DATE | ARTICLE TITLE |
JAN 2012 | BREAKING NEWS: Sources Say D&M Holdings is Set to Announce New President |
JAN 2012 | Once Again, It's Show Time - Our CES Survey Reveals Reader's Real Intentions |
JAN 2012 | Stratecon's Top 10 BEACON & ALERT Stories of 2011 |
JAN 2012 | More Details Emerge on Unique Gibson Guitar & Onkyo Partnership |
DEC 2011 | Blaupunkt, Under New Ownership, is Back in the U.S. with Car Audio & Headphones |
DEC 2011 | B&W Announces Retirement of Chris Browder |
DEC 2011 | Pioneer, Pummeled by Problems, Reveal Revised Plans |
DEC 2011 | Toshiba to Close Three Chip Plants as Demand Slacks for TVs & PCs |
NOV 2011 | Sony Stock Slammed; Announces Surprising Loss as TV Division Tanks |
NOV 2011 | The Votes Are in for the Worst Ad in America, And the Winner Is... |
NOV 2011 | Onkyo & Integra Products Have Android App Updates |
NOV 2011 | NextGen Will Sell Remote Extender Genius in 500 Best Buy Locations |
NOV 2011 | Time to Panic? October Flat-Panel TV Sales Plunge an Amazing 81% in Japan |
OCT 2011 | The Battle for the Living Room Heats Up as Microsoft Offers TV Programming on Xbox 360 |
OCT 2011 | SED Int'l Launches New SED Lehrhoff Unit with Assets Acquired from Archbrook Laguna Liquidation |
OCT 2011 | Mitsubishi Hopes its 92-inch 3D DLP TV Scores a Touchdown with College Football Fans |
OCT 2011 | Integrator AVI-SPL Makes Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500/5000 List of Fast Growing Companies |
OCT 2011 | Vote for the Worst Advertisement in America |
SEP 2011 | BEACON's CEDIA Expo 2011 Survey - Readers Speak Out |
SEP 2011 | Insiders Give the BEACON the Inside Story on AVC Group's 'Rep Consolidation' |
SEP 2011 | HTSA Parts With Its Executive Director; Glikes to Launch New Buying Group |
SEP 2011 | August Consumer Confidence Dives to Lowest Level Since 2009 |
AUG 2011 | Velodyne Vaults into Direct-to-Consumer Sales Leaving Sales Reps Behind |
AUG 2011 | D&M Holdings: Two More Top Executives Leave the Company |
AUG 2011 | What's Going on at D&M? The BEACON Asks Departing President Bob Weissburg |
AUG 2011 | Hitachi May Stop Manufacturing Televisions |
AUG 2011 | Yamaha Posts Quarterly Sales Off 3.3% and Profits Down 77%...Could be Worse |
JUL 2011 | Sunfire's 'Flagship Dealer Program' Hits Milestone with 75th Dealer Joining |
JUL 2011 | Planned Corporate Layoffs For First Half at Lowest Level Since 2000 |
JUL 2011 | Panasonic Pitches a Portal to Capture Developers for VIERA Connect Platform |
JUL 2011 | Are Consumers Cutting the (Cable TV & Satellite) Cord? Or is That Just a Myth? |
JUL 2011 | HDBaseT Inventor Receives $14 Million Investment |
JUN 2011 | Lenbrook President & CEO Miller: On a Mad Mission? Or Misunderstood? |
JUN 2011 | Mitsubishi Launches New 'Go Big or Go Home' Strategy with Flagship 92-inch 3D TV |
JUN 2011 | Sony Says it Will Cut Losses from TV Division by 50% in Current Fiscal Year |
| JUN 2011 | Friend Factor...Still the Most Important Influencer |
MAY 2011 | Lenbrook Lunacy? Or Crazy Like a Fox? Market Reacts to Recent Moves
One Rep Stand Up for Specialty |
MAY 2011 | New England's MRI Set to Launch 9th Annual EXPO |
MAY 2011 | Nortek Reports Q1 Results - Sales Up...Profits Down |
MAY 2011 | Private Investment Firm to Acquire DEI Holdings |
APR 2011 | Plain Talking Nortek CEO Says Still No Rebound in AV Install Market |
APR 2011 | Sixth Avenue Strikes Back, Reaches Agreement with GE in N.J. Court |
APR 2011 | DISH Says We Got a Blockbuster...Some Think It's Just a 'Buster |
APR 2011 | Sign of the Times? New Home Builder Beezer Gets Into Used Home Biz |
