Appliances
Majap Giants Court Builders
The builder channel is becoming an increasingly important adjunct for appliance retailers — and a mainstay of majap manufacturers. To underscore the point, the...
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Holiday Inventory Retailers Need
Samsung FlexWash + FlexDryDesigned to provide laundry flexibility for busy families, the FlexWash and FlexDry let consumers do multiple loads at the same time....
Appliances
Sears Goes To The Mattresses
Sears has opened a new-format specialty store devoted to appliances and mattresses. The freestanding showroom, located in the border town of Pharr, Texas, builds...
news
iPhone 8 Could Be A Victim Of Its Own Success
Last month the world marked the 10th anniversary of Apple’s first-ever iPhone. As it should have. Most owners don’t give their iPhones much thought...
news
Best Buy Gets Even Smarter
Best Buy knows a good thing when it sees it. Rewarded for its smart-home forays with strong comp-sale gains, the retailer has accelerated its...
news
Anatomy Of A Smartphone Launch: OnePlus 5
For those not in the smartphone know, OnePlus is to handsets what T-Mobile is carriers. While neither company is undercapitalized (OnePlus is a corporate...
news
The Stealthy Growth Of The Smart Home
Smart-home growth may come slowly — but steadily — as just one installed device is enough to motivate consumers to further automate their lives,...
news
Better Fatten Up The Reindeer: Retailers See A Busy Q4 Ahead
For born-and-raised New Yawkers old enough to remember Crazy Eddie, the long-gone retailer’s “Christmas In August” ads are indelible. The spots featured radio DJ...
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hhgregg’s Pain Is Independents’ Gain
Don’t get Jim Estill wrong. The CEO of compact appliance resource Danby finds no joy in hhgregg’s dissolution. But that’s not to say you...
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2017: Are We There Yet?
Are we already at the halfway point of 2017? Maybe it’s just me, but it feels more like six minutes than six months. Either...
Financial
LG Guidance Shows Profit & Revenue Growth, But Comes In Under Expectations
LG Electronics’ Q2 earnings guidance showed an increase in both operating profit and revenue over last year’s period, but failed to meet analysts’ expectations....
Accessories
Pioneer & Onkyo USA Signs Licensing Deal With Ironman, Debuts 1st Headphones
Pioneer & Onkyo USA has signed a multiyear licensing deal with Ironman, unveiling the first fruits of its partnership: athletic earphones. Ironman, a Wanda...
news
Samsung Frame TV Given Its Close-Up At Video & Audio Center
Samsung formally showcased its Frame 4K HDR TV at Southern California A/V specialist Video & Audio Center (VAC), teaming with 20th Century Fox Entertainment...
Industry
Mark Casavant Named Jamo Managing Director
Mark Casavant has been promoted to managing director of Jamo International, tasked with growing the audio brand globally. Jamo is a Klipsch Group badge,...
news
Liberty Interactive Acquires Whole Of HSNi For $2.6B
Liberty Interactive Corporation and HSN, Inc. (HSNi) have entered into an agreement that sees Liberty Interactive acquiring the 62 percent of HSNi it does...
news
Schaefer’s Wins Nebraska Retail Federation Honors
Schaefer’s, the independent TV and appliance dealership in Lincoln, Neb., was named a Nebraska Retail Champion by the Nebraska Retail Federation. The honor lauds...
Appliances
Samsung, Whirlpool Bring New Kitchen Collections To Pacific Coast Builders Conference
With the builder channel becoming an increasingly important adjunct for appliance retailers — and a mainstay of majap manufacturers — the Pacific Coast Builders...
Industry
Sharp Promotes Michael Kelly To Top U.S. Manufacturing Post
Michael Kelly, who joined Sharp in 1984 as a mechanical design engineer, has been promoted to senior VP of Sharp Manufacturing Company of America...
news
Monoprice Opens Its 1st Retail Store
Monoprice has opened its first brick-and-mortar store. The manufacturer and online seller of CE accessories and small appliances planned a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday morning...
Home Automation
Samsung Still Striving For Its Own Smart Speaker
Samsung Electronics is intent on bringing its own voice-controlled smart speaker to market, integrating its Bixby digital assistant, according to multiple reports, but delays...
news
The Smart Home Can Grow By Stealth, Says Futuresource
Smart-home growth may come slowly — but steadily — as just one installed device is enough to motivate consumers to further automate their lives,...
