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Oasys Summit 2024: ‘What a Difference a Year Makes!’

May 10, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Hank Alexander, Oasys Executive Director

Earlier this month, folks from all over the country made a trek to Austin, Texas to participate in the Oasys Summit 2024. I was one of them. Only the second such gathering for the newly launched group, it was with great anticipation I joined them in Austin for great music, great food, and really fun and quirky pubs (do they call them pubs in Texas?)

But mostly, I joined them for an incredible industry conference that seemed particularly poignant as the young group feels very much like a true start-up, whose participants really bonded over great conversation, best practice sharing, savvy education from top industry experts, smart impactful keynote speakers, and the forging of iron-clad new friendships.

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, Shows & Events Tagged With: Hank Alexander, Nationwide Marketing Group, Oasys

Highly Regarded Exec Frank Sterns to Consult on Custom Integration for Nationwide MG

April 17, 2024 by Ted 1 Comment

Frank Sterns, consultant to Nationwide Marketing Group

Frank Sterns, a well-known and highly regarded (some would say renowned) industry executive, has been retained to consult on custom integration matters with Nationwide Marketing Group. Clearly a sign of just how serious the large diversified Nationwide organization is about targeting custom integration, Sterns brings a wealth of Grade A experience as a leader in the custom integration space.

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, News, People Tagged With: Andy Orozco, Azione Unlimited, Ellipsys, Frank Sterns, Nationwide Marketing Group, Oasys

Ellipsys Reports Strong Q1 with New Members & Vendors; ‘Off to a Fast Start’

March 27, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Ellipsys launched at InfoComm 2023
Ellipsys launched at InfoComm 2023. The Executive Director is Chris Whitley (2nd from left)

Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group, the new dealer buying group for commercial integrators that is part of the Nationwide Marketing Group portfolio, announced this week it has achieved solid progress in its establishment as a completely new buying group. The company says it believes it is “off to a fast start in 2024,” with more evidence of its progress showing up every day.

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, Commercial Tagged With: Chris Whitley, Ellipsys, Nationwide Marketing Group

Richard Glikes Exits Azione Unlimited; Retains Chairman Emeritus Title

February 15, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Richard Glikes at the 2023 Spring Conference

Azione Unlimited, a division of Nationwide Marketing Group, announced this week that its founder, president, and chief creative officer Richard Glikes has exited the custom integration buying group, effective February 1. Glikes has been running the show at Azione for twelve years now and the group says he will still be involved in providing “strategic guidance” on an ongoing basis as Chairman Emeritus, but has withdrawn from day-to-day operations.

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, News, People Tagged With: Andy Orozco, Azione Unlimited, Richard Glikes

Ellipsys, Nationwide MG’s Commercial Div., Adds Two More Founding Vendors

December 19, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Ellipsys image from website

The amount of activity coming out of the Nationwide Marketing Group is pretty mind-blowing with a lot of moving pieces as its multiple operating divisions are each executing on its part of the overall organization’s “Drive to 1,000” member growth program. Today, Nationwide announced that its newest venture, the Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group, has added two more “founding vendor partners,” both well-known and highly valued brands within the commercial community.

Learn more about the expansion of the Ellipsys vendor assortment

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, Strategy Tagged With: Azione Unlimited, Chris Whitley, Ellipsys, Nationwide Marketing Group, Oasys

Azione Unlimited, A Leading Education Provider, Launches Dynamic Education Ecosystem

December 7, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo from a 2023 Azione Unlimited member conference

Azione Unlimited, a leading buying group of custom integrators that calls itself the Smart Home Association, has for years been recognized as a leading provider of compelling education and knowledge sharing for its member companies. Now, the organization announces a reinvention of the education process that they call the Dynamic Education Ecosystem.

Learn more about the Azione Unlimited Dynamic Education Ecosystem

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, Education, News, Strategy Tagged With: Azione Unlimited, dealer education, Richard Glikes

With Oasys Growing 100%, the Nationwide Drive to 1,000 is a Short One

December 1, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Oasys logo projected on a screen

Nationwide Marketing Group’s Oasys Residential Technology Group division reported this week that its membership has grown “over 100%” in 2023, a remarkable achievement in a relatively short period of time. It also propels the overall organization towards its publicly stated goal of achieving a total of at least 1,000 custom integration members across its three brands as part of its “Drive to 1,000,” first announced in March this year.

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, Management, News, Strategy Tagged With: buying groups, Hank Alexander, Nationwide Marketing Group, Oasys

Multiple Reports: Next Level Distribution to Shut Down Operations

September 28, 2023 by Ted 1 Comment

Next Level Distribution website

Next Level Distribution is reportedly planning to shut down operations after it completes the liquidation of its existing inventory, according to multiple reports. The multi-location distributor/fulfillment house of major brands of automotive and residential electronics was founded in 1993, first under the name of Audio America. In 2020 it changed its name to Next Level Distribution.

See more on the closing of Next Level Distribution

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, Distributors, Financial Tagged With: Audio America, Dennis Holzer, Next Level Distribution, Powerhouse Alliance

New Commercial Buying Group Ellipsys Signs with Sonance as Founding Partner

September 8, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Sonance and Ellipsys are partnering in the commercial space

Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group, part of the Nationwide Marketing Group family of dealer buying groups, announced ahead of CEDIA Expo 2023 that it has sealed a big deal with industry leader Sonance as a founding vendor partner for the new group. The news will surely provide a big boost to the young, rapidly growing, commercial integrator buying group.

See more on the Ellipsys partnership with Sonance

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Filed Under: Buying Groups, Commercial, Manufacturers, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: Chris Whitley, Ellipsys, Michael Bridwell, Sonance

CEDIA Bars All News Media from CEDIA Symposium on AI

August 31, 2023 by Ted 1 Comment

Photo of CEDIA HQ
CEDIA’s headquarters building in Fishers, Indiana

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

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Filed Under: Associations, Buying Groups, News, Shows & Events, Technology Tagged With: AI, CEDIA, Christine DeJoy, Daryl Friedman

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