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FEB12AW1

House of Marley Stages a Not-So-Quiet Revolution

FEB12AW1

Sony Says Only They Can Deliver 'The New User Experience'

FEB12AW1

Only Months Later, Pioneer Launches the Next Generation of Its Popular AppRadio

FEB12AW1

Samsung's Big Story from a Big CES Press Conference is OLED

JAN12AW4

At CES - Monster Turns from Performance to Fashion Model Runway to Sell Headphones

JAN12AW4

Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's...HiFiMAN

JAN12AW4

Onkyo Demos New Technologies at CES

JAN12AE4

Soul by Ludacris Shows Party In A Box

JAN12SA4

End of an Era, Onkyo Halts Production of Loudspeakers in Japan

JAN12SA3

Though Ink Not Yet Dry on Gibson Deal, Onkyo Launches New Partnerhsip with Teac

JAN12SA2

D&M Holdings Makes It Offical, Brian Poggi Appointed President

JAN12AW3

Onkyo & Gibson CEO's Give the ALERT the Inside Scoop on Their New Partnership
Gibson Guitar Becomes the Exclusive U.S. Distributor of Onkyo & Integra Brands

JAN12AW3

CES Wrap-Up #1 - The Big News at CES Was That There Was No Big News

JAN12AW3

 Awash in a Sea of Incrementalism, Pre-Show Press Day was a Desperate Search for Innovation

JAN12AW3

LG - Last Year We Were Smart, This Year We Are Smarter

JAN12SA1

Gibson Guitar Takes Significant Stake in Onkyo Corp. & Control of Onkyo USA

DEC11AW5

CEDIA Membership Meeting was Remarkable for What Was Said...and for What Wasn't

DEC11AW5

Of Two Big Tech Stories for 2012, This One Will Likely Be the Biggest...and Scariest

DEC11AW5

Sony Decides to Stop Sleeping With the Enemy; Breaks Off Samsung Partnership

DEC11AW5

More Than 50% of All Americans View Online Video

DEC11AW4

Microsoft Pulls Out of CES; Show Loses 14-Year Anchor

DEC11AW4

Onkyo & Silicon Image Partner to Announce First A/V Receivers with New SI Technologies

DEC11AW4

Domestic & Export Data Delivers One-Two Punch Staggering Japan's Economy

DEC11AW4

Stats That Mattered to Marketers & Media in 2011

DEC11AW3

 Killing Program, CEA Says There's Just Not Enough Tech Enthusiasts Out There

DEC11AW3

Court Says Retailers - Especially Specialty Retailers - are Liable When Selling a Defective Item

DEC11AW3

Netflix's Wild & Wacky Roller Coaster Ride

DEC11AW3

Three Sheets of Paper Worth...$1.6 Million??

DEC11AW2

Staged and Ready, Azione Group Launches New Member Initiative

DEC11AW2

CEDIA's First, and Possibly Only, CEO Leaves the Trade Group

DEC11AW2

Caught in the Crossfire - Japanese Brands Consider Exiting the TV Business

 

DEC11AW2

New Study On the Thinking of Affluents on Luxury

DEC11AW2

 Take Our Survey - Stratecon Surveys ALERT Readers on CES Intentions

NOV11AW4

Netflix, Still Bleeding from Self-Inflicted Wounds, Now Says It Will Lose Money in 2012

NOV11AW4

Former Denon Product Developer Jeff Talmadge Joins Lenbrook

NOV11AW4

Seeking Luxury Upgrade, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Turns to...Apple?

NOV11AW4

Former Xantech Rep Takes Over Sales at Wireworld Cable

NOV11AW3

McIntosh VP Linda Passaro Leaves the Company

NOV11AW3

Is StJohn Group's Split Another Sign of Specialty's Slide?

NOV11AW3

Tech Titans Combine - Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi Merger Their LCD Panel Operations

NOV11AW3

NAD Navigates Towards the Future with All-New VISO Line

NOV11AW2

New Research Confirms It: 3D is a Dud

NOV11AW2

Positive Projection for Projectors

NOV11AW2

Currency & Quake Cause 80+% Plunge in Pioneer's Profits

NOV11AW2

A Shark Drawn to Bloody Water - Samsung Prepares to Pounce with Record R&D Investment

NOV11AW2

How Various Generations of Customers Price Shop for Your Products

OCT11AW4

Picture Gets Fuzzy as TV Business Loses Its Position as Brand Flagship

OCT11AW4

HDMI Expands Industry Outreach - Opens New Forum Seeking Input to Future Spec.

OCT11AW4

Like to Groove in the Garden? Terra Has a Subwoofer for You!

OCT11AW4

Business Shorts from Asia

OCT11AW3

ALERT & Beacon Readers Set New Record in August...Only to Break It Again One Month Later

OCT11AW3

Panasonic Prepares to Announce Painful Process of TV Division Cutbacks

OCT11AW3

The Most Amazing Fake Excuses Employees Use to Call In Sick - Have You Heard These?

OCT11AW3

AVAD Launches 'Opportunity Tour' Saying First Sessions Were a Success

OCT11AW3

America's Backbone - the Middle Class - Is 'Bending to the Breaking Point' Says Ad Age

SEP11AW5

Monster Cable Press Conference: Several Small Announcements, One with a BIG Impact

SEP11AW5

With 15 New Models, Sim2 Forcefully Stakes a Claim in High-Performance Projector Market

SEP11AW5

Accessory Maker Belkin Launches Trio of Wireless System Devices

SEP11AW5

Tributaries Cable Expands Power Protection Product Line

SEP11AW4

Sony and JVC Fire 4K Projector-iles at Each Other

SEP11AW4

Proficient Wants Installers to Become Proficient...at Wireless

SEP11AW4

Atlantic Technology Sets the Bar high with New H-PAS Soundbar

SEP11AW4

IPRO Keeps Their Eyes on the Prize

SEP11AW3

Recipe for CEDIA Expo 2011 - A Cup of Enthusiasm Mixed with a Dash of Defensiveness

SEP11AW3

Our Picks for the Top Trends from CEDIA Expo 2011

SEP11AW3

CEDIA Expo's Future Technology Pavilion - A Really Cool Idea Starter

SEP11AW3

CEDIA Gets Serious About Market Research Data

 

SEP11AW3

CEDIA Expo Attendance Starts New Slide After Pause Last Year

SEP11-SA1

McIntosh Goes Back to Factory Direct Sales - Fires Reps in Several Territories

SEP11-SA2

Yet Another Key D&M Executive Exits the Company; Phil Cohn to Pursue New Opportunity

AUG11AW4

Stunning Announcement: Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple

AUG11AW4

The ALERT's 2011 CEDIA Expo Survey

 

AUG11AW4

Only 1 Year Later - But it Feels Like a Golden Anniversary

AUG11AW4

Thiel Names Millennium Marketing as New Sales Representative

AUG11AW4

The 15 Most Unbelievable (But True) Statements from Real Resumes

AUG11AW4

Morris Tait Associates Expands Sales Team

AUG11AW3

Apple Planning $Billion Investment in Sharp

AUG11AW3

Liquidator Gordon Brothers Acquires Assets of ArchBrook Laguna

AUG11AW3

MSR Acoustics Intros New Dimension4 Partners Including Definitive Audio

AUG11AW3

Best Buy to HP: Take My TouchPad...Please!

AUG11AW2

Harman Releases Fiscal Quarter & Annual Results...Sales Soar - Profits Plummet

AUG11AW2

Tributaries Brings Three New Rep Firms on Board

AUG11AW2

Shocking Ad Featuring America's Sweetheart Julia Roberts Banned

AUG11AW2

Pioneer Fiscal First Quarter Results: Not All Bad, But Not At All Good Either

JUL11AW4

Tweeter's Schultze Reveals 'Issues on Appeal' in Employees' WARN Lawsuit

JUL11AW4

The 20 Brands Most Loved in America

JUL11AW4

PCWorld Says: Die, DVD, Die!