MAR 2011 | iPad 2 and the Apple System for Market Domination |
MAR 2011 | EHX's Wagner Says They're Ready for This Year's "Most Valuable" Event |
MAR 2011 | Consortium of Japanese Manufacturers Develops Universal Remot Control Standard |
MAR 2011 | Deal Now Done, Klipsch Starts New Life as Part of Audiovox |
FEB 2011 | Is This the Ultimate Specialty Retail Failure? |
FEB 2011 | B&K Components Reports Headway Made in Rebuilding Products & Sales Force |
FEB 2011 | Sharp Selling Pioneer Elite? Does This Make Any Sense At All? |
FEB 2011 | D&H Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal with Sennheiser |
JAN 2011 | CES 2011 Overview - It was Big...It was Busy...But, Who Were Those Guys? |
JAN 2011 | The One Big Trend at CES 2011 |
JAN 2011 | LG Says...Get Smart |
JAN 2011 | Monster Launches New Products, Unusual Brand Extension, and Lower HDMI Pricing |
DEC 2010 | 2010's Top Ten BEACON Stories...as Selected by You, the Reader |
DEC 2010 | Global TV Sales Soften |
DEC 2010 | HDMI Licensing Expands Standards Efforts in China |
DEC 2010 | Ready for 2011? Here are 11 Consumer Trends You Need to be Aware of... |
NOV 2010 | 'It's a Done Deal' Sources Tell the BEACON about ATI's Bid to Buy B&K Components |
NOV 2010 | Lower Costs + Higher Sales = a More Harmonious Harman |
NOV 2010 | Two Former B&K Employees Step in to Fill the Product Support Void |
NOV 2010 | Driving Diversification, Panasonic Invests $30M in Tesla Motors |
NOV 2010 | 3D? That's Soooooo Yesterday! No...What You Really Want is 360-Degree Holography! |
OCT 2010 | Marantz Locks Onto Key Expo Themes of 'Streaming' and 'Networking'...and Offers Fresh Air |
OCT 2010 | Lutron @ CEDIA Expo: It's Easy Being Green...with Total Home Control |
OCT 2010 | Cisco Takes Stab at Home Telepresence Market |
OCT 2010 | JVC Kenwood Announces More Layoffs; 23% Cut at Factory in Malaysia |
OCT 2010 | Qualcomm Makes it Official: They're Folding FLO TV |
SEP 2010 | It's Show Time! Take Our Short CEDIA Survey and Tell Us What YOU Think! |
SEP 2010 | Does Apple's 'i' Stand for 'Incremental?' |
SEP 2010 | Yamaha Says They're 3D in Audio...and 3D in HDMI Video, Too |
SEP 2010 | On a Roll, Funai Electric Will Quadruple LCD TV Production at Thai Factory |
SEP 2010 | Onkyo Offers New Top-of-the-Line THX Separate Components |
AUG 2010 | Distribution in Decline |
AUG 2010 | New Resistance Movement Emerges: Hollywood Directors Refuse to Shoot 3D |
AUG 2010 | Sharp Attacks the Middle East; Plans Outsourcing of TV Production to Local Firms |
AUG 2010 | Got a Complaint for Cool Components? They Have A Special Place for It! |
AUG 2010 | CEDIA Plans Four Panels Discussing Hot and Emerging Technology Topics |
JUL 2010 | Hey Sales Reps...Do You Know What Your Dealers Don't Like About Your Sales Practices? |
JUL 2010 | Onkyo Launches New Flagship Network A/V Receivers |
JUL 2010 | Want Your Customers to Trust You? Maybe You Should Tweet It! |
JUL 2010 | Put an iPad in a Business Suit and What Do You Get? Cisco Cius! |
JUL 2010 | New Study Says Home Controls to Grow From 6% to Almost 20% of U.S. Households by 2014 |
JUN 2010 | Ultimate Electronics Drops Advertising Campaign in Face of Best Buy Lawsuit |
JUN 2010 | Sandy Gross Thinks What This Industry Really Needs is...Another Loudspeaker Line |
JUN 2010 | REX Stores Changes Name to Reflect Changed Business |
JUN 2010 | Japan's Answer to the iPad? |
JUN 2010 | Savant Launches Desktop and In-Wall iPad Docks for 'New Era' |
MAY 2010 | Planar Still Can't Crack the Code to Runco's Past Success in High-End Home Theater |
MAY 2010 | DUCK!! There's a Baseball Coming Directly at You!
