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Azione Spring Conference Focuses on Voice, Lighting & Marketing Initiatives
Philadelphia meeting features Experience Rooms for vendor/dealer engagement
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New Digs For AVB Marketing
The buying group’s marketing arm has taken up residence in a new Sacramento space.
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ProSource Shuffles Board; Adds 12 New Dealers, Integrators
Plus the A/V group adds $49 million in revenue from 12 new members.
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HTSA Goes In As A Buying Group, Leaves As A Trade Consortium
Spring meeting provides an update on lighting design and ‘Well Buildings’ initiatives
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Nationwide Marketing Group Earns 2018 Energy Star Award
Accomplishment made possible through efforts of its indie members
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ProSource CEO: ‘Size Alone Is No Insurance Policy For Success’
Dave Workman says buying group is a reflection of its membership
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BrandSource Gathers For Celebratory Summit
Dealers, leadership paint a rosy picture for 2018
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AVB/BrandSource To Convene This Weekend
The troops will gather at the Gaylord Opryland, a first-time venue for the buying group.
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Changes At The Top For Nationwide Marketing Group
The transition positions Nationwide for the “new era of retail.”
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Nationwide Buys Into Digital Services Provider RWS
The Nationwide Marketing Group has made a capital investment in its long-time digital marketing vendor Retailer Web Services (RWS).
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NECO’s Intercounty Opens 2nd Warehouse
The new facility will help pave the way for market expansion.
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ProSource Targeting Growth Opportunities At March Summit
The $5 billion buying group will have its eye on the prize at next month’s annual member meeting.
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HTSA Planning Largest Ever Spring Conference
Keynote to focus on attracting and retaining talent.
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Nationwide Buys Its Digital Services Provider
Site on Time joins the buying group’s bandwagon.
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ProSource, HTSA Expand Ranks And Services
ProSource and HTSA have opened their books to new members.
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NATM Firing On All 12 Cylinders
The NATM Buying Corp., the 12-member consortium of independent box stores, gathered in Dallas for its annual vendor conference earlier this month, pumped up...
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Buying Groups Stage Summertime Hat Trick
The worm has clearly turned for independent CE and appliance dealers. Although written off amid the growth of big-box chains and later Amazon, it...
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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...
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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...