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AVAD Revamps Management Team, Readies CEDIA Return
One month after its purchase by a private equity investment firm, AVAD, the custom integration distributor, has restructured its management team and announced plans...
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D&H Brings Tech Show To Boston Aug. 9
D&H Distributing, the North American IT and CE distributor, will return to Boston Aug. 9 for its annual New England Technology Trade Show. The...
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CEDIA Dropping The Term ‘Integrator,’ CEO Says At PowerHouse Pow-Wow
Vincent Bruno, CEO of CEDIA, delivered the keynote address at the PowerHouse Alliance’s fourth annual national sales meeting last month, where he called for...
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What We Learned At New Age Electronics’ Retail Summit
At first glance, observers (i.e., family and friends) might think a business trip to Hollywood would be filled with sun and fun. Well, there...
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New Age Going Hollywood (Again)
Merchants and vendors are converging on Hollywood this week for New Age Electronics’ sixth annual Retail Dealer Summit. The two-day event returned to the...
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Pioneer Music Company Celebrates Second Facility
Kansas CE distributor Pioneer Music Company (PMC) marked the opening of its second fulfillment center with a three-day Grand Slam launch event last month that...
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Tech Data Launches Dedicated IoT Division
Tech Data, the global IT distributor, has created a new, separate unit to help customers enter and tackle the sprawling connected-products business. The new...
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Ingram’s AVAD Acquired By Kingswood Capital
Ingram Micro has sold AVAD, its custom integration distributor subsidiary, to Kingswood Capital Management, a private equity investment firm. Terms of the deal were...
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Luxury Appliance Dealers Tee’d Off … At Eastern Marketing Golf Outing
Some 70 leading premium appliance retailers and a score of manufacturers made their way to West Orange, N.J., yesterday for a regular industry rite:...
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Petra Expands Its Mobile Biz With Consumer Cellular Fare
Updated!Petra Industries, the national tech distributor, has added Consumer Cellular products to its growing mobile roster for independent dealers. The MVNO, which was recently...
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Curacao Credits New Age Electronics For Sales Growth
Curacao, the Latino market department store chain, has given its 2015 Vendor Growth Award to New Age Electronics, which became the first distributor to...
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D&H Distributing Holding Hershey Tech Show Next Week
IT and CE distributor D&H Distributing will host its annual Mid-Atlantic Summer Technology Trade Show on June 21 at the Hershey Lodge and Convention...
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New Age Is Hollywood Bound For Retail Summit
New Age Electronics, the national CE and gaming distributor, is returning to the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles next month for its sixth...
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PowerHouse Alliance Gets Nod From Apple
Updated! Apple has given the Powerhouse Alliance its stamp of approval. The 12-member confederation of regional tech distributors is now authorized to stock and...
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Nest Signs New Age Electronics
New Age Electronics has further lined its connected-home nest by inking a distribution deal with Nest. Under the agreement, the national CE and gaming...
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See Which Categories Are Killing It For D&H Distributing
It’s been awhile since we reported triple-digit growth rates in the CE biz. But D&H Distributing, the North American IT and CE distributor, absolutely...
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Almo Closes On IAVI Acquisition
National appliance and CE distributor Almo has completed its acquisition of Florida pro A/V distributor International Audio Visual (IAVI). The purchase, which coincides with...
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Capitol Making Social-Media Push With Bimonthly Giveaways
Capitol, the national CE distributor for custom integrators, is stepping up its social media outreach with a series of bimonthly giveaways. The company is...
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PowerHouse Members Pack Full Slate Of May Events
Members of the PowerHouse Alliance, the national confederation of regional tech distributors, are getting an early start on the summer training season. This month...
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Asus Ushers New Age Into Unlocked Smartphone Market
New Age Electronics has expanded its relationship with Asus to tap into the exploding unlocked smartphone market. The national CE and gaming distributor has...
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Volutone Marking Warehouse Expansion With Laguna Hills Hoedown
Volutone, the Southwest A/V and custom integration distributor, is celebrating the recent expansion of its Irvine, Calif., distribution center with an opening event this...
