Retail

7320 N. Mopac Expressway, Suite 309, Austin, Texas 78731 (512) 418-9293, customsounds.com Mike Cofield, President Annual volume: Over $10 million Number of stores: 17...

14303 Gateway Place, Poway, Calif. 92064 858-848-3401, Gateway.com Chairman/CEO: Ted Waitt Annual Sales: $3.1 billion Number of Stores: 200, plus online and direct sales...

205 Chubb Avenue, Lyndhurst, N.J. 07071 201-842-0078, harveyonline.com Franklin Karp, president Annual Sales (fis.i 2002): $41.5 million Number of Stores: 6, plus 2 Bang...

605 Main Street, Gregory, S.D. 57533 605-835-8711, Web site under construction Elmer Karl, founder/owner Annual Sales (fiscal 2002): $30 million Number of Stores: 16...

1412 North Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91360-5127 805-497-7536, wilshirehe.com Lyn Perry, president Annual Sales (fiscal 2002): $10 million Number of Stores: 1, plus...

20 West Galer Street, Seattle, Wash. 98119 (206) 443-0980, cartoys.com Dan Brettier, Chairman/CEO Annual Volume: $167 million Number of Stores: 57 Product Mix: Mobile...

6711 Ritz Way, Beltsville, Md. 20705 301-419-0000, www.ritzcamera.com David Ritz, Chairman Annual Sales (CE): $424 million Stores: 1,300 Product Mix: Film and digital photography...

That it’s tough out there in today’s rough-and-tumble retail environment is clearly an understatement. But despite price compression, discount competition and an economy stuck...

Whatever else Ken Weller accomplishes in his career he can always point to Good Guys’ financial performance in the fiscal year ended Feb. 28,...

This is the second part of a summary on the outlook for giant-screen color TVs (40-inch and over), as detailed in the recent industry...

Welcoming the heat of summer, while still feeling the heat from the lagging economy, retailers hoped to entice shoppers away from the beaches and...

Courting the elusive digital printing dollar, Ritz Camera has begun rolling out a new Internet print service, called Internet Xpress Prints (IXP), that lets...

Retail sales generally improved in June, with full-line discounters enjoying modest gains, while A/V specialist Tweeter Home Entertainment Group and majap leader Sears moderated...

Besides accurately predicting the Federal Reserve Board rate cut about a week before it was made, William C. Freund, chief economist emeritus of the...

Last month’s grand opening of R.C. Willey’s 12th store — and second in Las Vegas — brought throngs of well-wishers here from the local...

Of all the jobs in the consumer electronics and home appliance industries, none can be as rewarding and as difficult as heading up an...

CE chains searching for a fresh fount of revenue amid the anemic retail environment are taking a cue from their major appliance brethren and...

Wal-Mart is adding Sony TVs to its video assortment, prompting the manufacturer to begin direct distribution to the retail giant. The first fruits of...

One of the first CE chains to formalize its builder channel business is Ultimate Electronics, which launched a home theater-based builder program in 1996,...

Once again it’s time to take a look at how sales to dealers of projection TVs (PTVs) can be both up and down at...

For Manhattan CE retail icon J&R Music World, trimming its marketing budget proved to be a blessing in disguise. Forced to cut marketing costs...

RadioShack detailed an overarching strategy of differentiation at its annual shareholders meeting here last month that’s founded on providing families with accessories, CE solutions...

MEGA Group/Best Brands Plus lived up to its name in May when it hosted the largest buying show in the organization’s 20-year history during...

Cambridge SoundWorks launched a free in-home consultation program in mid-May to help consumers looking for advice on A/V products. Now, customers in the New...

You can often tell a person’s age by which analog products appear in his childhood memories. Likewise, you know D&H Distributing has reached a...

QVC is offering vendors a rare chance to get their foot in the door of its buying matrix this summer. The leading televised shopping...

One of the fastest growing consumer electronics retailers on the TWICE Top 100 is ShopNBC, the flagship property of ValueVision Media. Though still dwarfed...

Olympus America has launched eDesk, a secure business-to-business Extranet Web site that will provide authorized U.S. and Canadian dealers and distributors with online order...

Manufacturers and retailers are keeping a wary eye on SARS, the deadly respiratory disease that has taken its biggest toll in China, the production...

Carried along primarily by strength in wireless communications and digital photography, RadioShack recorded a 3 percent increase in sales during the first quarter, reaching...

Consumer electronics manufacturer jWIN will break into the flat-panel television, DVD/home- theater-in-a-box (HTiB) and portable MP3 player market in 2003, hoping to grab a...

Every so often, things happen. Big things. As with everything in life, the impact of these events can be seen as adhering to the...

Retailers blamed the war, the weather and even Easter — which this year shifts from March to April — for generally disappointing sales last...

Though business was conducted, it wasn’t quite business as usual at the annual AHAM meeting, “A Capital Summit,” earlier this month, just blocks from...

The North American Retail Dealers Association (NARDA) celebrated its 60th anniversary with a fund-raising dinner promoting organ and tissue donation awareness and funding, earlier...

AHAM announced its new member-elected board of directors at its annual meeting in early April. Martin Scaglione, chief marketing officer, BSH Home Appliances Corp.,...

Members of the NATM Buying Corp. took time out from myriad meetings during the group’s annual spring conference here last month to embark on...

Is the war in Iraq hurting business? The answer, according to dealers, vendors, analysts and pollsters, is a resounding “maybe.” Due to the difficulty...

You know how people say, “I don’t want to tell you I told you so, but I told you so”? Well, I really don’t...

AVAD, LLC, the 11-member/distributor group serving the custom installation market with specialty A/V and systems integration brands, has announced a series of new alliances,...

The North American Retail Dealers Association (NARDA) will be holding a 60th anniversary bash and charity fund-raising dinner during next month’s Kitchen/Bath Industry Show...