JUL11AW4

Niles Opens Pandora's Box...er, Puts Pandora in the Box

JUL11AW4

The 20 Brands Most Hated in America

JUL11AW3

Groping in the Dark Looking for Growth? New CEA Data Shines Light on Opportunities

JUL11AW3

Lenbrook Completes Sales Team - Picks Dan Coons for Southern Region

JUL11AW3

Sonos Intros a Small Speaker with a Big Impact

JUL11AW3

Skullcandy Rings NASDAQ's Bell and Wall Street Rings Theirs

JUL11SA1

Tweeter Employees Win WARN Act Lawsuit over Tweeter and Schultze Asset Management

JUL11SA2

Schultze Asset Management Files Notice of Appeal in Suit with Tweeter Employees

JUN11AW5

Monster Announces New Products & Enhanced Support for Specialty Retailers

JUN11AW5

Like Listening to Music? It's Time to See the Light...Or Rather...MusicLites

JUN11AW5

Management Turmoil Jeopardizes JVC Kenwood Turnaround

JUN11AW5

Finally, A Little Good News in the Housing Market

JUN11AW5

JVC Kenwood Announces Exit From Another Product Category

JUN11AW4

CEA's New York City Line Show Shows More Than They Intended

JUN11AW4

Line Show: CEA Offers Mid-Year Check-Up Stats with Some Surprises

JUN11AW4

Pioneer Launches AppRadio...Why You Should Pay Attention Even If You're Not in Car Electronics

JUN11AW4

Houses of Marley Says Hey Mahn...It's Time to Satisfy Your Soul

JUN11AW3

Dolby Labs Calls Out the Law Dogs, Sues Maker of BlackBerry for Patent Infringement

Dolby Asks Court for Injunction to Halt Sales of BlackBerrys and PlayBooks

JUN11AW3

Sharp to Launch New Smartphone-Linked TVs in Japan

JUN11AW3

Polk Audio Launches High-Performance Headphone Line for Athletes & Quiet Freaks

JUN11AW3

Furman Launches New Website with Hyper-Support for Commercial A/V Integrators

JUN11AW3

Losing Style to Gain Sales - Sony Stores Reconceived to Grow Share and Sales

MAY11AW3

Have Tech Industry Trends Rendered Reps Irrelevant?

MAY11AW3

IPRO Prez to the ALERT: Reps Reconceived Remain Really Relevant

MAY11AW3

Atlona Joins Growing Consortium Supporting HDBaseT, An Alternative to HDMI

MAY11AW3

Research Shows 'Nearly Rich' Holding Back on Luxury Purchases

MAY11SA1

BREAKING NEWS: Layoffs Hit JVC's US Operations as JVC Kenwood Holdings Overhauls Operating Companies

APR11AW4

Sony Slammed for Security Breach & Slow Response

APR11AW4

JVC & Kenwood Operating Companies to Merge with JVC Kenwood Holdings

APR11AW4

Dish Networks Completes Blockbuster Acquisition

APR11AW4

Panasonic to Cut 40,000 Employees - Mostly Outside of Japan

APR11AW3

Marantz Means Business for NY Metro Dealers

APR11AW3

Personal Notes on the Passing of Industry Veteran Steve Williams

APR11AW3

DDG Launches 2011 New Technology Tour

APR11AW3

New Low Cost Social Media Monitoring Tool Helps Companies Protect Their Brands

APR11AW3

After Dismal February, Housing Starts Bounce Back in March

APR11AW2

NY Rep Firm Has Your 'Ticket to Success'

APR11AW2

AMX Shows Digital Signage & Pre-Packaged Control Solutions to NY Metro Dealers

APR11AW2

JVC Kenwood Expected to See First Profit in Its History

APR11AW2

Industry Icon Sidney Harman Dies at 92

MAR11AW5

Industry Consolidation Continues: Milestone AV and Da-Lite Screen Company Merge

MAR11AW5

Blockbuster Says It May Have a Buyer...A Korean Cellphone Service Provider??

MAR11AW5

Best Buy's New House Brand 'Connect' Wireless is Disconnected by the FCC

MAR11AW5

Not Shattered, But Glass Ceiling Cracks as Sharp Appoints First Female Executive Officer

MAR11AW5

Is Housing in a Double-Dip? U.S. Home Prices Slide for Sixth Consecutive Month

MAR11AW4

CEO Dunn Tries to Reinvent Best Buy; Fueling Growth? Or Fiddling Away While Rome Burns?

MAR11AW4

Judge Orders Questioning of Steve Jobs in Class Action Monopoly Case

MAR11AW4

Housing Market Crumbles; Sales of New Homes at All-Time Low

MAR11AW4

Latest Update on Constantly Changing Industry Impact from Japan Disaster

MAR11AW4

Best Buy's Newest Private Label Brand: Connect Wireless

MAR11AW3

Sixth Avenue's Slide Down the Slippery Slope Suddenly Accelerates - Sued by GE

MAR11AW3

Housing Starts and Construction Permits Take a Disappointing Dramatic Drop

MAR11AW3

Quake's Aftershocks Hit Broader Tech Industry in Japan and Globally

MAR11AW3

High Flying Apple Splats Against Wall of an Analyst Downgrade

MAR11AW2

Nation's Largest Retailer Readies Assault on Smaller Markets with Secret New Format

MAR11AW2

In Likely New Industry Trend, Teac Cuts FY2011 New Product Offerings by 50%

MAR11AW2

New Data: The Best Places in America to be in the Retrofit Business

MAR11AW2

Judge to Decide if Blockbuster's Fate is Fatal

FEB11AW4

AVAD Reorganization - Laying Off HQ Staff & Moving Functions to DBL

FEB11AW4

Are Best Buy Sales Staff and Customer Service Reps in Jeopardy of Being Replaced?

FEB11AW4

Consumer Product Safety Commission & Nile Audio Recall Hazardous Products

FEB11AW4

Are Consumers Confident? That Depends on Who You Ask

FEB11AW3

Ultimate Electronics Pays the Ultimate Price - Going Out of Business

FEB11AW3

Employees Sue Ultimate Electronics Claiming WARN Act Violation

FEB11AW3

Consumers Willing to Pay More for Brands That Deliver Simplicity

FEB11AW3

Sony Introduces World's Largest OLED Monitor

JAN11AW2

They're Baaaaaaaaaaaaacckk: New (Old) B&K Products Shown at CES

JAN11AW2

Pioneer's Car Division Has Seen the Future and it is Smartphones and PAIS

JAN11AW2

While Other De-emphasize it - Sony Screams 3D at CES

JAN11AW2

The Key Element in Systems Installation You Haven't Paid Enough Attention To

DEC10AW5

Russound Pulls the Plug on Colorado vNet; Colorado Town Plans Lawsuit

DEC10AW5

Sound Advice Launches Comeback

DEC10AW5

Hitachi Puts One-Fourth of the Company 'Up for Review'

DEC10AW5

HTSA Announces 2010 Vendor Awards

DEC10AW5

Nintendo Posts Parental Warning, 3D is Not Safe for Young Children

DEC10AW4

In the Face of Increasingly Bad Press, the 3D Empire Strikes Back

DEC10AW4

Toshiba Launches Glasses-Free 3D TV in Japan

DEC10AW4

Best Buy Hits the Afterburners in Final 4-Day Christmas Push

DEC10AW4

Apple Moves to Kill Steve Jobs...The Doll, That Is

DEC10SA1

>>SPECIAL ALERT<<CEA's Shapiro Finally Admits the Obvious: 3D is a Feature...Not a Category

DEC10AW3

Editor's Choice: Top Stories & Trends in 2010

DEC10AW3

Industry Titan Best Buy Knocked Down a Notch

DEC10AW3

Sharp Goes Big: Will Launch 70-Inch LCD TV in U.S. This Spring

DEC10AW3

Japanese Publishers Accuse Apple of Piracy

DEC10AW3

A Tale of Two Techies...

DEC10AW2

The Top Ten ALERT Stories for 2010 - As Picked by You, the Reader

DEC10AW2

MartinLogan Launches Stealth In-Wall/In-Ceiling Architectural Series Loudspeakers

DEC10AW2

Pioneer Maked Bold Move to Take Lead in Heads Up Display Thru Joint Venture

DEC10AW2

Need a Job? Toshiba Wants You...in Japan, That Is

DEC10AW2

Tripp Lite Expands Beyond Power Protection into HDMI over Cat5 Extenders & Splitters

NOV10AW2

It's Official - B&K Components is Back from the Dead

NOV10AW2

GoldenEar Takes Home the Gold with Two CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards

NOV10AW2

Will More Features at Less Price Mean More Success for Yamaha's neoHD A/V Receiver?

NOV10AW2

JVC Receives First THX 3D Certification for Home Theater Projectors

NOV10AW2

Pioneer Achieves Profitability...Finally

OCT10AW2

>>SPECIAL ALERT<< Electronics Manufacturer ATI to Acquire B&K Components from Bank

OCT10AW2

85% of American Consumers are Willing to Pay More to Receive Exceptional Customer Experience

OCT10AW2

HTSA Continues Expansion of Vendor Roster with New Additions

OCT10AW2

Sony Launches Internet TV Powered by Google TV - Something New? Or Web TV Rerun?

