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March 8, 2010 From News
Progressive Retailers Organization (PRO Group) announced Monday the launch of its new Web site, located at www.progroup.net.
February 17, 2010 From News
As Sony gears up for the launch of its new line of 3D TVs this summer, specialty dealers will receive extra attention from the company in terms of merchandising and marketing tools, and focused training.
February 17, 2010 From News
Dealerscope sat down with a group of industry buying group leaders. In this installment, they discussed such topics as attracting traffic, and lessons learned from the recession. Dealerscope: Attracting in-store and online traffic is one of the highest priorities retailers have for 2010. What are you and your manufacturers doing to help them? Bob Lawrence, BrandSource: This year, more than any in the past, the BrandSource brand will be pushed harder than ever before. Home Depot, Lowe’s and Sears and even Best Buy are spending $1 billion-plus in advertising. The only way for our members to go toe to toe with that is through tabs or TV. We need to harness the power of the brand. If we have all 4,500 members and 8,000 storefronts advertising BrandSource, we can out-merchandise and outsell and out-advertise the box stores. It is about driving traffic into the stores.
February 10, 2010 From News
Buying Group executives were in a very different mood this year than they were the last time we gathered them for an interview, at the end of 2009. For one thing, they aren’t speaking during the middle of a recession that gripped the entire industry for the last two years.
Buying Group Execs on 2010's Hottest Technologies
February 10, 2010 From News
Here are some outtakes from our upcoming buying group roundtable in the March issue of Dealerscope: Dealerscope: What new products and technologies have you taken on that will drive revenue and profits for your dealers? Dave Workman, PRO Group: I’m most excited about TV’s evolutionary features. There will be a lot of energy around 3D, LED and IPTV. these will give a selling floor a lot to talk about. The growth of the Internet-connected set – the TV as the portal for downloadable content to own or rent – has very profitable implications for retailers. LED has a great “green” story and a sexy form factor. Also, there’s the fact that manufacturers may be moving price-points down on some of the larger panels – 60-inch and above. That will be critical for our type of retailer to drive sales and increase profits. Anything that will help consumer step up into a larger panel is going to be good for our class of trade. There’s still a tremendous amount of rear-projection TVs still being used out there. There were three million or four million units sold a year for five or six years, all 60-inch and above. That is a great replacement market; 20-million-plus possible customers.
February 10, 2010 From News
Here are some outtakes from our upcoming buying group roundtable in the March issue of Dealerscope: Dealerscope: What new products and technologies have you taken on that will drive revenue and profits for your dealers? Dave Workman, PRO Group: I’m most excited about TV’s evolutionary features. There will be a lot of energy around 3D, LED and IPTV. these will give a selling floor a lot to talk about. The growth of the Internet-connected set – the TV as the portal for downloadable content to own or rent – has very profitable implications for retailers. LED has a great “green” story and a sexy form factor. Also, there’s the fact that manufacturers may be moving price-points down on some of the larger panels – 60-inch and above. That will be critical for our type of retailer to drive sales and increase profits. Anything that will help consumer step up into a larger panel is going to be good for our class of trade. There’s still a tremendous amount of rear-projection TVs still being used out there. There were three million or four million units sold a year for five or six years, all 60-inch and above. That is a great replacement market; 20-million-plus possible customers.
January 2010 From Dealerscope
You're at the top of your game and well-respected in all corners of the industry. You've built one of the strongest retail brands in your...
December 16, 2009 From News
Bob & Ron's World Wide Stereo will join PRO Group on the first of the year, the buying group announced Wednesday.
Consumer Electronics Community May Offer Jobs
December 16, 2009 From Sachs Report
Can you help? There are a couple things of grave impact going on simultaneously in our country today that are fighting for our attention. We have an opportunity to bring both of them together in a unique way. Consequently, by doing so we could play a small part in turning our economy around over the next few years. The two things I am speaking about are the current lack of jobs in this economy coupled with the men and women who had volunteered themselves in the armed services of this extraordinary nation that are now coming home back to civilian life. Can you help? Seems like over the past few years I find myself consumed with creating awareness. Maybe I can find a clever agency to help come up with a strong marketing message to help promote the cause. This is a simple program whose mission is to ensure that for every job opportunity out there a veteran is given a chance to interview for and given consideration for that position. This is how we can properly welcome home those who chose to serve and protect.
December 16, 2009 From Sachs Report
Can you help? There are a couple things of grave impact going on simultaneously in our country today that are fighting for our attention. We have an opportunity to bring both of them together in a unique way. Consequently, by doing so we could play a small part in turning our economy around over the next few years. The two things I am speaking about are the current lack of jobs in this economy coupled with the men and women who had volunteered themselves in the armed services of this extraordinary nation that are now coming home back to civilian life. Can you help? Seems like over the past few years I find myself consumed with creating awareness. Maybe I can find a clever agency to help come up with a strong marketing message to help promote the cause. This is a simple program whose mission is to ensure that for every job opportunity out there a veteran is given a chance to interview for and given consideration for that position. This is how we can properly welcome home those who chose to serve and protect.
The Impact of 2009
December 2009 From Dealerscope
Dealers and buying group leaders had a lot to reflect on for our annual year-in-review feature.
December 2009 From Dealerscope
Dealers and buying group leaders had a lot to reflect on for our annual year-in-review feature.
Retail Turns a Corner
December 2009 From Dealerscope
Given what they've been through during the last 12 months, most dealers are more than ready to ring out the old year and bring in...
December 2009 From Dealerscope
Given what they've been through during the last 12 months, most dealers are more than ready to ring out the old year and bring in...
