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Troubling Sign: New Home Sales Drop in Sept

October 31, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

New Residential Sales in SeptRecently, I warned of some troubling housing related news. You may recall that a collapse in the housing sector was a key driver of the last recession in 2007-2009 that was so painful for the custom integration community, and for the country as a whole. In my report – Are You Prepared for the Coming Recession? – I noted a pronounced and troubling turn in several housing industry specific data, perhaps presaging another economic downturn. Now new government data shows that, once again, new residential sales have declined in the month of September.

See more on residential sales turning downward… [Read more…] about Troubling Sign: New Home Sales Drop in Sept

Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: economy, housing, new home sales

Are You Prepared for the Coming Recession?

August 16, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of stressed guy at deskFive Steps to Take Now to Protect Your Business

Occasionally, I’ll chat with an integrator or other industry colleague about that ugly shared nightmare experience, otherwise known as the recession of 2007-2009. This recession, unlike others in the past, zeroed in like a torpedo on the residential construction market and dramatically reshaped the custom integration industry. For those of you joining the industry since that time, you dodged the bullet…but you also missed the lessons that survivors were forced to learn in order to keep afloat.

Why you need to prepare now for the next recession… [Read more…] about Are You Prepared for the Coming Recession?

Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Industry Trends, News, Statistics, Strategy Tagged With: economy, housing starts

Housing Starts in 3-Month Slide

October 19, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

Housing Prices PhotoSeptember housing starts, the government’s measure of new residential construction activity, showed an overall decline to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,127,000 units. This rate is down 4.7% from the revised August rate of 1,183,000 units. This is the third monthly decline in a row indicating a softening in the construction of new homes – and the lowest level of construction since September 2016.

See more on this latest report on housing starts… [Read more…] about Housing Starts in 3-Month Slide

Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: building permits, housing starts, single-family starts

Technology Integrator Prints Its Last Magazine

January 4, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

Technology Integrator logoCalling 2016 “a year of transition,” NAPCO Media announced yesterday that it has printed its last Technology Integrator (TI) magazine – deciding to withdraw from print media and reinvent itself into an online-only property. The move has been rumored for weeks, and in an online post yesterday attributed to the “TI Staff”, the company made the news official.

See more on what’s going to happen with Technology Integrator… [Read more…] about Technology Integrator Prints Its Last Magazine

Filed Under: Brands, Economic Trends, Financial, Industry Trends, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Dealerscope, NAPCO Media, Technology Integrator, TI

Apple Bruised by Worst iPhone Sales Growth Ever

January 27, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

AppleApple, Inc. is starting to look brown, bruised, and past its prime in wake of the surprising quarterly results that showed growth in sales of their bellwether iPhone product to be the slowest since the company launched the product category in 2007. Not only that, but the company forecast an overall sales decline for the first quarter of 2016 – their first sales decline since 2003. Reaction from Wall Street was swift with the price of Apple stock down more than 6% in mid-afternoon trading.

What’s going on at Apple?… [Read more…] about Apple Bruised by Worst iPhone Sales Growth Ever

Filed Under: Brands, Economic Trends, Financial, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Apple, economy, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Macintosh

Good Economic Sign: November Housing Starts Shoot Up

December 17, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of construction workersIn a result that exceeded economists’ estimates, November overall housing starts jumped an impressive 10.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.173 million units.  Well over the revised October rate of 1.062 million units, it also exceeded the 1.007 million units in November last year by 16.5%.

More importantly for our industry, single-family home construction rates jumped as well.

See more on this encouraging economic data… [Read more…] about Good Economic Sign: November Housing Starts Shoot Up

Filed Under: Economic Trends, Industry Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: Commerce Department, housing starts, residential construction

Fed Hikes Rates for First Time in Decade; Is This Good or Bad?

December 16, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

Federal Reserve Board LogoProbably the biggest news in business today is that the Federal Reserve Board hiked interest rates for the first time in almost a decade. Wall Street celebrated by driving up stock values in the wake of the news. Yet consumer specialists and others are sounding the alarm. So is the Fed’s rate increase good news or bad news?

See our take on the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates… [Read more…] about Fed Hikes Rates for First Time in Decade; Is This Good or Bad?

Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Pivot Point Tagged With: Federal Reserve Board, interest rates, the Fed

Dramatic Changes in Features New Home Buyers Want (Like Tech)

May 14, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

Outdoor Kitchens & Media Rooms are Out, Walk-in Closets & Programmable Thermostats are In

NAHB LogoThe National Association of Home Builders has completed a comprehensive survey of home builders to learn what features home buyers are asking for in homes being built today. The survey, which the association conducts every year, showed a huge shift in priorities this year and reflects a fundamental shift in consumer preferences – a shift that will also impact the custom integration industry.

See what features are desired & shunned and what it means for us in tech… [Read more…] about Dramatic Changes in Features New Home Buyers Want (Like Tech)

Filed Under: Associations, Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, News, Research, Statistics Tagged With: builders, construction, homes, NAHB, National Association of Home Builders

Hey Retailers – Forget the Millennials, Follow the Money

April 9, 2015 by Ted 3 Comments

Forrester Research logoNew data from market researcher Forrester Research Inc. suggests that retailers should forget about trying to attract millennials or other younger shoppers and instead shift gears to reach out to baby boomers. Why? Quite simply, that’s where the money is.

See the interesting results from this new research on buyer trends… [Read more…] about Hey Retailers – Forget the Millennials, Follow the Money

Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Industry Trends, Management, Marketing, News, Research, Strategy Tagged With: Amazon.com, Best Buy, Forrester Research, Home Depot, Nordstrom, Toy's 'R Us, Trader Joe's

Sharp Officially Announces Its Exit from the Canada TV Market

March 13, 2015 by Ted 1 Comment

BREAKING NEWS

wifihifi.ca logoCanadian tech industry website WiFiHiFi (wifihifi.ca) announced today that it has confirmed that Sharp Corp. will exit the Canadian TV market. Much in line with our recent reporting on the troubled brand, this is probably just the first shoe to drop…there will most likely be more.

See more on what WiFiHiFi has learned about the situation… [Read more…] about Sharp Officially Announces Its Exit from the Canada TV Market

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Economic Trends, Industry Trends, News, Pivot Point Tagged With: Canada, Sharp, WiFiHiFi, wifihifi.ca

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