First-Ever 3D Broadcast of MLB Baseball Game Announced |
MAY 2010 | Apple Wins Accolades...as a Retailer! Will CE Manufacturers Follow Suit? |
MAY 2010 | Sanus Says Super Slim Saves Space |
MAY 2010 | Canon Chairman Wants New R&D Facility in U.S. to 'Drive Diversification' |
APR 2010 | How Was the Show? EHX: 'The Show was GREAT!' ATTENDEE: 'They Should Be Ashamed of Themselves' |
APR 2010 | Sony's Global Restructuring Progresses, Sells Two Factories to Streamline Operations |
APR 2010 | Integra Announces 9-Channel THX-Ultra2 Powerhouse Amplifier |
APR 2010 | Philips Pronto, to Strengthen U.S. Sales Force, Hires 11 Rep Firms |
APR 2010 | ET May Have Phoned Home, But Kaleidescape Products Call Their Installers |
MAR 2010 | Annual Sales of 3DTV to Reach 50 Million Units in 2015 According to Insight Media |
MAR 2010 | Once Profitable LED TVs Now Front Line of Price War in Japan |
MAR 2010 | The BEACON Interview: Keith Haas, Onkyo & Integra's VP of Sales on How Onkyo & Integra Beat the Competition in 2009 |
MAR 2010 | Closing Last Facility, JVC Kenwood Withdraws from TV Manufacturing in North America |
MAR 2010 | HTSA and Liberty Wire and Cable Form Partnership |
FEB 2010 | HDMI Opens 3D Section of Rev.1.4 for Download; New Rev.1.4a Expected Soon |
FEB 2010 | NXT's Next Big Thing |
FEB 2010 | Planar's First Quarter Sales Off 12.4% Overall, Home Theater Sales Plunge 31% |
FEB 2010 | Sanus Launches Custom Rack Line for Custom Installers |
FEB 2010 | Pioneer, Running Out of Money, Turns to Mitsubishi Chemical for Cash Investment |
JAN 2009 | BEACON'S Special 2010 CES Coverage |
JAN 2009 | Did CEA Throw a Party to Which Nobody Came? |
JAN 2009 | Major TV Makers in Vegas Place Their Bet - Uniformly Align Behind 3D & Other Select Technology |
JAN 2009 | Onkyo Announces Support for HDMI 1.4 in New Receiver Line-Up Launching This Spring |
JAN 2009 | HTSA Announces Vendor Awards in Conjunction with CES |
DEC 2009 | When the Big Story is About Them, Industry Journalists & Media Execs are Tight-Lipped |
DEC 2009 | November Retail Sales Data Suggest Stability as Compared to Last Year |
DEC 2009 | CEA Says 600 West Coast-Based Companies Will Show Their Stuff at CES |
DEC 2009 | Flat is the New UP, Automakers Celebrate Flat November Auto Sales as Sign of Stability |
DEC 2009 | Can't We All Just Get Along? Samsung Fires Back at Sharp, Files Patent Countersuit |
NOV 2009 | Industry Veteran Makes His Case...And He Wants It To Be Your Primary Case |
NOV 2009 | JVC Kenwood Struggles to Shift Business Portfolio to Survive |
NOV 2009 | Key Economic Data Points to Consider for Your 2010 Business Planning |
NOV 2009 | Pioneer Sees Deepening Loss in Second Quarter |
NOV 2009 | Underwriters Laboratories Issues Warning: Beware Counterfeit Cable, May Be Unsafe |
OCT 2009 | It's Time to Acknowledge the 800-lb. Gorilla in the Room
Why You Should Care About the Dramatic Drop in Pickup Truck Sales |
OCT 2009 | Best Buy CEO Confident of Good Holiday Season, Predicts Sales Growth |
OCT 2009 | Panasonic: Deal Delay Slows Success |
OCT 2009 | 'Heartbeats by Lady Gaga' Headphones Launched by Monster Cable and Beats by Dr. Dre |
OCT 2009 | Business Sentiment of Japanese Manufacturers In the U.S. Hits All Time Low |
SEP 2009 | Sony Says 3D is the Way to Be, Announces Launch of 3D LCD TV Next Year |
SEP 2009 | Are You Ready for the Next Big Industry Format War? You Can Watch it in 3D! |
