Azione Unlimited, a buying group of predominantly custom integration dealers that is part of the Nationwide Marketing Group family of dealer buying organizations, announced recently that it is adding Mike Cleary, Sonance Senior Director of Strategic Accounts, to its Board of Advisors. Unique to Azione, for years it has maintained an advisory board consisting of five dealer members and five vendor members to operate as its “strategic think tank.” The board’s role is to assist group management in fostering innovation, enhancing business success, and strengthening connections within the smart home industry.
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CEDIA Tech & Business Summit – An Impressive Show from a Well-Oiled Machine
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the CEDIA Tech & Business Summit at the Hilton Hotel in Hasbrouck Heights in Northern New Jersey. To my eyes, this was a well-attended event and I was impressed with how the Association has put together a well-oiled machine that shows some real progress in elevating the value of attending a regional industry event like this.
See my thoughts on this 2024 CEDIA Tech & Business Summit in NJ
[Read more…] about CEDIA Tech & Business Summit – An Impressive Show from a Well-Oiled MachineEmerald Expo Releases Registration Data for CEDIA Expo & CIX 2024
Emerald Will No Longer Report Event Attendance Numbers
Once again, the industry gathered to celebrate the world of custom integration last month at the CEDIA Expo 2024 in Denver, Colorado. An annual event that is part business conference, part education/training confab, and part social get-together & party, many in the industry look forward to this one-time seminal event in anticipation of finding the seeds of future business growth in the innovation shown there.
This week, Emerald Expositions released the registration numbers for CEDIA Expo & Commercial Integrator Expo 2024 (CIX), but did not disclose the verified attendance number. At first, I thought this was an oversight…
See more on data from CEDIA Expo 2024…
[Read more…] about Emerald Expo Releases Registration Data for CEDIA Expo & CIX 2024Azione Unlimited Elects OneVision Executive to Board of Advisors
Azione Unlimited, part of the Nationwide Marketing Group family of dealer buying groups, announced this week that Brad Camp has been elected to the organization’s Board of Advisors. Unique to the world of buying groups, Azione not only places executives from the dealers who are members of the organization on their Board, but also seats executives from vendors and supporting service organizations.
See more about Azione electing Camp to its Board of Advisors
[Read more…] about Azione Unlimited Elects OneVision Executive to Board of AdvisorsHome Construction Looks to Rebound in 2024; Housing Starts & Builder Sentiment Up
The overall housing market has been an economic laggard as the country has seen its economy rebound in the post-pandemic era. The reason for this is primarily due to an unusual combination of high interest rates AND high home prices AND limited available inventory of homes for sale. It is a triple witching that has bedeviled the housing industry in the post-pandemic era.
But is housing about to turn up?
See how the latest housing starts data is a positive sign for home construction
[Read more…] about Home Construction Looks to Rebound in 2024; Housing Starts & Builder Sentiment UpWiSA Stock Value Crashes on News of New Stock Issue & Possible ‘Strategic Transaction’
Current Stock Price Violates NASDAQ Listing Rule…Again
On Monday, WiSA Technologies, a developer and licensor of spatial, wireless sound technology, publicly announced the pricing of a new $4.8 million public offering of Series B convertible redeemable preferred stock and warrants. Separately, and a little less publicly, the company also filed a Form 8K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealing that it is “pursuing a potential strategic transaction.”
The result of both of these pieces of news is that the company’s stock value nosedived as investors turned thumbs down on this latest turn of events at the troubled organization.
See more on the new WiSA problematical issues
[Read more…] about WiSA Stock Value Crashes on News of New Stock Issue & Possible ‘Strategic Transaction’Here are My Top Stories from CEDIA Expo 23
Well, another CEDIA Expo is in the books and we return to our daily duties and launch into a new Fall season full of promise…and concerns. What were the big stories of this year’s edition of Emerald’s (a public, for-profit company that owns the show) CEDIA Expo? Well, I’ve scanned several summations from others in the media and it almost seems like we attended different Expos. Here’s what I think they are…
See my Top Stories from CEDIA Expo 2023
[Read more…] about Here are My Top Stories from CEDIA Expo 23CEDIA Expo 23: We’re Going to Need Crowd Control
The crowds on Day 2 of CEDIA Expo 23 were equally as impressive, if not more so, as they were on Day 1. I had a mid-day meeting at the Snap One booth and as you can see in the image above, I couldn’t even get into the booth! Of course, I can only give you my impressions as there is no official count as I write this, but to my eyes it sure looks like attendance is going to be a pleasant surprise when Emerald announces the final count.
See more on Day 2 results in my final show report
[Read more…] about CEDIA Expo 23: We’re Going to Need Crowd ControlWill CEDIA Expo 23 Be a Rocky Mountain High? Or Will It Be a Low Rider?
It’s September again and that means the approach of Fall, kids are back in school, and it’s time for CEDIA Expo. So like many of you, I packed my bags and headed to Denver, which almost feels like coming home again. But will the show this year be [musical reference] a Rocky Mountain High? Or will it be a Low Rider?
See more on the kickoff of CEDIA Expo 23
[Read more…] about Will CEDIA Expo 23 Be a Rocky Mountain High? Or Will It Be a Low Rider?CEDIA Bars All News Media from CEDIA Symposium on AI
At the end of July, CEDIA announced that it would be holding a new kind of event called the CEDIA Symposium on the day before the CEDIA Expo 2023 opens. The association is all-in on AI apparently, and this symposium is all about AI in custom integration. The announcement promises it will offer “an engaging afternoon of thought-provoking discussions led by industry visionaries, AI experts, top integrators, and manufacturers.”
From the very beginning, there were, in my eyes, troubling elements to this initiative. Little did I know what was to come – that CEDIA would choose to bar the news media from its CEDIA Symposium