SEP10AW4

SpeakerCraft to Integrators: We're Going Retail and You Should Too

SEP10AW4

Thanks to Market Changes, GoldenEar Senses Golden Opportunity

SEP10AW4

ALERT EXCLUSIVE: New Brand - Soul by Ludacris - Reinvents the Boom Box & Upscale Headphones

SEP10AW4

With 'Flat' the New 'Up,' CEDIA & Exhibitors Breathe a Sigh of Relief

SEP10AW4

Licensee of H-PAS Technology Shows Second Model; Surprise - It's Atlantic Technology Again!

SEP10AW4

CEO Utz Baldwin Shares Thoughts on Industry and CEDIA Direction with the ALERT

SEP10AW3

CEA: Demo 3D to Stimulate Interest...Study: Consumers Less Interested in 3D After Demo

SEP10AW3

Japanese Manufacturer's Second Half Forecasts in Jeopardy

SEP10AW3

Survey of Holiday Spending Plans Shows consumer Caution at All-Time High

SEP10AW3

Teac to Launch Retro Design USB Sound System in Japan

SEP10AW3

ALERT to Report from the CEDIA EXPO

SEP10AW2

Terminated! Now What Should I Do?!?!

SEP10AW2

Most Americans Say TV is a Luxury They Can Live Without

SEP10AW2

ALERT'S CEDIA EXPO Survey: Readers Share Their Plans!

SEP10AW2

High Concern in Asia as LCD-Panel Prices Drop Sharply Due to Sluggish Demand

SEP10AW2

Sanus Says Super Slim is In

AUG10AW3

JVC Kenwood Resorts to Licensing JVC Brand to Third Parties in Select Markets

AUG10AW3

Best Buy Drops the 3D Ball - Sales Staff Not Pitching 3D Televisions

AUG10AW3

Sharp Goes Back to School

AUG10AW3

Market Researcher Sounds the Alarm: LCD TV Inventory Levels 'Higher-Than-Acceptable'

AUG10AW3

Harman Goes PRO...PRO Group, That Is

AUG10AW3

Klipsch Launches 5th-Generation Reference II Series Speakers

AUG10AW2

Nortek Consolidation Continues - Announces Closing Four Facilities & Opening Centralized HQ

AUG10AW2

Dell Wants to Streak You; Analysts Say Don't Bother to Look

AUG10AW2

Specialist Sherbourn to Launch Its First Ever A/V Receiver

AUG10AW2

Good News Dept: IBM Predicts Increase in U.S. Retail Electronics & Appliance Sales

AUG10AW2

Que Quits!

JUL10AW4

Are Home Theaters & Home Automation Systems "Overrated"? MSN Real Estate Says Yes!

JUL10AW4

Hurry...Hurry...Hurry - CEDIA 'Early Bird' Expo Discounts About to Fly Away

JUL10AW4

Amazon Goes for the Jugular - Launches All-New Mass Market Kindle For As Low As $139

JUL10AW4

Johnny's First Step is Right Out of the TV - Panasonic Launches 'World's First' Consumer 3D Camcorder

JUL10AW4

Are Flat Panel TV Sales Softening? Glass Maker's Comments Suggest It's So

JUL10AW3

Consolidation of AVAD & DBL into Ingram Micro's CE Division; Is There More to This Than Meets the Eye?

JUL10AW3

Apple, Inc. - Is Yesterday's Hero...Today's Zero?

JUL10AW3

Sony Launches First Consumer-Grade HD Camcorder with Interchangeable Lens

JUL10AW3

LG Electronics & Toshiba Join ZigBee Alliance's RF4CE Steering Committee

JUL10AW2

Thiel Turns to Amazon.com; CEO Gornick Tells the ALERT Why

JUL10AW2

Come On In, The Water's Fine! Sony Jumps into the Deep End of the EBR Price War

JUL10AW2

JVC Says: Tell People You Like It, And Maybe We'll Give It To You

JUL10AW2

New Onkyo Oxymoron: High-End Home Theater-In-A-Box

JUN10AW3

The Economy IS Growing CEA Says, But There IS Some Concern About a 'Hand-Off'

JUN10AW3

Monster Cable Announces Universal 3D Glasses and Disney Tron Headphones

JUN10AW3

U.S. State Department: Do You Really Know How Your Technology is Being Used?

JUN10AW3

Anthem Says They're Taking A/V Receivers Where They've Never Been Before

JUN10AW3

Professional Home Cinema Selects Rich Jackson as Sales Representative for Northern California

JUN10AW2

Pioneer Proudly Proclaims Projected Plans for Progress

JUN10AW2

Panamax's New MD2 Targeted-Use Surge Protectors Connect Performance with Style

JUN10AW2

Apple iPhone 4 Sets One-Day Sales Record Causing Systems Crash and Customer Problems

JUN10AW2

Sony Launches 3-D Viewing Pavilions in 7 Countries Around the World

JUN10AW2

U.S. Census Bureau Releases New Data on Housing Trends in 2009, Some Surprises

MAY10AW4

JVC Kenwood Holdings Continues Painful Restructuring
Anticipates 10% Global Staff Layoffs, Facility Closings

MAY10AW4

New Research: How Many Consumers Research Your Brand Before Buying? You'd Be Surprised!

MAY10AW4

New Home Sales Hit Two-Year High

MAY10AW4

Panasonic Hopes 3D Will Give Plasma TV a Shot-in-the-Arm; Analysts Skeptical

MAY10AW4

Apple Passes Microsoft to Become Largest Tech Company; Feds Investigate iTunes Division

MAY10AW4

Sony Shows Flexible - Even Rollable - OLED Display Portending Whole New Class of Products

MAY10AW3

Onkyo Ostracized Online Over Decision to Sell Walmart.com

MAY10AW3

Wal-Mart's Customer is 'Still in Worse Shape Than Anybody Else's,' Says Analyst

MAY10AW3

NAHB Construction Forecast Conference Issues Optimistic Forecasts, While Preaching Caution

MAY10AW3

NextGen Announces HDMI to Cat-6 Splitter and Mini Dongle

MAY10AW3

Blog? MySpace? Twitter? New Survey Shows Where You Should Be Marketing

MAY10AW2

Sharp Puts 3D in Your Pocket
Company Creates World's First 3D Cell Phone Camera/Camcorder

MAY10AW2

Smartphone Maker HTC Asks U.S. ITC to Stop Sales of All iPhones, iPods & iPads

MAY10AW2

New Roc Nation & Skullcandy Partnership Takes Off With Aviator Headphone Line

MAY10AW2

Terra Says You Should Do It Outdoors

APR10AW5

New York Dealers Find the Ticket to Success

APR10AW5

Audio Associates' Meyerowitz Warns that the Decline in Industry Support for Dealers is Dangerous

APR10AW5

Have You Met...ADAM?

APR10AW5

Audio Plus Services Launches New DreamVision Projectors

APR10AW3

High Drama in Japan: Fujitsu Ex-President Forced Out Due to Possible Mob Ties Fights Back

APR10AW3

Now Showing: Super Hero 'Iron Man' LCD & LED HDTVs

APR10AW3

Meet Your Next Customer: A Twenty-Something YouTube Slacker

APR10AW3

Xantech: While Others Scramble to be iPad-Compatible, We're in Our 2nd Gen Product

APR10AW3

Never Mind Toyota - Toshiba Hits the Accelerator Rushing 3D Models to Market

APR10AW2

Nortek Consolidates Niles Audio, Xantech, and ELAN Home Systems
Hires Mark Terry to Harman-ize Company

APR10AW2

Bang & Olufsen Launches BeoLink iPhone, iPod Touch, & iPad Application...And It's Free

APR10AAW2

In Another Sign of Specialty Industry Struggles - D&M Unplugs Escient and Snell Acoustics

APR10AW2

New Retail Sales Data: Luxury Sales Up...Finally; E-commerce Sales Up...Again

MAR10AW4

Will EHX Pull Off an 11th Hour Surprise? New ALERT Data May Surprise You

MAR10AW4

Your Membership Fees at Work: CEA Spends Half Million Dollars on Lobbying in Q4 of 2009

MAR10AW4

Housing Still Struggling to Participate in Economic Recovery

MAR10AW4

Sony Pictures Crackle Division Decides to Go With the FLO

MAR10AW3

Blockbuster Admits It - It Just Might Be Busted; May File for Bankruptcy Protection

MAR10AW3

New Report on 2009 Advertising Spending is Dismal; But There is Cause for Optimism

MAR10AW3

Forget 3D...Sony Announces 360-Degree 3D Displays

MAR10AW3

Marketing Pros Reveal Their Strategy for 2010; Hint: Social Media Wins Big

MAR10AW3

Furman Honors Top Rep Firms in CE Division

MAR10W2

New Survey: 75% of Integrators Say Biz will Grow in 2010, But Surveys Clash about 2009

MAR10W2

Study Says Number of Millionaire Households in U.S. Grew 16% in 2009

MAR10W2

3D Hits the Mainstream...and the Mainstream Hits Back

MAR10W2

Even the Audio Guys Jump on the 3D Bandwagon: Onkyo Introduces New A/V Receivers and HTIBs Supporting 3D

FEB10W4

Sherwood R-904N NetBoxx...Reconceiving the Receiver

FEB10W4

Is Blockbuster Busted?