SEP 2009 | YouTube in Talks with Hollywood on Plans for Streaming Movie Rental Business |
SEP 2009 | AVAD Expands into Security and Monitoring Services |
AUG 2009 | Recession: A Time of Great Opportunity...But Do You Have the Nerve to Go For It? |
AUG 2009 | Nine Tips for Marketing in a Recession |
AUG 2009 | If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them - Toshiba Reported to Join Blu-Ray Camp |
AUG 2009 | Jobs Lost & Gained in the Current Recession |
AUG 2009 | New Details Emerge in Sharp/Sony Joint Venture in Giant LCD Production Plant |
JUL 2009 | DSI/DDG Alliance - 'Innovative & Progressive?' Or Desperate? |
JUL 2009 | Nineteen Years after Nasty Divorce, Onkyo and Best Buy Get Hitched Again |
JUL 2009 | Hitachi Ceases Flat-Panel Production in Mexico |
JUL 2009 | New Survey Says Top Retailers Still 'Power Players' |
JUL 2009 | Pioneer Launches New High Performance A/V Receiver Line
Company Scores First THX Ultra2 Certification on Class D Amp Design |
JUN 2009 | Electrographically Educated |
JUN 2009 | Liberty Launches Consignment Program at InfoComm |
JUN 2009 | In War of Words, TiVo Claims Victory; But EchoStar & Dish Win Injunction |
JUN 2009 | Conflicting Economic Reports Suggest We're Not Out of the Woods Yet |
JUN 2009 | Facebook Isn't Just for Kids Anymore |
MAY 2009 | Getting Rich...By Giving Your Product Away |
MAY 2009 | DDG Offers Home Automation-in-a-Box via Multiple Z-Wave Product Packages |
MAY 2009 | Can Amazon.com's Big New Kindle DX Save the Newspaper Business? |
MAY 2009 | Planar, In Releasing Second Quarter Results, Says Less Bad is Good |
MAY 2009 | Bang & Olufsen Launches 103-inch Plasma TV; Yours for Only $1,000 per Inch |
APR 2009 | Want to Improve Your Business? Try Paying More Attention to Your Social Skills! |
APR 2009 | Pending Home Sales & Auto Sales Reports Offer Some - Slight - Hope |
APR 2009 | Car Electronics Manufacturers Alpine & Clarion Make Significant Cuts to Operations |
APR 2009 | Nation's Largest Payroll Processor Says U.S. Lost 742,000 Jobs in March |
APR 2009 | Toshiba Takes Over Sole Control of LCD Joint Venture with Panasonic |
MAR 2009 | Tweeter Returns Fire: Company Asks Judge to Throw Out Employees Lawsuit
Shultze Denies Responsibility; Employees' Lawyer Remains Confident |
MAR 2009 | Job Cuts Still Painful |
MAR 2009 | Clarion Slashes R&D Investment 30% |
MAR 2009 | Good News! February Sees Increase in HDTV Prices |
MAR 2009 | NEC LCD Sees Need for Change - Will Consolidate Factories and Cut Staff |
FEB 2009 | Outlook '09 - Sales Reps Sail Rough Industry Seas |
FEB 2009 | Harman Shares Harmed by Second Quarter Results |
FEB 2009 | U.S. House of Representatives Reverses Course, Digital Delay Deal Done
Analog Broadcasts to Continue into June |
FEB 2009 | Microsoft Has a Million Reasons to Love Netflix |
FEB 2009 | Dolby Sounds Sweet, Shares Shoot Up |
FEB 2009 | Sanyo Electric Joins Cavalcade of Companies Reporting Losses |
JAN 2009 | OUTLOOK '09 - Distributed Success or Distributed Suck-Fest? |
JAN 2009 | OUTLOOK '09 - Distributors '09 Marketing Plans
Budget Up or Suck it Up? |
JAN 2009 | OUTLOOK '09 - Distributors Product Predictions |
JAN 2009 | Cisco Systems on Buying Binge; Looking for Video Acquisitions |
JAN 2009 | Retail Sales Dropped 20% in December but Pace of Decline Slows |
DEC 2008 | From Last Tweet to Last Gasp?
