Miami and Minneapolis. “Undoubtedly, there will be kinks,” the discounter said, and...
news
Tech & Appliance Retail Sales Slip 1% In July
CE and appliance retailers essentially held their ground last month as sales for the channel slipped less than 1 percent to $8.1 billion year...
news
Dell, Whirlpool Sticking With Trump Post-Charlottesville
Industry vendors Whirlpool and Dell said they will continue to participate in the Trump administration’s Manufacturing Jobs Initiative despite the president’s delay in denouncing...
Industry
Stacey Kerek Named President Of Como Audio
Stacey Kerek has been named president of Como Audio, a new position for the Boston-based audio manufacturer. Prior to joining Como, Kerek was operations...
news
Amazon Debuts Instant Pickup For 2-Minute Order Fulfillment
Amazon upped the ante on shipment gratification with the debut of Instant Pickup in five U.S. cities. Geared toward college students, Instant Pickup enables...
Industry
Lenbrook Implements Management Changes
Lenbrook International, parent to the Bluesound, NAD Electronics and PSB Speakers audio brands, announced a series of management changes on Tuesday, including the transition...
Industry
Monster Brings On Sean Kingston As Brand Ambassador
Monster has added a new musician to its roster of celebrity brand ambassadors: Sean Kingston. The Jamaican-American pop artist, perhaps best known for his...
Audio/Video
Sony Adds XAV-AX200 & MEX-GS820BT Head Units
Sony Electronics has unveiled two new in-car audio systems with improved smartphone connectivity and a more user-friendly interface. Like its predecessor, the XAV-AX200 is...
news
LG Installs ‘World’s Largest’ OLED Screen & HD Video Wall
LG Electronics unveiled what it’s hailing as the world’s largest OLED screen and HD video wall. Located at the Dubai Aquarium and adjacent to...
Distributors
D&H To Hold Its First Chicago-Area Tech Show
D&H Distributing is bringing its traveling tech show to Chicagoland for the first time tomorrow, Aug. 15. The national IT and CE distributor will...
Car Electronics
Escort’s Redline EX Radar Detector Builds In Bluetooth & GPS
Escort further expanded its line of radar detectors at the KnowledgeFest trade show this past weekend with the unveiling of a model with built-in...
news
Samsung Adds Steam Access To Its Smart TVs
Steam games will now be available on existing and future Samsung smart TVs with the newly released Steam Link app. Samsung 2016 or 2017...
news
Toys‘R’Us To Return To Times Square For The Holidays
Toys“R”Us will return — temporarily — to New York’s Times Square after a two-year absence. The company will open a temporary 35,000-square-foot retail store...
Accessories
Best Buy Holding Nintendo World Championships Qualifying Events
Best Buy will once again host qualifying events for the Nintendo World Championships. Eight Best Buy locations will offer consumers the chance to compete...
Buying Groups
Mega Group Projects Record Crowds For Next Week’s Nashville Show
Mega Group USA is expecting a record turnout for its Fall National Convention, which kicks off this weekend at the Omni Hotel & Music...
news
LG Plans Camera Upgrade For V30
LG Electronics is shifting the focus from audio to imaging for its next top-of-the-line V-series smartphone. While the current flagship, the V20, was lauded for...
news
NextRadio, LG Team For Free FM Radio Access On Mobile Devices
LG phone owners are about to suddenly find an FM radio in their pockets. LG Electronics and TagStation, owner of the NextRadio app, inked...
news
Cord Cutting On The Cheap: RCA Roku TVs Now Available
Display-Vu has begun shipping a line of affordably priced RCA-branded Roku TVs. Three models are offered: 50 inches ($499 suggested retail), 43 inches ($379)...
Buying Groups
Nationwide Enhances MemberNet TV Platform
The Nationwide Marketing Group has added new features to its MemberNet TV service, which provides dealers with movie trailers, demo clips, digital signage and...
Industry
DJI Names Roger Luo President
DJI has named Roger Luo president of the company, a new position. Luo, who was previously operation VP, will be tasked with international development...
Audio
Klipsch Teams With Capitol Records For Heritage Speakers
Klipsch revealed the first fruits of its partnership with Capitol Records: a line of co-branded speakers. The special-edition Heritage and Heritage Wireless offering includes...
Industry
CEDIA & Escient Co-Founder Tom Doherty Joins HTSA
Tom Doherty, one of the original founders of CEDIA and a co-founder of Escient, has joined the Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA) buying...
news
B&O Play Comes To Best Buy
Luxury audio manufacturer Bang & Olufsen will now sell its products through Best Buy. Beginning this week, the H4 and H9 headphones from...
news
UHD Alliance Taps Mike Fidler As President
Michael Zink, technology VP at Warner Bros., will assume the post of UHD Alliance chairman, and CE industry veteran Mike Fidler will take on...
Accessories
THX Launches Headphones Certification Program
THX has launched a performance-certification program for headphones, and 1More is the first company to receive official designation. THX said it established its headphone...
news
A Virtual-Reality Data Crunch Is Coming: Juniper
The coming VR revolution may be delayed by heavy traffic. A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that data consumption by wireless virtual-reality headsets,...
Home Automation
Savant Acquires Artison
Smart-home manufacturer Savant has acquired Artison, a maker of whole-home audio solutions. Savant said the deal allows it to leverage Artison’s key patents...
Car Electronics
Voxx Supporting Code Alarm Remote Start With Promo, New Dealer Agreements
Voxx Electronics is supporting the launch of its new Code Alarm remote-start lineup with a six-month-long promotion for both dealers and consumers. It is...
Accessories
Trndlabs’ Nova Buds Take On Apple AirPods
Serving as an affordable alternative to Apple’s AirPods, The Nova ear buds from Trndlabs offer the same wireless operation for half the price. Currently...
news
My Kindle, My Self
Summer is for reading, at least in my house. My sons are banned from screen time from 9-5 each day and the policy has...