FEB10W4

New Study Says Frugal Consumer is Here to Stay...Better Get to Know Him!
Marketers Need to Learn the New Drivers of Consumer Consumption

FEB10W4

LG Considers Expanding Production of Flat Panel TVs

FEB10W4

Housing Still Hurting - January New Home Sales at a Record Low

FEB10SA

After Eighteen Months of Trying, MyerEmco is Dying 

JAN10W4

Toshiba Wants You Locked Up in a Cell

JAN10W4

Apple iPad...iFad or iFlop?

JAN10W4

Samsung at CES: We Will Delight and Inspire Customers in New Ways

JAN10W4

Consortium Including Sharp Successfully Develops Bendable LCD

JAN10AW3

LG Stands for Lucky Goldstar...Life's Good...and now, Looks Good - 3D TV That Is

JAN10AW3

Detroit has Concept Cars...KEF has Concept Blade

JAN10AW3 

Sanus Launches HDMI Cable Line with 180 Degree Pivoting Connector

JAN10AW3

Monster Cable Kicks Off Next 30 'Monsterous' Years

JAN10AW3

Harman in Two Way Deal with Sony

JAN10AW3

Ex-HP General Manager Joins Control4 to Lead Energy Systems Division

DEC09AW5

CEA's Shapiro Tells Wall Street Journal this CES is Most Exciting of His Career

DEC09AW5

Marketers Catch a Social Disease - Plan to Invest Heavily in Social Media in 2010

DEC09AW5

Online Sellers Had a Good Season, Apparently Their Customers Did As Well

DEC09AW5

Internet's Buzzing with Leaked Info on Google's New Nexus One Phone; Is It Google's iPhone?

DEC09AW5

Stuffy Financial Times Names the top Cool Gadgets of the Last Decade

DEC09AW5

Thanks for a Great Decade!
 DEC09AW4Readers Pick the Top ALERT and BEACON Stories of 2009
 DEC09AW4Editors Pick Key Stories of 2009
 DEC09AW4HDMI Licensing Announces Further Details on 3D Requirements of Spec. Ver. 1.4
 DEC09AW4JVC Goes Hollywood, Partners with RealD to Create 3D Content Conversion System
 DEC09AW4Panasonic Looking to 3D to Keep Plasma Sales Strong

DEC09AW2

EHX Spring 2010 - Adding Value to Free Show by Charging to Attend?

DEC09AW2

Taiwan LCD Manufacturer to Plead Guilty and Pay $220 Million Fine for Price Fixing

DEC09AW2

Black Friday Retail Sales of Electronics are Strong, but That's Not Always Good

DEC09AW2

LCD Glass Maker Corning Says the Future Looks Bright Thanks to LCD TV

DEC09AW2

Panasonic Announces Major Corporate Shift, Says It's Going Green; Completes Tender Offer to Acquire Sanyo

NOV09AW4

Back to the Future: Burdett Rejoins Niles Audio Corp.

NOV09AW4

Consumer Confidence Index Edges Up Slightly in Nov.; CEA Says Confidence in CE at All-Time High

NOV09AW4

World's Largest Luxury Cruise Ship's Entertainment is Powered by Samsung

NOV09AW4

Not as Good as We Thought - Government Revises Q3 GDP Downward

NOV09AW4

Best Buy Founder Dumps $21.6 Million Worth of Company Stock

NOV09AW2

Motorola Surprises Analysts: Floats Idea of Selling Largest Division

NOV09AW2

New Data Shows Small Businesses Have 'Hunkered Down' to Survive; Owners More Optimistic

NOV09AW2

Macy's Rains on Its Own Parade, Issues Holiday Forecast That Tanks Stock

NOV09AW2

Seven Key Japanese Electronics Parts Makers Return to Profitability in Second Fiscal Quarter

NOV09AW2

Luxury Homebuilder Says Housing Slump is Over with New Contracts Up

OCT09AW5

Crestron for Sale at Dell.com & CDW.com? How Did THAT Happen??

OCT09AW5

Saying They are 'Determined to Grow and Prosper,' TAG Regroups

OCT09AW5

Scary Surprise: New Home Sales Unexpectedly Drop in September; Congress May Extend Home Buyer's Credit

OCT09AW5

Google Navigates into a New Group of Competitors

OCT09AW5

New Consumer Surveys Display Mix of Exciting and Sobering Data

OCT09AW4

AVAD's Jim Annes' First 100 Days: It Isn't Easy Being Number One

OCT09AW4

Philips Unplugs...Launches Wireless HDTV Link

OCT09AW4

Has the U.S. Recession Ended? Many Economists Say It's So

OCT09AW4

Top 50 Websites in September Show Football and Viruses are Tops

OCT09AW4

Toshiba's Back in Black

OCT09AW4

What Technology Continues to Grow...Even in a Recession?

OCT09AW3

Screen Research Placed in Receivership - French Version of Bankruptcy

OCT09AW3

'It's Business as Usual' Screen Research U.S. Exec Tells the ALERT

OCT09AW3

In a Surprise to Analysts, September non-Auto Retail Sales Show Strong Increase

OCT09AW3

Samsung Brings Amazon Video On Demand to Your Living Room
OCT09AW3New Survey: CFOs See Brighter 2010...But Worry about 'Shape' of Recovery

OCT09AW3

In New Ranking Panasonic is Tops By Far in Both Quantity and Quality of Patents

OCT09AW2

Russound Hopes to Beat the Odds with Acquisition of Colorado vNet; Some Question Deal

OCT09AW2

Digital Delivery Group - Ready for the Rebound

OCT09AW2

Japan FTC Hits Panasonic, Samsung, LG with Price Fixing Fine

OCT09AW2

WAVE Electronics: Focus Fuels Growth

OCT09AW2

Samsung Says Forget 3D...Think LED

SEP09AW4

Sony Questions CEDIA Expo

SEP09AW4

Is This the Future of the A/V Receiver?

SEP09AW4

Vision Werks Says It's Time to MAP a New Pricing Program

SEP09AW4

Sam's Club Hopes Small Spoonful of Sugar Will Help Bitter Medicine Go Down

SEP09AW4

Marketers Continue to Shift Dollars to Digital Media

SEP09AW3

There's No Business Like Show Business

SEP09AW3

Atlantic Technology Demos H-PAS Technology; Go for It? Or Pass?

SEP09AW3

Nortek Insider Tells the ALERT the Inside Story

SEP09AW3

Monster Cable Says Ride My Horse

SEP09AW3

The Buzz, As Tweeted on Twitter by the ALERT from CEDIA

SEP09AW3

Sim2 to Dealers, You Can Count on Us

AUG09AW4

Installers & Integrators Revenues Fall 17%, Further Declines Expected

AUG09AW4

Is Microsoft Racist? Company Apologizes for Marketing 'Mistake'

AUG09AW4

Atlantic Technologies & Solus/Clements Bend the Laws of Physics
New Technology Extracts Deep Bass from Small Loudspeaker Box

AUG09AW4

Samsung's Business Takes Off Thanks to Aggressive Marketing of LED TVs

AUG09AW4

Best Buy's Best Appliance Retailer Says New Customer Satisfaction Survey

AUG09AW4

Not Going to CEDIA? Follow ALERT Editor's Live Tweets from Show Floor

AUG09AW3

Will CEDIA Be As Hot as Hotlanta?

AUG09AW3

Yacoubian's Career Takes a Monster-ous Turn!

AUG09AW3

Harman Intl. Reports 4th Quarter & Fiscal Year Losses; Sounds Good to Analysts Who Expected Worse

AUG09AW3

LCD Panel Prices Rise Again, A Big Help for Sharp - A Big Hurt for Sony

AUG09AW3

New Survey Says 'Saving' Will Trump Spending This Holiday Season

AUG09AW3

Panasonic Q1 Sales Drop 26%...Loses $559 Million

AUG09AW2

Sales Up, Profits Up, Stock Price More than Doubled...What is Funai's Formula?