Tweeter Files to Convert Bankruptcy from Reorganization to Liquidation |
DEC 2008 | The Bad News? A Recession Hit the U.S. in December 2007;
The Good News? You've Already Survived the First Year! |
DEC 2008 | In High Stakes Game, Panasonic Ups the Ante to Acquire Sanyo |
DEC 2008 | WSJ: CES Gets a Shock! |
DEC 2008 | Cyber Save - Cyber Monday Sales Soar 15%, Second Largest Online Day Ever |
NOV 2008 | Tweeter's Last Tweet - What Went Wrong? |
NOV 2008 | The Employees Strike Back; Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Tweeter Employees |
NOV 2008 | Panasonic/Sanyo Deal Marches Forward, Formal Announcement Could Come Today |
NOV 2008 | Will The Grinch Steal Christmas This Year? Or Will Barack Obama Save It? |
NOV 2008 | Wal-Mart Launches 'Operation Main Street,' Fights to Maintain Sales |
NOV 2008 | Battered Pioneer Announces Major Restructuring of TV Business |
OCT 2008 | Integrated At Last! JVC & Kenwood Launch All-New JVC Kenwood HD |
OCT 2008 | Couch Potatoes Rejoice! You CAN Take it With You!
Dilithium Offers Live TV Over Your iPhone |
OCT 2008 | Fall Auto Sales Crash and Burn
Troubled U.S. Auto Industry Goes From Bad to Worse |
OCT 2008 | Does Copy Matter? |
OCT 2008 | Will Circuit City Celebrate the Holidays or Will They Be Ho-Ho-Hoed Out of Business? |
OCT 2008 | Do You Know What Media to use to Circulate Your Message? |
OCT 2008 | Best Buy Can Buy Napster Says FTC |
SEP 2008 | CEDIA Announces Lowest EXPO Attendance Since 2004
Many Exhibitors Say Real Story is Even Worse |
SEP 2008 | With Ripplewood Divorce Final, D&M Ties Knot and Begins Honeymoon with Bain Capital
Now That Deal's Done, Talk of Kenwood/JVC Alliance Reemerges |
SEP 2008 | Regular Radio "Sucks" Says Sirius XM Chief |
SEP 2008 | A Thin Steve Jobs Introduces a Thinner iPod |
SEP 2008 | New Association Forms to Accelerate Industry Adoption of 3D Technology
Major Manufacturers Rally Around New Technology |
AUG 2008 | Losing $62 Million in Fiscal Third Quarter - Planar...Punts
Company Sells Medical Unit to Raise Cash; Home Theater Unit Losses Continue |
AUG 2008 | This Tool is Too Cool for School...You Gotta Try It! |
AUG 2008 | New Video Viewing Options...Is TV Losing? |
AUG 2008 | Zillow.com Says Americans are Fooling Themselves about Housing Crisis: Doesn't Affect Me!
