Amy Gilroy

Amy Gilroy

Amy has been reporting on the consumer electronics industry since cellphones and compact disc players were first introduced. She's worked for numerous industry publications and was a senior editor at This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE) magazine for 15 years.
ADAS Steve Witt
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Selling Driver Safety And Liking It

If you embrace driver safety “it will be your strongest profit generating category within 24 months without a...

Mobile-Electronics-Group
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ME Magazine Opens Award Nominations

Mobile Electronics magazine officially kicked off the 2016 Mobile Electronics Industry Awards this week. Nominations are being accepted...

Dow Electronics
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Dow Buys DB South Distributing

DOW Electronics based in FL announced it plans to buy assets of dB South Distributing of GA. DOW...

Dash Connect Plus
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Dash Connect + Adds GM Camera Interface

Dash Connect + said its multi-camera interfaces are now available for General Motors vehicles. Dash Connect + is...

retail sales
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If Your Sales Were Slow in March, You’re Not Alone

For many car audio specialists, the tax season surge that usually boosts sales in March, didn’t materialize, but...

Apple Car Motor Trend
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Here’s the Apple Car as Imagined by Motor Trend

Motor Trend's June issue imagines what the Apple Car could look like and how it might function. It...

AAMP speaker brackets
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AAMP Offers Stackable Speaker Adapters

AAMP Global announced what it called the first stackable universal speaker adapters in multiple sizes. The new speaker...

JVC KW-V820BT with CarPlay
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JVC Announces May Ship Date for CarPlay; Dealer Incentives

JVC Mobile Entertainment announced it will ship in May its first Apple CarPlay receiver, first shown at CES....

Mid-State Distributing
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Mid-State to Carry Zapco and Oz Audio

Atrend Speaker Enclosures announced that Mid-State Distributing will now carry Zapco amplifiers as well as OZ Audio car...

Alpine Jeep
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Alpine Attends Jeep Beach

Alpine Electronics of America, for the first time, will participate in Jeep Beach, an annual consumer event for...

Custom Tint Solutions
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Here’s Custom Sounds’ New Business

Custom Sounds, Austin, TX, the 17 store chain chain that is one of the top grossing car audio...

Earthquake DBXi
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Earthquake Brings Back DBXi Subwoofers

Earthquake Sound has brought back the DBXi subwoofers discontinued several years ago due to “popular demand” by hundreds...

GM Ditching CarPlay Impact on Aftermarket
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General Motors Reports on Remote Start

General Motors said its customers used its app that allows remote starting a car from a phone 133...

Amazon boxes
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Amazon Car Audio Install Program One Year Later

It’s been a year since Amazon launched a car stereo installation referral service where consumers can find a...

SMD DD-1
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D’Amore and SMD Awarded Patent

D'Amore Engineering announced it has received a patent for its DD-1 tool used to find audio devices that...

Petra logo
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Petra to Hold 14th Car Audio Expo

Petra's 14th annual Car Audio Expo will be held Sunday, April 17, at Petra’s new distribution facility in...

ESCORT Max 360
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Escort Expands Anti-Falsing Tech

Escort, Inc., announced an updateable anti-falsing technology to protect radar detectors from interference with advanced safety systems used...

SiriusXM to use EyeLock security for e-Wallet
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SiriusXM Passes 30 Million Subscribers

SiriusXM announced it crossed the 30 million subscriber mark. The satellite radio company added 465,000 net new subscribers...

Spring KnowledgeFest Town Hall 2016
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5 Habits of Successful 12 Volt Retailers

At the Town Hall meeting at Spring KnowledgeFest this weekend, five leading retailers gave away some of their...

MB Quart RZR Radio
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Branded Polaris/MB Quart Radio Ships in June

MB Quart has collaborated with Polaris to develop a co-branded Bluetooth aftermarket radio for the RZR available only...