AUG09AW2

52-inch Flat Panel Samsung TV for $9.99? Best Buy Beats Everyone with This Deal

AUG09AW2

Fed Cheers Market, Says Economy is 'Leveling Out'

AUG09AW2

Microsoft Teams with Nokia to Take On RIM

AUG09AW2

Sanyo's 'Dream' Headquarters Turns into Nightmare

JUL09AW4

CEA Says 2009 Industry Decline Will Be More Severe Than Originally Expected

JUL09AW4

Toshiba's New CEO Goes Nuclear

JUL09AW4

Harman Denies Involvement in Acquisition Negotiations

JUL09AW4

LG Electronics On a Roll: Launches First THX Display Certified LED LCD HDTV and Announces Q2 Profit Surge

JUL09AW4

Disney and Panasonic Partner to Sell Movies on microSD Memory Cards

JUL09AW3

Tech Titan Twitter Hacked!
Age Old Hacker Trick Opened Treasure Trove of Confidential Financial Documents

JUL09AW3

Industry Says Farewell to All-Around Good Guy Chuck Kittelson

JUL09AW3

Looking for Affordable Marketing Tools? How About Free?

JUL09AW3

Samsung 'Recovering' on Strong 'LED TV' & Cell Phone Sales

JUL09AW3

There Goes the Neighborhood! Microsoft Plans to Plant Stores Right Next to Apple Stores

JUL09AW3

Kenwood Gets Smart

JUL09AW2

Regional Distributor NAM Electronics Ceases Operations

JUL09AW2

MERA Takes a U-Turn - To Be Acquired by InstallerNet

JUL09AW2

Sensing Opportunity, hhgregg Accelerates Store Opening Plans

JUL09AW2

Clarion is Expected to Lose 2 Billion Yen in Fiscal First Quarter Says Nikkei

JUL09AW2

IMF Says Recession is Easing, But Recovery is 'Fragile;' New Survey Says CEO Confidence is Improving

JUL09AW2

Clash of the Titans: Google Goes for Microsoft's Jugular - Announces Entry into Computer Operating System Market

JUN09AW3

Time to Take Twitter Seriously?
The Iranians, The U.S. Government & The Central Bank of Norway Seem to Think So...

JUN09AW3

Retailer Eddie Bauer Bankrupt
Plans Are to Sell the Company

JUN09AW3

SnapAV's Latest Episode...Sure to Have a Happy Ending

JUN09AW3

Housing Starts...Start Up

JUN09AW3

Sony Executive with Famous Name Takes Over Entertainment Operations

JUN09AW3

Need a Pet Name?

JUN09AW2

In Repeat Performance, AOL Tops Customer Service 'Hall of Shame' Survey
USAA, Trader Joe's, and Netflix Top 'Hall of Fame'

JUN09AW2

JVC Kenwood Continues Consolidation, Merging Home Audio Development and Production Units

JUN09AW2

Could You Sell This Pig?

JUN09AW2

In Another Industry Battle, Funai Claims Victory over Vizio in Patent Dispute
President Obama Opts to Let ITC Decision Against Vizio Stand

JUN09AW2

Fed's Beige Book Says Economic Slide May Be Slowing

JUN09AW2

Once Immune, Online Advertising Declines - Surprising Analysts
First Year-Over-Year Decline Since 2002

MAY09SA2

SPECIAL ALERT BREAKING NEWS: Electrograph Explodes - Immediately Begins Liquidation Process

MAY09AW4

HDMI Licensing Formally Announces Features in Long-Rumored HDMI Specifications Revision 1.4

MAY09AW4

Do You Embrace Change? (Dave Matthews Band) Or Do You Fight It? (RIAA)

MAY09AW4

Reading Smoke Signals on the Horizon, Analysts See Signs of Economic Stability
Housing Sales Rise in April Suggesting Industry At or Near Bottom

MAY09AW4

AVAD Moves New Jersey Facility from Piscataway to Pine Brook

MAY09AW4

New Survey: Electronics Fashionable as Wedding Gifts, But One Popular Item a No-No

MAY09AW4

Liberty Wire & Cable Picks AMI Sales as Its Rep for Florida & Puerto Rico

MAY09AW4

Brand Traits Valued by Young Adults

MAY09AW3

DPL Labs Releases Authoritative White Paper on HDMITM over Category Cable Extender Solutions

MAY09AW3 

Fusion Research Names Capitol Sales Exclusive National Distributor for New Media Server

MAY09AW3

Luxury Homebuilder Toll Brothers' Revenues Collapse 51%

MAY09AW3

Funai Thai Factory Shifts Production From CRT to LCD

MAY09AW3

Japan Jittery as Economy Hit by Record Decline at Twice U.S. Rate

MAY09AW3

Sony Shocks Suppliers...Slashing Them by Half

MAY09AW2

Pioneer's Profits Perish in '09; Projects Sixth Straight Annual Loss for '10
Company Acknowledges 'Material Uncertainty' of Its Ability to Continue

MAY09AW2

AMX's Goldenberg Guilty of Corporate Spying

MAY09AW2

WAVE Electronics Launches Second Houston Location, Their Fifth Overall

MAY09AW2

Economy Still Brittle, Retail Sales Drop Unexpectedly; Electronics Retailing Hit Hard

MAY09AW2

In Major Strategy Shift, Japan Looks to Shutter Factories & Outsource Production to Contract Manufacturers

MAY09SA

Even AVAD Takes A Hit, Will Close Branches in Ten Markets 

APR09AW4

Emerson/ADCOM Joint Venture ASI Comes Undone; Emerson Sells Its Shares to QTE

APR09AW4

Honda Considers Taking Pioneer for a Ride; May Invest in Struggling Company

APR09AW4

Focused on InFocus: Company Announces New Unsolicited 'Takeover Proposal'

APR09AW4

Apple's Q2 Results? Sweet!

APR09AW4

Think Things are Tough? Hey, You Could Be in the Newspaper Business!

APR09W3

Newspaper Says D&M is Pulling Back on Expansion Plans 'Because of the Down Economy'

APR09W3

WSJ Compares Best Buy Staffing Changes to Circuit City Disaster

APR09W3

Philips First Quarter Results Dismal, Recalls Coffee Maker

 

APR09W3

NEC Electronics in Negotiation to Merge with Renesas
Move Will Create Largest Chip Maker in Japan

APR09W3

JVC Kenwood Projects $181 Million Net Loss for Fiscal 2008

APR09W2

Builders Pulte & Centex Combine to Create Largest Homebuilder in America

APR09W2

Sharp's New First: First Ever Loss from Operations; Rushes to Finish New LCD Factory

APR09W2

Will Garmin GPS Help Chrysler Find Its Way?

APR09W2

Mitsubishi Asks: Do You See 3D?

APR09W2

New Survey Shows Rising Interest in Consumer Electronics; Could This Mean Recover is at Hand?

MAR09W4

D&M's New CEO is Out; But is D&M Holdings Acquiring Onkyo and Integra?

MAR09W4

Almost 50% Drop in February Exports Stings Japan, the World's Exporter

 

MAR09W4

Blockbuster & TiVo Partner: One to Move Beyond Stores, the Other to Move Into Stores

MAR09W4

New Technologies Shelved as a Result of Tough Competitive & Economic Environments

MAR09W4

New Home Sales Rise at Fastest Pace in 10 Months; Mortgage Applications Jump

MAR09W3

EHX Pictorial #1 - Opening Morning Scare

MAR09W3

EHX Pictorial #2 - Attendance Builds Slowly...But Positive Attendee Attitude Soars

MAR09W3

EHX Pictorial #3 - The Sweetest Booth at EHX, Attendees Were Born to Be Wild, and a Keynote With a Point - 49 of Them, In Fact

MAR09W3

Top Management Shakeup at Toshiba as Company Needs a Turnaround

MAR09W3

Toughest Job in America? Right Now: Chief Marketing Officer Says eMarketer

FEB09W4

Unexpected Drop in Home Sales Means Housing Recovery Still Well into the Future

FEB09W4

Toshiba Settles DLP TV Class Action Lawsuit, Will Reimburse Consumers Bulb Cost

FEB09W4

Possible Sign of Stability #1 - Slide Stops in Market Price of LCD Panels

FEB09W4

Possible Sign of Stability #2 - New Business Survey Suggests Layoffs Will Decline

FEB09W4

Global Exporter Japan Facing First Annual Trade Deficit Since 1980

FEB09W4

Hitachi to Take Aggressive Actions to Ensure Fiscal Health

FEB09W3

President Hench Leaves Edge Distributors Group; Electronic Stockroom Exits As Well

FEB09W3

Consumer Spending Outlook? 'Grim'

FEB09W3

A New First: Flat Panel TV Revenues Drop!

FEB09W3

Starts Still Stymied, All New Lows for Housing Starts & Permits in January 2009

FEB09W3

Samsung Wants to Lead LED Market

FEB09W2

Weisman to Leave The Advantage Group

FEB09W2

While Others Hold Off, Sanyo Announces Plans for New Solar Panel Factories

FEB09W2

Luxury Home Market? Oh, Brother!