Company Launches Home Value Misperception Index to Measure Disparity between Real Value & Homeowners Perception |
AUG 2008 | Matsushita Exec Warns of Possible Profit Problems |
AUG 2008 | Freddie in Free Fall
Freddie Mac Posts Surprising Loss-Its Fourth Consecutive |
JUL 2008 | Worrisome Wednesday Brings Terrible Troika of Economic News
Car sales are in the ditch, Wall Street hears the roar of the bear, and American workers' pressures worsen |
JUL 2008 | Circuit City - Blockbuster Deal Comes Unplugged
Analysts ask...now what??? |
JUL 2008 | Sony FED Up - Negotiating to Buy Pioneer Factory
Sony needs facility to mass produce FED panels in 2009 |
JUL 2008 | New Study Shows Differences in How Generations Try and Buy Technology
Generation X, Generation Y, and Boomers Relate Uniquely to Technology & Media |
JUN 2008 | Sex Sells...At Least It Used To!
Nevada bordellos report that business is off; Owners debate how...or IF to promote |
JUN 2008 | Embrace Recession!
Stop debating and start managing your business for recessionary times NOW |
JUN 2008 | Sony Plans to Triple Sales of Blu-Ray Devices
Plan is to try and retain current market share |
JUN 2008 | How's This for a Promotion? Buy One, Get One Free...House That Is!
Desperate San Diego developer employs retail-style promo to move inventory |
JUN 2008 | U.S. Facing Two-Year "Credit Recession"
Fallout from subprime mortgage crash to have lingering effect |
MAY 2008 | Retrofit is It...Isn't It? New Data From the NAHB & Harvard University sheds New Light on Remodeling Market |
MAY 2008 | Harman Out of Harmony with Third Quarter Results Revenues Sound Sweet, But Profits Hit A Sour Note |
MAY 2008 | Pioneer to Custom Installers: This One's For You! New Projector Targeted for CI Channel |
MAY 2008 | Flat Panel Battle Samsung Tops in LCD TV Share in N. America; Vizio Displaces Sony for #2 in Flat Panel Overall |
MAY 2008 | Are Your Products & Services as Tasty as...a Pizza? |
MAY 2008 | Ready for the Rush? S&P Says Ready or Not, Rebate Rush is Coming! |
APR 2008 | Mitsubishi Plays Ball With The New York Yankees!
New Yankee Stadium to Get Worlds' Largest HD Screen |
APR 2008 | Fed Chief: Recession is Possible
Bernanke Finally Uses the "R" Word |
APR 2008 | Time to Drop Video?
Silly or Savvy? Integrator Considers Dropping Low-Profit Category |
APR 2008 | Most Popular BEACON & ALERT Stories in First Quarter 2008 |
APR 2008 | Spring May Bring April Showers...But TV Demand is Drying Up!
Wall Street Journal Says Even HDTV Demand Has Dropped |
MAR 2008 | Builders Association Says It's Going to Get Worse Before it Gets Better
Updated Forecast from NAHB's Chief Economist Sees More Downside; Still Projects Market to Bottom Out This Year |
MAR 2008 | CE Industry Under Reorganization Global Markets...or Global Migraines? |
MAR 2008 | Use Google to Stay Alert! Simple Tool Keeps You In The Know |
FEB 2008 | Super (Bowl) Lessons for Your Business |
FEB 2008 | Super Bowl Ads Don't Always Score |
FEB 2008 | Hi Def DVD War Goes Global |
FEB 2008 | Sony Jumps to Top of LCD Pile |
JAN 2008 | But Are You Really Ready for the Coming Boom in the Housing Market? The National Association of Home Builders Releases Growth Forecast for 2008 |
JAN 2008 | Of Peanuts and Monkeys in Retailing |
JAN 2008 | Marketers New Years Resolution: Make it New! |
DEC 2007 | Amazon's Kindle: Genius or Junk??
eBook Readers Have Come and Gone...Should Kindle Stay or Should it Go? |
DEC 2007 | Tradeshows Are a Waste of Money...Unless...
Tradeshow Tips to Make Sure Your Show Investment...PAYS OFF! |
DEC 2007 | Own more than one company? Your financial future may depend on how well you know your A-B-Cs! |
DEC 2007 | Affluent Americans will Grow to Represent 27% of the Online Community by 2011 |
NOV 2007 | You know housing is bad…
But do you know how bad it’s going to get? How about when it’s going to get better? See expert’s insight below… |
NOV 2007 | Did you know???
Interesting stats on Apple products... |
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