Retailing

GERS Retail Systems and its users gathered at the Westin Hotel here late last month to discuss the company’s new products aimed at saving...

To the victor belong the spoils. And in the shrinking world of online CE retailing, there’s apparently plenty of swag to go around. In...

For No. 2 discount chain Target, the Internet represents “a very important part of our long-term strategy.” So said Target vice chairman Jerry Storch...

RadioShack will begin retrofitting 20 of its Jacksonville, Fla., units next month in a test of its latest store design concept. The new format,...

You can’t be in two different places at the same time, an immutable law of physics that I recently found myself up against. I...

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has come out swinging against a proposed national computer-recycling program that would levy a $10 recycling fee on the...

Through a savvy combination of business acumen and art, Target has managed to turn discount retailing on its ear. With its unique blend of...

A/V Products, a Southern California CE distributor based here, has joined The Advantage Group (TAG), a national, value-added distribution consortium servicing the custom installation,...

Despite last month’s stomach-churning gyrations in the equity markets, sales of consumer electronics and major appliances — and premium products in particular — continue...

The most visible aspect of The Wiz’s turnaround efforts is a new store format that’s designed to demystify digital technology while better showcasing the...

Ultimate Electronics has created a new Builder & Contractor Business division that will target midsize to large builders operating in major urban markets where...

While the dog days of summer might bring a slowdown in store traffic, the headquarters and back offices at Best Buy, Circuit City and...

I take great pleasure in being able to use this column to join many others in voicing congratulations to TWICE executive editor Greg Tarr...

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) held the first teleconference of its Retailer Advisory Group last month. As a part of CEA’s wireless communications division,...

Without question, marks used by a business to identify either its services (service marks) or its goods (trademarks) can be among its most valuable...

Now that founder Dick Schulze has evolved Best Buy into a sprawling, $20 billion retail conglomeration, it falls to vice chairman and newly appointed...

As part of their presentation to shareholders, Best Buy officers led by president/COO Allen Lenzmeier broke out the company’s business units and outlined their...

Since 1966 Dick Schulze has been busy turning Sound of Music, a one-shop audio dealer in St. Paul, Minn., into Best Buy Co., a...

E-tailing has finally turned a corner. Following a tumultuous infancy marked by an exceedingly high mortality rate, a majority of e-commerce survivors are now...

Following three years of explosive growth through acquisition, Tweeter Home Entertainment Group is pulling back the reins of expansion in order to digest its...

Best Buy and RadioShack have expanded their regional high-speed ISP offerings by respectively adding Verizon DSL and Comcast cable to their broadband mix. Beginning...

Amazon.com overcame one of its last hurdles to CE retail parity earlier this month by winning Sony’s blessing to sell a selection of its...

“Would you be willing to appear as an expert witness at our trial?” It seems like only 24 hours, rather than 24 years, since...

It was with more than a passing interest that I read in a past issue of TWICE of the decision by Philips Consumer Electronics...

Frisbees and sunscreen aren’t the only items finding their way into consumers’ weekend luggage. More and more Americans are packing wireless and personal CE...

Consumer electronics retailers need to make significant changes in their selling practices if they are to maximize the potential for home convergence products and...

AVAD has launched a toll-free telephone number to provide dealers with contact information for the group’s 19 regional distributors. The new number, (866) FOR-AVAD...

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has issued an updated version of its Uniform Repair Codes. Written in collaboration with a CEA taskforce, manufacturers and...

Representatives from some of the nation’s top CE retail chains gathered here last month to promote the development of an industry standard for the...

In April of 1998 I lost my voice after giving a training session. I visited an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist in my...

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In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Bang & Olufsen is applying the brakes to its ambitious build-out plan for 100 B&O stores in the...

Car Stereo City, a leading mobile sound dealer in the Pacific Northwest, has contracted with VAC Service Corp. to develop and administer a custom...

Despite the shaky economy and mixed retail scene, the 46 dealers comprising the Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) managed to add another $50...

STORIS Management Systems, which provides backroom software systems for CE, majap, furniture and music retailers, has scheduled its annual User’s Conference for Sept. 26-29,...

Good Guys and Brandsmart USA have each signed on with Partsearch Technologies, a New York-based business that provides retailers, manufacturers and service centers with...

Who can deny that there is nothing more important in a retailer’s business toolbox than the capital (cash or credit) he has invested in...

You may think this a stretch, but an article in the March 23 edition of The Economist put me in mind of the CE...

Assured Systems, the dealer-owned buying and marketing group, and Audio/Video Independent Dealers (AVID), a division of the AVB buying group, formally merged in late...

New York metro area CE chain The Wiz has opened its first clearance center. The outlet, which was converted from a standard Wiz storefront,...

Ritz Interactive, an e-commerce affiliate of No. 1 camera chain Ritz Camera Centers, has launched a CE cyber store dubbed RitzElectronics.com. The new e-tail...

High-end specialty A/V chain Ken Crane’s Home Entertainment City is opening a new 14,000-square-foot store here this week. The unit, located in a former...