FEB09W2

With Recession as Ally, Wal-Mart Plans All-Out Assault on Chicago

FEB09W2

New First: More People Get Their News From the Internet Than From Newspapers

JAN09W4

Nikkei: Panasonic 'Likely' to Book First Net Loss in Six Years 

JAN09W4

Circuit City Liquidators Say: Hold On, Deeper Discounts Coming!

JAN09W4

NBC Says Super Bowl Sales are a Touchdown!

JAN09W4

Should I Stay or Should I Go? House Defeats Digital Delay Bill

JAN09W4

Picture is Fuzzy as Canon Reports Profits Dropped 91%

JAN09W4

Which Media Most Influences Consumer Purchases? Can You Guess?

JAN09W2

DEI Holdings Pulls the Plug - Company to Delist from NASDAQ and Deregister from SEC
Company Says Its a Strategy to Reduce Costs Due to SEC Reporting Requirements

JAN09W2

LG Also Stands for Lotsa Guilt
U.S. DOJ Nails Plea Agreement: 1 LG and 3 Chunghwa Executives to Be Jailed

JAN09W2

Overall Retail Sales Will Decline in 2009, But Growth Returns in Second Half
Retail Picture Gets Brighter at End of 2009 & Into 2010 Says ICSC

JAN09W2

56% Drop in FY08 Operating Profits for Nine Top Manufacturers Collectively
Significant Indicator of Struggling Electronics Industry

JAN09W2

Consumer Spending Patterns During Recessions
Spending Declines in Some Categories...and Increases in Others

DEC08W5

Readers' Choice: 2008's Top Ten Issues of the ALERT and the BEACON

DEC08W5

Readers' Choice: 2008's Top Ten Articles from the ALERT and the BEACON

DEC08W5

Cisco Systems to Enter Consumer Electronics Business
Crazy Like a Fox? Or Just Plain Crazy?

DEC08W5

Consumer Confidence and Housing Prices Set New Record Lows

DEC08W5

Sharp Loss for Sharp Corp.

DEC08W5

Sony, Canon and Others Set to Raise Prices to Offset Losses

DEC08W4

Two New Home Sales Reports Show Road is Still Rough
New Home Sales and Existing Home Sales Can't Find Bottom

DEC08W4

Funai Tells Philips: We'll Take It All!

DEC08W4

Holiday Store Traffic Weak; Retail Retrenchment Expected in '09

DEC08W4

The Water's Fine...Toshiba Jumps Into the Lithium Ion Battery Pool

DEC08W3

'We Have a Very Good Claim' Says Attorney for Tweeter Employees
Threat of Expedited Liquidation is of No Concern He Says

DEC08W3

InFocus Needs to ReFocus
Mid-Quarter Conference Call Announces 'Global Restructuring' at Projector Company

DEC08W3

Moto Loses its Mojo

DEC08W3

Goldman Gives In
Panasonic Wins Sanyo Creating Japan's Largest Electronics Company

DEC08W3

Circuit City Threw a Party...but Nobody Showed Up
Company Will Break Leases As Auction Fails to Draw Interest

DEC08W3

Housing Starts Still Stopped

DEC08W2

Consumers Crave Audio Says CEA

DEC08W2

InFocus Focuses on Newly Received Offers
Retains Investment Bank Thomas Weisel Partners for Advice

DEC08W2

Recession Ramps-up Restructurings in Industry

DEC08W2

OLED Revenues Up 60% According to DisplaySearch

DEC08W2

Recession Got You Down? Your CEO Feels Your Pain!

NOV08W4

Has A-Bus Run Off the Road?
Licensor LTE Loses Legal Challenge to Patent in U.K. High Court

NOV08W4

Good Morning America Undercover Investigation: Is Circuit City Ripping Off Customers?
Popular Morning Show Compares Prices in Closing Stores vs. Ongoing Stores...Results May Surprise You

NOV08W4

Consumer Confidence Improves...A Little Bit

NOV08W4

Lots of Static in Sanyo's Reception of Offer From Panasonic
Deal for Panasonic to Acquire Sanyo Could Be Falling Apart

NOV08W4

Lighting Association Renews Membership for 2009

NOV08W3

Planar Profits Plunge; Releases Q4 & Fiscal Year Results
Company Sells Another Business Unit as Part of Ongoing Restructuring

 NOV08W3

Northern California Rep/Distributor to Cease Operations

NOV08W3

Housing Slide Not Slowing

NOV08W3

Capitol Sales to Distribute HAI Products

NOV08W3

Are the World's Greatest Consumers...Scrimping?

NOV08W3

Funai Wins Ruling from U.S. Trade Agency in Patent Dispute with Vizio & Others

NOV08W2

Final Fall EHX Ends with a Bang! Well...More of a Pop Really

NOV08W2

Best Buy is Bested By the Economy; October Comp. Stores Down 7.8% in U.S.

NOV08W2

The Price of Crime? About $585 Million for LG, Sharp, and Chunghwa

NOV08W2

New Subwoofer from Acoustic Research - It's The Best of What's New, Says Popular Science

NOV08W2

New Survey on Holiday Sales: Ho, Ho, Ho...or Ho Hum?

OCT08W5

Ripplewood Named Preferred Bidder for Daewoo Electronics

OCT08W5

CE Companies Corporate Results - Investors are Yearning for Earnings
Several Industry Players Release Quarterly Results - Many Investors Are Spooked

OCT08W5

What's the 'Hot' and 'Not' Gift This Holiday Season? New Survey Has Surprises

OCT08W5

Toshiba's Quarterly Operating Profits Drop 99%

OCT08W5

Shouldn't You Be More Social?
More and More Retailers Promote Their Business on Facebook

OCT08W5

Clash of the Titans: Pioneer Wins Lawsuit Against Samsung

OCT08W4

Fall EHX Falls Off Calendar
Electronic House Re-Conceptualizes Fall Show, Ties in With CES

OCT08W4

Holiday Sales Forecast - Online Sales Growth Beats Retail Sales Growth

OCT08W4

NAHB: Stimulus 'Sorely Needed'

OCT08W4

New Promo Idea: 'Dip in Dow' Discount

OCT08W4

Real Property Values Have Dropped, But This 'Property's' Drop in Value is Unreal
Once King of the Magazine Hill, TV Guide is Sold for One Dollar

OCT08W4

NEC's Profits Plunge 34%

OCT08W3

Ex-D&M Owner Ripplewood Jumps Back Into the Game, Makes Bid for Daewoo

OCT08W3

NPD Releases Survey Results on Holiday Consumer Spending Intentions

OCT08W3

Tale of Two Trails to Flat Panel TV Sales

OCT08W3

Sales Slide Sharply in September

OCT08W3

Circuit City Makes "One Price Promise" Pledge to Consumers

OCT08W3

Sharp Says Sales Stand

OCT08W2

Recession is Real, Says Conference Board

OCT08W2

D&M Holdings Launches New Sales & Marketing Group

OCT08W2

In Concert with Central Banks Around the World, Fed Cuts Interest Rate
Rare Coordinated World Action Designed to Provide Stimulus to Global Economy

OCT08W2

Best Buy Launches Exclusive "Blue Label" Products Saying Process of Buying Products Based on Customer Needs is New

OCT08W2

Consumers Cut Consumption
New Survey Sure to Send Chills Through Marketers

OCT08W2

Economic New Isn't ALL Bad, Index of Future Home Sales Jumps in August
Increased Affordability is Main Reason, Says Realtor Association

OCT08W2

Number of Affluent Households Declines for First Time in Six Years

SEP08W4

Sales of Existing Homes Decline in August after an Increase in July
Realtors Association Urges Congress to Help Main Street, Not Just Wall Street

SEP08W4

Wall Street Journal Says Holidays Don't Look Very Liquid for LCD Makers
Popular "Heard on the Street" Column Says Sector is NOT a Buy

SEP08W4

Google's G1 Android Phone...Shooting an Arrow at Jobs' Apple?

SEP08W4

Americans Spent 558 Million Hours Watching 11.4 Billion Online Videos...In July!
Average Viewer Watched 80 Videos...Number 1 is youTube with 5 Billion Views

SEP08W4

Companies Cut Advertising Spending, Lowest Level Since 2001

SEP08W3

Wall Street Reels from Real Fear of Financial Collapse
Market Drops Another 449 Points, Second Big Drop in Week; Tech Sector Feels the Pain

SEP08W3

Housing Starts Continue to Decline with 6.2 Percent Drop in August

SEP08W3

Focus Enhancements Loses Focus, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Six of Seven Board Members Resign

SEP08W3

Pioneer, Seeing Window of Opportunity, Signs Deal with Microsoft

SEP08W3

Onkyo to Launch Inexpensive Notebook Computer in Japan
Unit will match large screen with small price

SEP08W3

Industry Association Forms to Develop "Portable" Digital Content Standards
Major Brands Combine to Set New Standards - Will One Bad Apple Spoil the Whole Barrel?

