Bose Corporation Acquires McIntosh Group | Dozens of retailers jacked up interest rates on store cards ahead of Fed cuts | Online retail sales lead category growth in October
For the first time in the buying group's history, Nationwide Marketing Group's Spring PrimeTime show will debut in San Antonio, the second-largest city in Texas on March 15-18, 2025. Registration for the show is now open.
"Wherever we take PrimeTime, our members have shown us that they understand how important it is to get together, network with one another and the vendor community, and to take advantage of the opportunities available to them to learn and grow their businesses," says Nationwide CEO Tom Hickman.
Highlander Partners recently announced the sale of its portfolio company, McIntosh Group to Bose Corporation. Highlander acquired the Company in June 2022. McIntosh Group is the parent company of the high-performance and luxury audio brands McIntosh and Sonus faber. McIntosh, headquartered in Binghamton, New York, was founded in 1949, while Sonus faber, founded in 1983, is headquartered in Vicenza, Italy. The transaction was consummated on November 15, 2024.
Dozens of the largest U.S. retailers and their bank partners jacked up interest rates on their store-branded cards to record highs in the months before the Federal Reserve began cutting rates, as the companies looked to pad profits during a stretch of sluggish sales.
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Integrated stereo amplifiers that deliver both preamplifier and power duties from one box are neat, space-efficient and undoubtedly the most popular option when it comes to powering a hi-fi system, but the potential for optimum sound quality comes from having a separate preamplifier and power amplifier.
Urbanista has announced the launch of its second generation Copenhagen true wireless earbuds. The Urbanista Copenhagen 2 features an IPX4 water resistant rating, Bluetooth multipoint connection, touch controls, and noise-reducing microphones.
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xMEMS Labs has unveiled the proof-of-concept for its latest MEMS micro speaker, the Sycamore. The new 1mm MEMS near field speaker is designed to deliver full-frequency audio capabilities for small devices equipped with open or free-air speakers such as smart watches, smart glasses, car headrest speakers, laptops PCs, open wireless speaker (OWS) earbuds, or "any other small, mobile form factor that engineers dream up," according to xMEMS marketing and business development VP Mike Housholder.
