Buying Groups
AVB Taking Business With Aggressive Digital Push
Thousands of dealers, vendors and suppliers converged on Caesars Palace last week for AVB/BrandSource’s late summer convention and buy show. The message from the...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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Nationwide Bringing Smart Home To PrimeTime Show Floor
In its push to get its members up and running in home automation, the Nationwide Marketing Group will present a mock connected home on...
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Nationwide Kicks Off Its Largest Summer Event In History
Nationwide Marketing Group kicked of a new promotional event to help its members grab additional market share during the summer. The buying group for...
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ProSource Adds 15 New Members
ProSource, the $4.5 billion-plus buying group for specialty A/V dealers and custom integrators, added 15 new members last quarter, for a total of approximately...
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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...
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Nationwide Siphoning Sears, hhgregg Shoppers With New Marketing Campaign
The Nationwide Marketing Group is stepping up its share-grab efforts with a new marketing campaign designed to snatch up stray Sears and hhgregg customers....
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Karl’s Mike Manthey Joins Nationwide Marketing Group
Industry veteran Mike Manthey has joined the Nationwide Marketing’s Group’s member support team. Manthey comes to the $15 billion merchandising and marketing organization for...
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ProSource Convenes For May Meeting
ProSource, the industry’s largest buying group for A/V specialty dealers and custom integrators, was high on the smart home at its annual Spring Meeting...
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Nationwide Concludes Spring Meeting
Nationwide Marketing Group, the buying group for independent CE, appliance, furniture and bedding dealers, capped off its biannual spring regional meeting in Winston-Salem, N.C.,...
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ProSource Lands Micro Center
ProSource, the industry’s biggest buying group for independent A/V dealers and integrators, has snagged an equally massive retailer. Micro Center, the 25-store IT specialty...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Buying Groups
RWS Publishes Digital Marketing Playbook For Indie Retailers
Mega Group USA, the buying group for independent CE, home-furnishing, appliance and mattress retailers, has provided another competitive asset for its members: a digital...
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HTSA Expands Vendor, Membership Ranks
Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA), the buying group for specialty retailers and custom integrators, has opened its books to new manufacturers and members....
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ProSource Envisions 800 Members In Five Years
ProSource, the industry’s largest buying group for A/V specialty dealers and custom integrators, laid out an aggressive growth plan at its annual spring Summit...
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NATM Adding 12th Member; Appoints P.C. Richard’s Gregg Richard President
It’s been a busy week for the NATM Buying Corp., the now 12-member buying group for major big-box chains. In two quick bursts, the...
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Nationwide Sees Opportunity In Wake Of Sears, hhgregg
The slow, waning drip of survival of both Sears and hhgregg was a primary topic of conversation at Nationwide Marketing Group’s Primetime convention and...
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Mega Group Gearing Up For Next Week’s Spring Show
March Madness has a different meaning in New Orleans, where the Crescent City will have hosted no less than two major buying group shows...
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Happy Birthday Azione
Azione Unlimited, the they-said-it-couldn’t-be-done start-up founded by ex-HTSA head Richard Glikes, demonstrated last week what could be accomplished through focus, street smarts, sheer will...
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Nationwide Nabs Nest Labs
The Nationwide Marketing Group is getting a major boost to its connected-home initiatives. The $15 billion marketing, merchandising and services organization has added Nest...
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AVB/BrandSource Eyeing Billions In Up-For-Grabs Market Share
Associated Volume Buyers (AVB), the $17 billion buying group for independent appliance, CE and furniture dealers, anticipates upward of $6 billion in short-term revenue...
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ProSource Adds Focal & Naim To Lineup
The ProSource buying group has added two new audio manufacturers to its vendor line card: Focal and Naim. Both companies offer premium audio...
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BrandSource Set For 2017 Summit
BrandSource, the $17 billion buying group, has lifted the veil for its upcoming Summit & Expo, being held March 5-8 the Orlando Marriott World...
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HTSA Sets Spring Conference In San Diego
Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA), the national buying group for custom integrators and CE dealers, will hold its 2017 Spring Conference March 27-30...
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ProSource Adds Six Members
The ProSource buying group has added six new members to its ranks and elevated four others to higher sales tiers, including acclaimed A/V and...
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Almo Pro A/V Joins Azione
International electronics and appliance distributor Almo Corp. has joined the Azione Unlimited (AU) buying group as a vendor member. Almo, which already supplies the...
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ProSource Opens Registration For March Summit
It may be hard to think past CES, but life will go on after Las Vegas. To that end, ProSource, the industry’s largest A/V...
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NECO’s New England Group Signs Digital Marketing Deal With Promoboxx
The New England Appliances and Electronics Group (NEAEG), a chapter of the NECO Alliance buying cooperative, has partnered with Promoboxx to assist its member...
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All The Way To Memphis For Mega Group USA
Mega Group USA, the national buying organization for independent mattress, appliance, CE and furniture dealers, is admittedly frugal when it comes to costs. But...
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HTSA Board Welcomes Fresh Perspective
Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA), in accordance with the organization’s bylaws, completed a nomination and electoral process resulting in the election of two...
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ProSource Brings Back Town Hall Member Meetings
ProSource hit the town hall circuit again this fall and (thankfully) it had nothing to do with the elections. The industry’s largest A/V and...
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Azione Adds 10 More Dealers
Azione Unlimited (AU), the integrator-focused educational buying group, has added ten more dealers to its membership roster, for a total of 175. The latest...
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ProSource Grows With 13 New Members
ProSource announced the addition of 13 custom integrator members to its roster. According to the custom-installer-focused buying group, the new members add approximately $20...
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HTSA Members ‘Acting Like a Group’
Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA) returned to where it all began for the buying group 20 years ago. At Chicago’s Westin Michigan Avenue,...
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ProSource, Audio Vendors Hold Offshore Planning Sessions
ProSource, the industry’s largest A/V specialty and integration buying group, tackled a range of strategic issues with vendors D&M, Harman, Sony and Yamaha during...