| Top Stories - April 30, 2014 |
Conn's Leaves NATM, Opens First Colorado Stores
The Woodlands, Texas — Conn's has left the NATM Buying Corp. after 14 years with the big-box co-op. More »
Sprint, HTC, Harman Team Up For High-Res Audio Phone
New York – High-resolution music playback and Harman audio-enhancement technologies will appear in the Harman/Kardon edition of HTC's One (M8) Android smartphone, which will appear in Sprint-owned stores and select audio stores in the coming days. More »
Amazon Launches Wearable CE Section
Seattle – Amazon.com has curated a wide range of wearable devices into a separate area within its electronics department. More »
RadioShack's Risch Replaces Throgmartin At hhgregg
Indianapolis — hhgregg has named former RadioShack store operations head Troy Risch as COO. More »
Voxx's John Shalam Honored At CEA Digital Patriots Dinner
Washington — John Shalam, chairman and founder of Voxx International, was one of three honorees at the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) 10th annual Digital Patriots' Dinner, here, last night. More »
Acer Shows New Cloud-Linked Product Line
New York — Acer brought representatives of the press from around the world to a global press conference in Manhattan Tuesday, where it unveiled new lines of tablets, convertibles, notebooks, Chromebooks, smartphones and its new Liquid Leap wristband. More »
DEG: Internet-Delivered Content Rose In Q1
Los Angeles — Consumer spending on electronic sell-through (EST) of video entertainment rose 43 percent over the first quarter of 2014, following a 51 percent increase tracked in the same period a year ago, according to new research released by the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG). More »
Dolby Revenue, Net Up In Q2
San Francisco — Dolby Laboratories revenues grew more than the company expected in the second quarter, rising 11.7 percent to $278.6 million. More »
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TWICE 2014 VIP Award Nominations Close April 30
New York — A reminder to manufacturers: The nominations deadline for TWICE's second annual VIP Awards program closes on Wednesday, April 30. More »
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In Car Experts Sets Zero-Tolerance Transshipping Policy
North Andover, Mass. — The Mobile Electronics Retailers Association (MERA), which acquired the In Car Experts (ICE) marketing and buying group in February, will apply its no-transshipping policy to ICE dealer members. More »
Grovemade Grows Hardwood Case Line
Portland, Ore. –– Grovemade today added two designs to its line of hand-crafted laser-cut American hardwood sleeves for Macbooks, iPads and the iPad Mini. More »
Nokia Q1 Device Sales Down 30%, Losses Grow
Espoo, Finland — Nokia's mobile-device dollar volume fell in the first quarter by 30 percent compared with the year-ago period to 1.93 billion euros ($2.66 billion) on the eve of the segment's acquisition by Microsoft. More »
LG Triples Profit In Q1
Seoul, South Korea — LG Electronics posted a first-quarter net profit of $86.6 million, a 319 percent increase compared with the same period last year. More »
Sprint Wireless Posts Operating Income Despite Falling Subs, Revenue
Overland Park, Kan. — Sprint lost 467,000 wireless subscribers in the quarter ending March 31 and posted a 2 percent decline in wireless revenues compared with the year ago, but the company nonetheless reversed its previous-quarter wireless operating loss to post operating income. More »
HiFiMan Updates Reference Headphones
Newark Del. — HiFiMan has replaced its HE-500 planar magnetic headphones with the HE-560, said to be 30 percent lighter than its predecessor. More »
TomTom Posts Sequential PND Share Gain In North America
Amsterdam, The Netherlands — First-quarter retail-level sales of PNDs fell 24 percent to 800,000 units in North America compared with the year-ago period, with TomTom holding an estimated 19 percent share, down from a year-ago 23 percent share but up from a fourth-quarter share of 15 percent, the company reported. More »
NEAR Taps Finke As Sales Director
Gardiner, Maine — NEAR, the maker of all-environment speakers, appointed industry veteran Hank Finke to the newly created position of director of sales. More »
Nationwide, Promoboxx Begin Digital Marketing Effort
Boston – The Nationwide Marketing Group has kicked off a partnership with Promoboxx to provide digital marketing technology and dealer support to its membership. More »
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