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New Age Cops HSN Award For 5th Year
New Age Electronics, the national CE, gaming and services distributor, has won a 2016 Operational Excellence Award from HSN. The annual honor recognizes the...
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Almo Going Global With Acquisition Of IAVI
Almo, the national CE and appliance distributor, is extending its reach offshore with the acquisition of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based International Audio Visual (IAVI), a...
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Distributors Embrace Home Automation, Thorny Issues & All
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a tech revolution taking place that will make the flat-panel TV and mobile phone seem quaint by comparison....
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Plethora Of Product, Dearth Of Knowledge Dog Category
Part II in our roundtable. See also: Distributors Embrace Home Automation, Thorny Issues & All TWICE: What have been the biggest challenges with home...
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Almo Turns 70
Happy Birthday Almo. The national electronics and appliance distributor turned 70 this month, and the company is marking the milestone with a series of...
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Ingram Micro: Business As Usual After $6B Buyout
Ingram Micro, the world’s largest IT distributor, anticipates little change in its day-to-day dealings with customers following its planned $6 billion acquisition by Chinese...
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New Age Adds Kalorik
New Age Electronics, the national CE, IT and gaming distributor, has expanded its countertop appliance offering with the addition of Kalorik. Under the new...
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D&H Prepping Dealers On Next-Gen Computing
UPDATED!D&H Distributing, a leading IT and CE distributor, will be helping West Coast dealers and e-tailers get up to speed on the power and...
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Chinese Conglomerate HNA Group To Buy Ingram Micro
Global tech distributor and supply-chain services giant Ingram Micro will be acquired for about $6 billion by Tianjin Tianhai, a logistics provider that is...
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ADI Names Flir Vendor Of The Year
ADI Global Distribution, a leading distributor of security and low-voltage products, named infrared imaging resource Flir as its U.S. Vendor of the Year for...
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Stampede Hires John Fuqua To Further Its Pro Audio Biz
Stampede, a leading distributor of integrated, custom-designed commercial A/V and IT solutions for resellers and integrators, has hired industry veteran John Fuqua to lead...
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Distributor News: Almo, AHA, PowerHouse Begin Q1 With A Bang
Industry distributors Almo, AHA and the PowerHouse Alliance are all hitting the ground running in 2016 with expansions, acquisitions and workshop road trips. Almo,...
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Ingram Micro To Distribute LittleBits Mechanical Kits
LittleBits, a New York-based tech startup that makes mechanical building-block toys, is getting a big marketplace boost. Ingram Micro, the world’s largest tech distributor,...
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New Age Enters Small Appliance Biz With Smart Line From Sencor
National distributor New Age Electronics, a division of Synnex, has added a new category to its core CE and gaming portfolio: small appliances. Beginning...
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Ultimate Integration Offers CES Sneak Peek In New York
Ultimate Integration, a New York area distributor for custom integrators, gave over 100 dealer customers a peek into 2016 earlier this month with a...
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Azione Adds Five Dealers
Five new dealers have joined Azione Unlimited (AU), the education and buying group for custom retailers and integrators, raising the member roster to 135...
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Satellite Distributor DSI Selling CE Division To O’Rourke Sales
O’Rourke Sales Company (OSC), a family-owned CE and mobile distributor, has agreed to acquire DSI Systems, a leading CE, appliance, furniture, and bedding distributor...
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Aquavision Diving Into U.S. Market Through Stampede
U.K.-based Aquavision, which made its North American debut at the recent CEDIA Expo, appointed Stampede as its North American distributor to expand its presence....
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Almo Expands West Coast Sales Team
In a major staff expansion, national appliance and CE distributor Almo Corp. has added six new positions to its West Coast sales organization. The...
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D&H Offering Black Friday/Cyber Monday Rebates Before Thanksgiving
National IT and CE distributor D&H Distributing is providing competitive Black Friday/Cyber Monday rebates on over 200 tech-forward products in advance of the Thanksgiving...
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Climatic Bringing Broan To Texas And Oklahoma
National appliance distributor Climatic Home Products will take Broan’s residential ventilation products into two new territories beginning next week. Effective Nov. 16, Climatic will...