Retailing

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That would certainly describe Texan Mihir Mody, CEO of specialty A/V chain Home Theater Store,...

Target is aiming to further bolster is burgeoning CE business. The segment, which grew 14.3 percent in 2003 to account for $16 billion in...

Some retailers may have been naughty rather than nice in their business practices, based on recent lawsuits filed against some of the largest chains...

Dean Summers, founder and former president of replacement part resource Partsearch Technologies (see story, p. 90), has formed a new venture, CEInteractive (CEI), which...

The average DVD remote has forty or more buttons that may actually require more than occasional utilization while viewing movies and photos or listening...

With the holiday selling season over, your retail business may be sitting on an important tax deduction and you probably don’t even realize it....

In its first major redesign since 1999, Kmart has “completely overhauled” its e-commerce site, www.kmart.com, to provide easier navigation, an enhanced search function and...

Whether you are paying hundreds of dollars annually in association dues or thousands of dollars in buying group membership, you have a responsibility to...

All you had to do was look at the parking lots. But actually elbowing into several popular electronics/appliance stores in Queens, N.Y., and central...

While lower Manhattan is still feeling the effects of 9/11, J&R Music and Computer World, located a block from Ground Zero, has seen its...

The long-awaited convergence of CE and IT products and services, promulgated by the recent introduction of home entertainment platforms by PC stalwarts Hewlett-Packard and...

In a recent TWICE report on distributors, CE and PC wholesale providers pointed to lower flat-panel pricing as a boon to both industries this...

Discussions about the extended service plan (ESP) business, at least within these pages, tend to focus on product and pricing trends, attachment rates in...

I recently read in Variety, one of TWICE’s sister publications, that New Line Cinema plans to make a movie based on the life of...

Current Marketing’s Paul Epstein, VP of the Independent Professional Representatives Organization (IPRO), was named CEDIA sales representative of the year during the custom installer...

Citing expected growth in sales of plasma display televisions, and increased price compression on the category, Panasonic’s display group VP Ed Wolff said his...

Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) has increased its membership this year by five, to a record 51 retailers and custom installers, and is...

Paulson’s Audio & Video has joined the Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA), raising the buying group’s roster to 51 member dealers. Paulson’s, based...

Last year Coyote Insight, my research and marketing consultancy, completed its first annual Coyote Insight Dealer Audit (CIDA). This study reflects the views of...

Kmart has turned over a new CE leaf. Under the direction of recently named home electronics VP Ray Brown, the discounter has begun to...

This month’s opening of BrandsMart USA’s first Atlanta mega-store — its first unit outside its southeast Florida base — brought throngs of shoppers and...

Best Buy will begin rolling out radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to its distribution centers and stores over the next several years. The world’s...

Independent retailers and service providers from over 30 states and Canada learned how to compete more effectively in today’s marketplace during the North American...

After years of planning, BrandsMart USA, the Southeast Florida CE, majaps and housewares discounter, opened its first mega-store outside the Sunshine State earlier this...

Retail analysts are projecting that holiday sales will grow between 4.5 percent and 6.5 percent this year over last. The more conservative estimate comes...

Circuit City passed a critical milestone during its just-passed fiscal second quarter. That’s when, according to president/CEO Alan McCollough, attachment rates of extended service...

Shop.org, the e-commerce arm of the National Retail Federation (NRF), will hold its 2004 Annual Summit here next week at the Anaheim Marriott. The...

Circuit City has completely redesigned its five-year-old e-commerce Web site, www.circuitcity.com. The overhauled online store features a cleaner look, improved navigation and added features,...

CE retailers were among the biggest beneficiaries of the estimated $25.7 billion spent this year on back-to-college merchandise. According to the findings of a...

Despite the soft patch hit by much of retail in the third quarter, extended service providers are confident that demand for advanced video display...

So you think “Made In U.S.A.” color TVs are a thing of the past? Don’t bet on it, because in fact United States-based TV...

BrandSource’s executive director Bob Lawrence and Jim Ristow, general manager of its audio/video division Home Entertainment Source (HES), discussed a variety of industry issues...

RadioShack will embark on an ambitious three-year strategic growth plan beginning in 2005 that’s designed to boost sales and earnings by revitalizing its stores,...

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) will return to 25 top campuses this fall with its third annual product road show. Dubbed “The TechKnow Overload...

BrandSource honored its own and its suppliers with separate awards during its Convention and Buy Fair, held earlier this month at the Paris hotel,...

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has included Apple Stores and Bang & Olufsen Concept Stores on its list of “40 of the World’s...

Coming out of one of the worst summers for room air conditioners in years, members of the NECO Alliance, who gathered at Foxwoods resort,...

BrandSource celebrated its 35th anniversary during its National Convention and Buy Fair at the Paris Hotel, here, last week by accentuating the positive, namely...

Harry Elias will step down as honorable chairman of JVC Company of America on Dec. 31, ending his 37-year career with the company as...

RCS Computer Experience customers will soon encounter a store that is much more than just a PC retailer. The single midtown Manhattan store, located...

In most cases when we underestimate, we lose. Underestimate your inventory and you lose sales. Underestimate your staffing needs and you lose sales. Underestimate...