Appliances
Smeg USA Shows Its True Colors For Independence Day
It’s still not too late for appliance dealers and their customers to celebrate Independence Day in style. Kitchen majap manufacturer Smeg USA has waved...
Audio/Video
Wireless Apple CarPlay Comes To Aftermarket In-Dash With Alpine’s iLX-107
Alpine has begun shipping the iLX-107, the first aftermarket in-dash receiver with wireless Apple CarPlay. The iLX-107, first previewed at CES in January, is...
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A Primer For Amazon Prime Day 2017
Amazon will kick off its third annual Prime Day at 9 p.m. ET on Monday, July 10. The sales event, which features “hundreds of...
news
Best Buy Adding Amazon Alexa, Google Home Sections
Best Buy knows a good thing when it sees it. Rewarded for its smart-home forays with strong comp-sale gains, the retailer has accelerated its...
news
Sold! Staples Going Private In $7B Buyout
Following months of speculation that the No. 1 office supply chain was being shopped around, Staples has agreed to be acquired by private equity...
news
LG’s 77-inch ‘Wallpaper’ OLED To Hang At Video & Audio Center Today
LG’s widely lauded 77-inch W-series Signature OLED TV, which was a CES standout in January, will finally wend its way to retail today. The...
news
Dolby Atmos Comes To Netflix
Dolby Atmos support has arrived at Netflix, the streaming service’s chief product officer Greg Peters announced in a company blog post. The support becomes...
Car Electronics
American Road Products Inks Deal With Pearl Automation
Auto aftermarket brand Pearl Automation has shuttered it doors but found a taker for its flagship wireless RearVision backup safety system. American Road Products...
news
EZViz’s Mini Trooper Is An Indoor/Outdoor Security Solution
EZViz has broadened its lineup of smart-home security devices with the addition of the Mini Trooper camera. Featuring a wire-free design that’s meant for...
Computers
Lenovo’s Laptops Of The Future Are Flexible & Curvy
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of ThinkPad this fall, Lenovo rolled into New York last week for a global B-to-B conference that...
Home Automation
Sure To Debut Universal Remote App With Voice Command Capability At Mobile World Congress
Sure Universal, which markets a smartphone-based universal remote app, has added Amazon’s Alexa voice control to its capabilities. The company will debut the updated...
Audio
Riva Audio Ships WAND Multiroom Wireless Speakers
Rikki Farr knows how good music should sound, perhaps better than anyone else alive. As a club manager, concert and festival promoter, and music...
Audio/Video
Cobra’s IP 200 Dash Cam With Motion Detection Now Available
Cobra Electronics has begun shipping its newest dash cam, the Instant Proof (IP) 200. A windshield-mounted camera, the IP 200 records 1080p video with...
news
As Apple Marks A Milestone, iPhone 8 Could Be A Victim Of Its Own Success
In three days the world will mark the 10th anniversary of Apple’s first-ever iPhone. Or at least it should. Most owners don’t give their...
Car Electronics
Voxx International Sells Off Hirschmann Car Group
Voxx International has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Hirschmann Car Communication group to a subsidiary of TE Connectivity. Hirschmann, which Voxx...
Appliances
Sharp Butters Up Microwave Market With Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Setting
Updated!Sharp Home Electronics Company of America (SHCA) has sharpened its merchandising with a trio of stainless-steel countertop microwave ovens that feature dedicated settings for...
Buying Groups
ProSource Partners With Roon Labs
ProSource, the specialty buying group for A/V dealers and integrators, has partnered with Roon Labs to drive market adoption of the developer’s all-inclusive player...
news
Mohu’s Leaf Glide Antenna Gives Cord Cutters More Range With Less Work
Mohu unveiled its latest solution for cord cutters, the Leaf Glide HDTV indoor antenna. Designed to bring the same range of outdoor antennas right...
news
Sears Layoffs Included Online President Stephan Zoll, Shop Your Way SVP Eric Jaffe
Updated! Two top Sears Holdings executives whose functions are key to the retailer’s core multichannel shopping strategy were included in a corporate downsizing earlier...
news
Sears Opens Appliance/Mattress Specialty Store
Sears has opened a new-format specialty store devoted to appliances and mattresses. The freestanding showroom, located in Pharr, Texas, builds on the success of...
Accessories
Sony Aims For STEM Education With Koov Building Blocks
Add Sony to the list of the companies that want to make computing coding as easy as snapping Legos together. Sony’s global education unit,...