You Got 30 Minutes, We Got CE For Sam's
Exclusive! Rogers, Ark. — In its quest for new, novel and constantly changing CE SKUs, Sam's Club has begun employing a novel method of sourcing. More »
Soundbar Sales Get Clubbed In Q1
San Diego — U.S. soundbar shipments took a hit in the first quarter, falling 28 percent in units to 1 million from 1.4 million, marking what could be their first year-over-year quarterly drop, Quixel Research statistics show. More »
Tops Hits From Apple's WWDC
San Francisco — The 26th annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference launched Apple's long-awaited music-streaming reboot, served up enhancements to the iOS and Mac operating systems, and outed upgraded Watch OS and Apple Pay features. More »
TWICE Launches 3rd Annual VIP Awards
DEADLINE IS JUNE 15! TWICE will hold the third annual VIP Awards program, in which retailers and distributors will have the chance to honor the products that have made the biggest difference in their business. More »
LG Adds First 4K Gaming Monitor
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – LG is bringing its first 4K gaming monitor to the U.S. to join a 1080p model. More »
Sculler Promoted At Twin-Star
Delray Beach, Fla. — Twin-Star International, the home-furnishings supplier that acquired Bell'O International last year, has realigned its senior management after CEO Rob Cohen stepped down. More »
New Age Sets 5th Annual Dealer Summit
Los Angeles — National CE, IT and gaming distributor New Age Electronics (NAE) will hold its fifth annual Retail Dealer Summit July 21-23 here at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. More »
Abt, Costco, NFM Head Consumer Reports Majap Poll
Yonkers, N.Y. — Independent dealers in general, and Abt Electronics and Nebraska Furniture Mart in particular, once again topped an appliance retailer satisfaction survey by Consumer Reports. More »
Readers weigh in on "Walmart Takes Another Stab At CE"
Todd Nelson: "With the pricing of TVs at a point where there is no money in selling them for anyone but the likes of Walmart, Walmart might try reaching out to the consumer integrator and installer market. As a home automation and theater designer, I don't sell TVs any longer. There is more money in selling the brackets to hang them and the labor to put them up. If Walmart would carry a little higher grade of TV, the installers would start recommending Walmart as the place to buy TVs rather than Best Buy or hhgregg."
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Is Your Brand The Charm Or The Bracelet?
By Christopher Caen
"We want to be Apple." There is no sentence we fear more in our business than this. It's our version of "Make the logo bigger." As a branding agency that specializes in tech, we hear this often from companies wanting to hire us. And we need to sit them down and tell them the horrible truth that we can't make them Apple. That is not to say we can't make them a huge success and someday become a powerful brand like Apple, but we can't make you into Apple. More »
Giveaway
We teamed with Sony Electronics for a giveaway of its MDR-XB950BT Bluetooth headphones with NFC and Extra Bass! Retweet to enter!
Now Available: The Top 100 CE Retailers AND the Top 25 Car Electronics Retailers Reports
Produced by TWICE with market research partner The Stevenson Company, the 2015 TWICE Top 100 Consumer Electronics Retailers Report provides an in-depth look at the shifting patterns of industry retailers with sales of $10 million and up. Here you'll find the data and trends that will impact the industry for the forthcoming year. The Bonus Online Edition includes additional breakout charts and a complete contact index for the Top 100 CE retailers.
Purchase the Top 100 CE Retailers Report here.
The Top 25's retail-level sales were $2.91 billion (excluding installation revenue) in 2014. Find out where that money was made.
Purchase the Top 25 Car Electronics Retailers Report here.
Rewind
Did you miss "Sell the Season," our webinar that dove into the Dads & Grads and Back-To-School selling seasons? You can still listen to the entire replay!
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