SEP08W3

Matsushita and Hitachi Form New Partnership in Plasma Television Business

AUG08W4

New Home Prices & Sales Data: Is That a Light at the End of the Tunnel, or a Train Coming Our Way?

AUG08W4

Let Us Entertain You, Says TiVo and Entertainment Weekly

AUG08W4

Matsushita Says Plasma is Getting Hard!

AUG08W4

It Better Do Better, Say Sony Chief of Ericsson Joint Venture

AUG08W4

Samsung, Official HDTV of the NFL, Launches "How I See It" Marketing Campaign by Putting Footballs Fans on TV

AUG08W4

Industry Alliance Shines the Light on Retrofit Lighting Solutions

AUG08W2

Sony Says OLE' (D) to Europe
Company Uses OLED to Take Technology Leader Position in European Market

 AUG08W2

Japan Joins U.S. in Recession Worries
New Japan Domestic Economic Data Raises Concerns

 AUG08W2

Best Buy Says iWant iPhone
Company Signs Agreement with Apple to Offer iPhone in all Best Buy Mobile Stores

 AUG08W2

Funai Creates Combo TVs with Built-In Blu-Ray Players
North American Launch Planned

 AUG08W2

Home Builder Toll Brothers Revenues Continue to Collapse

AUG08W2

It's Like Netflix for Free
Free DVD Swapping Service May Challenge Online Rental Business Model

JUL08W5

D&M Says Bye-Bye to RHJI...Hello Bain
RHJI Announces Launch of Bain Capital Tender Offer for D&M Holdings Shares

JUL08W5

Economic News: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

JUL08W5

Who is the New Owner of JVC? Why, California Public Employees Of Course

Calpers Becomes Major Shareholder of Toyo Tires, Kenwood, and JVC

JUL08W5

Corning Says Economy's Cloudy...Glass Business Isn't
Major Glass Maker's Second Quarter Results Disappoint Analysts

JUL08W5

If At First You Don't Succeed...
Dell Testing New Personal Music Player for A Second Go At It

JUL08W5

Toshiba Bleeds Red Ink In First Quarter Results

JUL08S5

Kenwood Books First Quarter Loss of $4.8 Million
Exchange Rate Issues and Inventory Accounting Hit Results Hard

JUL08W4

Oil's Down, Wall Street's Up
Wall Street Shows Some Optimism on News of Oil Price Declines, Housing Industry Help, and Positive Corporate Earnings

JUL08W4

Leading CE Companies Plug Into Wireless
"Special Interest Group" Created to Develop New Standard Utilizing WHDI(tm) Technology

JUL08W4

Beige Book Raises Red Flag

Fed's Key Tool for Keeping Finger on Economic Pulse Warns of Signs of Inflation

JUL08W4

San Diego to the Rescue: Sues Bank of America to Stop Foreclosures
City Wants to Create a "Foreclosure Sanctuary"

JUL08W4

Apple's Ap Store Growing Pains: Is Apple Rotten to the Core?
Also, Company Releases Q3 Results, Chooses Not To Participate in Business Slowdown

JUL08W4

Toyota Passes GM; Company in Fast Lane to Global Dominance

JUL08W3

 EC Sets Deadline on Inquiry into Bain Capital's Acquisition of D&M Holdings

JUL08W3

 Syntax-Brillian Gets $7.5 Million DIP Financing; Loses Listing on NASDAQ

JUL08W2

Apple Shows Us How to Do It...Again - Simultaneously Launches iPhone 3G & App Store
Next generation phone and application store promises to rewrite telecom rules

JUL08W2

Japan Government Spearheads Joint Technology Initiative with Key Industry Players to Develop Large-Scale OLED Technology
Move seen as an effort to helpo Japanese manufacturers keep lead in global television business

JUL08W2

Home Foreclosures Increase 53%

JUL08W2

Pioneer Cuts Costs by Cutting Plasma Assortment
Company is closing two panel production facilities

JUL08W2

GE Shifts from Talking Sale to Talking Spin-Off
Some posit that May auction failed

JUN08W4

ALERT Caught in "Clarifying" Crossfire
Kenwood Keeps Clarifying - Bain Capital Clarifies Too

JUN08W4

Builders Association Says Latest Home Sales Data is "Evidence of Severe and Ongoing Weakness" in Housing Market

JUN08W4

Blockbuster-Circuit City Deal Rumored to Be a Bust; Blockbuster Stock Climbs

JUN08W4

Fed Holds Rate Steady; Starts Inflation Watch
Some Analysts Think Worst is Behind Us

JUN08W4

OPINION: Bain, Kenwood and D&M Holdings Say the Press got it Wrong...Did They?

JUN08W4SA

Kenwood Clarifies Connection to D&M Acquisition

Business tie-up may lead to further partnership

JUN08W3SARHJI, Saying It's Moving on to Bigger and Better Things, Divests D&M
After months of "no comment" RHJI picks Bain/Kenwood for D&M

JUN08W3

Bain Bursts to the Forefront of Bidders for D&M
Auction End Appears to be Nearing

JUN08W3

Klipsch to Offer Klipsch and Energy Products Through Circuit City
Products will be available in store and online

JUN08W3

ArchBrook Laguna Merges with I. Lahrhoff & Company
Deal combines electgronics distributor with small appliance & housewares specialist

JUN08W3

Filmed Entertainment Spending Will Rise to $111 billion by 2012
Growth comes mostly from Asia-Pacific and digital upgrades in home and at theaters

JUN08W2

Yahoo Finally Says "Yes"...to Google!
Microsoft deal falls through again; Yang to Microsoft, "Clearly, it is time to move on"

JUN08W2

Electrical Contractors Have Plugged-in to Low Voltage, Says Electrical Contractor Magazine
ECs are installing security, home automation, home theather, audio & more...

JUN08W2

Two Japanese Car Electronics Manufacturers' Profits Hit Brick Wall
Most blame automobile industry sales declines in U.S.

JUN08W2

Retail Feels Rebate Reality
Economists say the tax rebates worked, retail sales increase in May

JUN08W2

The BEST ALERT & BEACON Stories You Never Read!
If you didn't see these stories, you missed some good marketing insight...

MAY 2008

Think You Know Your Customers? Are You Sure??
New research says customer demographics may be changing

MAY 2008

Economic Rain Keeps Falling; Consumer Confidence Hits 16-Year Low

New data shows continued economic distress, but is there light on the horizon?

MAY 2008

Following Pioneer's Footsteps, LG to Shift Resources from Plasma to LCD

Major refocusing of product strategy as LCD shows greater growth potential

MAY 2008

TiVo and Walt Disney Studios to Offer Movie Rentals to TiVo Subscribers

New agreement expands offerings to more than 30,000 titles

MAY 2008

D&M Reports Record FY2007 Consolidated Results; Consumer AV Segment Struggles

Results show striking contrast between consumer and commercial divisions

MAY 2008

How Big Do You Want It? For Today's LCD TV Consumer Not Too Big Please

Industry analysts say today's consumer wants smaller...not larger...LCD TVs

MAY 2008

Yamaha Makes Dramatic Shift - Company to Focus on "Musical Operations" Business
Move seen as retrenchment after unsuccessful diversification program

MAY 2008

Microsoft Media Mania

Company embraces open standards, tells Yahoo "Let's just be friends," and is subject to new EU investigation

MAY 2008

Pioneer to Add More Outlet Stores in More Markets in U.S.

If one is good, more is better

MAY 2008

Sony Launches The Hot Ticket...Will It Be?

New business unit will stage live events at local movie theaters

MAY 2008

Marketing Genius...or Desperation?

Microsoft tries to buy users of its last place Live Search engine

MAY 2008

BREAKING NEWS: D&M Lowers FY2007 Profit Forecast 49%

New forecast is radical change resulting from audit by Japanese tax authorities

MAY 2008

Pioneer Feels the Pain as It Slims Down Operations

Company to Close Two Plants and Cut 2,000 Jobs

MAY 2008

JVC/Kenwood: Match Made in Heaven...or Hell?

