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August 2008 Issue
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2008 Retail Excellence Awards -
August 01, 2008
This year’s Retail Excellence Award winners represent the industry’s best of breed. They were chosen by our readers and editors based on several criteria. They have worked hard to present the products...
This year’s Retail Excellence Award winners represent the industry’s best of breed. They were chosen by our readers and editors based on several criteria. They have worked hard to present the products...
Current Columns
Government Regulation Can Help Retailers -
August 01, 2008
This summer marked California’s foray into the world of regulating the use of mobile phones while driving. It is now the fifth state to regulate cell phone use, joining Connecticut, New Jersey, New York...
This summer marked California’s foray into the world of regulating the use of mobile phones while driving. It is now the fifth state to regulate cell phone use, joining Connecticut, New Jersey, New York...
Dog Days of Summer Breed Some Prize Pets -
August 01, 2008
By the time the dog days of summer truly settle in, discussion inexorably turns back to the weather: “Hot enough for ya?” On the other hand, the word on the street regarding the CE industry might invoke...
By the time the dog days of summer truly settle in, discussion inexorably turns back to the weather: “Hot enough for ya?” On the other hand, the word on the street regarding the CE industry might invoke...
Basic Steps to Clean Up the 12-Volt Industry -
August 01, 2008
Leaders of the mobile electronics industry recently met for its first 12-Volt Awareness Summit where they took the first few steps in creating ways to drive consumers to specialty dealers and installers....
Leaders of the mobile electronics industry recently met for its first 12-Volt Awareness Summit where they took the first few steps in creating ways to drive consumers to specialty dealers and installers....
Creativity Sells -
August 01, 2008
What do small towns do in the summer months to bring their communities together and foster relationships? They hold special events—music in the park, ice cream socials, nights out. Retailers, especially...
What do small towns do in the summer months to bring their communities together and foster relationships? They hold special events—music in the park, ice cream socials, nights out. Retailers, especially...
Current Departments
Intelligent Installations -
August 01, 2008
If you’ve ever torn apart a dash when you didn’t have to, or taken out the center console when the lead was hiding in the trunk, then you understand what mobile installers from Audio Express go through...
If you’ve ever torn apart a dash when you didn’t have to, or taken out the center console when the lead was hiding in the trunk, then you understand what mobile installers from Audio Express go through...
Distributors State Their Case -
August 01, 2008
We recently contacted some of the CE industry’s major distributors for their view on some of the hot issues impacting the retail channel. In the second part of our roundtable, the executives describe how...
We recently contacted some of the CE industry’s major distributors for their view on some of the hot issues impacting the retail channel. In the second part of our roundtable, the executives describe how...
Leveraging Luxury Living -
August 01, 2008
Though it is deliciously tempting to embrace a French proverb as luscious as “Il est impossible de trope de luxe” (It is impossible to overdo luxury), a quick survey of real estate marketing these days...
Though it is deliciously tempting to embrace a French proverb as luscious as “Il est impossible de trope de luxe” (It is impossible to overdo luxury), a quick survey of real estate marketing these days...
HTSA Delivers New Dealer Tool, Glikes Speaks Out -
August 01, 2008
More than 60 specialty dealers recently attended the Home Theater Specialists of America’s (HTSA) seventh annual Custom Manager Meeting in St. Louis, Mo. The meeting featured the launch of the HTSA Custom...
More than 60 specialty dealers recently attended the Home Theater Specialists of America’s (HTSA) seventh annual Custom Manager Meeting in St. Louis, Mo. The meeting featured the launch of the HTSA Custom...
New Solution Needed -
August 01, 2008
Backing Up 500 Billion Digital Files in 2008: Hot Opportunity for Photo Retailers. With the growing proliferation of higher megapixel digital cameras and the resulting larger file sizes, compounded with...
Backing Up 500 Billion Digital Files in 2008: Hot Opportunity for Photo Retailers. With the growing proliferation of higher megapixel digital cameras and the resulting larger file sizes, compounded with...
Cheat Sheet: WHDI -
August 01, 2008
One of the biggest hurdles when creating an elegant home theater installation, particularly when the home-owner wishes to place display and source devices far apart from each other, is the problem of wires....
One of the biggest hurdles when creating an elegant home theater installation, particularly when the home-owner wishes to place display and source devices far apart from each other, is the problem of wires....