Investors in Japan React Negatively...Shares Drop Sharply

MAY 2008

Xbox 360 Wins War Against PlayStation3 & Wii...According to Microsoft

Company Claims First to Ship Ten Million Units - Declares Victory in Console War

MAY 2008

Hear That Rumble? That's the Sound of a Rapidly Approaching WAR for Global Domination of the TV Biz

Japanese Manufacturers Launch War by Announcing Their Flat Panel Volume Projections

MAY 2008

Sony Surprises...Surprising Annual Records...Surprising Quarterly Loss

Company Results Largely Positive; Expects TV and Videogame Growth

MAY 2008

Blu-ray Wins the Battle But May Still Lose the War

New Research Says Few Americans Are Likely to Purchase Blu-ray

APR 2008

Harman Closes the Deal - With B&W, That Is!

Company Signs "Global Alliance" Agreement for Future Products

APR 2008

Consumer Confidence? Not So Much!
Consumer Survey Hits 5 Year Low

APR 2008

Matsushita Sets Aggressive Targets to Take #3 Worldwide Market Share Ranking

APR 2008

Planar Plainly in Pain

Company Releases Results and Plans of Improvement

APR 2008

Home Prices Show Record Fall

"There is no sign of a bottom..."

APR 2008

Do You Know How You Rate?
As Far As Search Engine Results, New Research Shows You Better Find Out!

APR 2008

Directed Electronics Gets Serious About SIRIUS
Company Extends Contract For SIRIUS Satellite Radio

APR 2008

BREAKING NEW: D&M's Boston Acoustics Layoffs
Window Dressing for A Potential Sale...Or Efficiency Gain From Corporate Integration? D&M Responds in Exclusive ALERT Interview

APR 2008

Sharp Shift in Sharp's Strategy
Company Aggressively Pursues Goals & Partners

APR 2008

JVC Signs Off from TV Business
Company Decides to Withdraw From Domestic (Japan) TV Biz

APR 2008

Syntax-Brillian Loses Shine with Multiple News Releases
Company Breaks News of Possible Financial Restatements, New Job Cuts and Other Retrenchments

APR08 SPEC

Sale of D&M Sparks Feeding Frenzy
Kenwood Joins the Fray in Bid to Buy D&M

APR08 SPEC

D&M Auction - The Heat is On as Best Buy Jumps In
Auction Pace Accelerates As Largest Customer of D&M Makes Bid for Company

APR08 SPEC

BREAKING NEWS: D&M - New Potential Buyers Emerge
News Agencies Report Bain Capital, Advantage Partners, Merrill Lynch and Others in Bid for RHJI Shares

APR 2008

Philips Waves the White Flag & "Outsources" Their U.S. TV Business
Company Signs Licensing Pact Giving Funai U.S. Market for Philips TV Business

APR 2008

Toshiba Touts Ten
Company Launches Ten New Models With New Technologies in Japan

APR 2008

Circuit City o Investors: I've Got Good News and I've Got Bad News
Company Announces Small Profit But Sees Rough Road Ahead

APR 2008

New Price War Erupts
LCD And Plasma Panel Suppliers Fight for market Share

MAR 2008

STORY FOLLOW-UP: D&M Shareholder Wants Out - Harman Wants In
Harman International Makes Bid for RHJI Shares

MAR 2008

Spring EHX - Maybe Down, But Definitely Not Out!
Integrator Show Beats the Odds With Apparently Respectable Attendance in Tough Economy; "We're extremely pleased," Says Show Manager in Exclusive ALERT Interview

MAR 2008

Fed Swoops In and Slashes Interest Rates Again
Three-Quarter-of-a-Point Cut Sets Lowest Rate Since 2005

MAR 2008

Mitsubishi to Market REAL Blu-Ray
Company Will Enter New Market with New Brand

MAR 2008

Stratecon Brings Added Security and Profit to Custom Integration & Specialty Retail
Industry Marketer Signs Agreement with Emerging Security Provider InGrid to Introduce Line of Digital Protection Products to Specialty Channels

MAR 2008

TV Makers: Small is the New Big
TV Manufacturers Shift Production to Smaller Flat Panel Sizes

FEB 2008

Hey Distributors, How Far Would You Go?

How Far Would You Go To Help Your Customer Make A Sale?

FEB 2008

Marketing Media Matters

Do You Know Where You Should Be Advertising? Are You SURE?!?!

FEB 2008

The Fed's Ben Bernanke: Good News and Bad News

The Good News? Bernanke's Ready to Help! The Bad News? He's Going to Have To!

FEB 2008

Brookstone Accepts Sharper Image Gift Cards Even When Sharper Image Won't

Smart Marketing Ploy Gives Sharper Image Customers Way to Cash In Cards and Try Brookstone At the Same Time

FEB 2008

How About Them Apples?!?!

Apple's Hot iPhone Sales On Track

FEB 2008

EU to Microsoft: Too Little, Too Late

Company Receives Record Fine; "We Want Compliance," Says EU Commissioner

FEB 2008

Hitachi, Sharp Offices Raided in Japan; Possible LCD Panel Price-Fixing

FEB 2008

Positive Projection

In Age of Flat Panel TV, Front Projection Racks Up Positive Results

FEB 2008

Matsushita Electric Tops Philips

Japan's Powerhouse Is Global Leader in Patents Filed

FEB 2008

Philly Fed's Numbers Say Recession

FEB 2008

Microsoft: OK, We'll Play Nice!

Company Announces "Strategic" Changes

FEB 2008

Starts Still Slide

New Home Construction Still Hasn't Found Bottom

FEB 2008

Blu-Ray Zaps HD-DVD Into Oblivion

Toshiba to Decide Fate of Format This Month

FEB 2008

Industry Giants Team Up For New Online Video Distribution System

NEC, Microsoft, HP and More Collaborate to Create Monster System

FEB 2008

Internet Use Explodes!

New Useage Estimates Shows Amazing Regional Growth

FEB 2008

Internet TV...the Sequel

Samsung's New Set-top Box With See'N'Search Technology Reworks a Previously Rejected Concept

FEB 2008

Xbox...We're Not Just Playing Games Here...

Post-Holiday Shortage of Popular Microsoft Game System Hurts Sales

JAN 2008

The Fed Strikes Back

Cuts Rate for Second time in Only Eight Days

JAN 2008

Cell Phone Porn - The Next Big Thing?

Trend Adds New Meaning to Phone Sex

JAN 2008

Duh...what Digital TV Transition?

Consumers Basically Clueless About Government Mandated Digital Transition

JAN 2008

In-Visions Technology Selects the Stratecon Group to Market New DPL HD Performance Certification Program

Stratecon Will Launch Aggressive Consumer and Industry Outreach Program

JAN 2008

D&M Shareholder Wants Out

JAN 2008

Wall Street: What A Wild Ride!

JAN 2008

eBay to Sellers: Don't Worry, Be Happy!

JAN 2008

Fujitsu Joins Toshiba-NEC Alliance

 JAN 2008

Housing Starts Continue Downward Trend

December Starts Decline 14.2%

JAN 2008

New Race To Zero!

JAN 2008

Has Blu Ray Played the Winning Hand?

Warner High Card Played

JAN 2008

Syntax-Brillian Signs Agreement With Sharp

Company Signs LCD Panel Supply Agreement With Sharp Electronics

JAN 2008 

Was Custom MIA at CES?

CES "Specialty Days" Were Not So Special As Many Say Custom Integrators Were A No-Show!

DEC 2007

New Salvo in Continuing High Def DVD Format War
E-Gear Magazine Gives Toshiba HD-XA2 HD DVD Editor's Choice Top 40 Award

DEC 2007

New Industry Alliance Turns Up Heat in Flat Panel Market

DEC 2007

LCoS: All Sales Final - No Returns Allowed
Syntax-Brillian Finalizes Sale of Tempe, AZ based LCOS Operation

DEC 2007 

CES & Electronic House Launch "Specialty Dealer Days" at 2008 CES 

DEC 2007

Global Broadband Market Exploding - Growth Outpaces Mobile
New Study Forecasts One Billion Broadband Users Worldwide in 2008

DEC 2007

New Consumer Survey Places Technology at Top of Most Memorable New Products
Apple iPhone, Windows Vista, Motorola Razr2 in Top Ten of Annual Survey

DEC 2007

Online Shopping Continues to Grow - Currently 19% Over Last Year

DEC 2007

Fed Does it Again: Cuts Interest Rates Quarter Point 

New Attempt at Soft Landing for Housing/Mortgage Industries

DEC 2007 

Sony Says Sales of Electronics in US Are Holding Up

NOV 2007 

Cyber Monday Sales Increase 21%

NOV 2007

Parks Associates Announces New Forecasts for Installing Dealer Channel
New Data Shows Custom Integration Sales Hitting Over $22 Billion by 2012

NOV 2007 

Key Indicator Slips in November

NOV 2007

HD DVD Hits Milestone