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.
Mobile Solutions Smart Frame System
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Mobile Solutions Intros Smart Frame System for Installers

Mobile Solutions, which makes tools for installers under its Smart Tool line, introduced a new Smart Frame System...

AudioControl logo
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AudioControl Sold to CEO

AudioControl chairman and leader for 29 years Tom Walker has sold the audio company to current CEO Alex...

MTX 9512
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MTX Raises Prices

MTX said it has raised its car audio prices this year by about 20 percent or more and...

DAS
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DAS Expands Pioneer Territory

PALMYRA, , PA – DAS Distributors has expanded its distribution territory for the Pioneer Car Electronics product line...

Hurley's Auto Audio
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One 12V Dealer’s Laundry List of Complaints

We are running this letter from Gary Woodward, of  McLean, VA-based Hurley’s Auto Audio, Northern Virginia's oldest car...

Connected Car
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The Sexy Connected Car That People Really Want

In the future, wireless carriers may subsidize your car, just like they subsidize your phone, because cars will...

Harman Signal Dr
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Harman to Push Aftermarket 12V Add-Ons

Harman said at CES it is planning a concerted push in the aftermarket to offer “numerous accessory type...

Reikken
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Reikken Appoints National Distributor

Reikken and Energie brand power cells and accessories have appointed Erikson Consumer as their national distributor for the...

CEA
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Car Audio Forecast Compared to Home Audio for 2014

Car audio/video/navigation sales to dealers are expected to fall slightly this year or by 2 percent to $1,056...

Rydeen Erikson
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Rydeen Appoints Erikson as Canadian Distributor

Rydeen Mobile Electronics announced a distribution agreement with Erikson Consumer, a division of Jam Industries. Under the agreement,...

Metra Prius V 99-8243B
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Metra Adds Dash Kit for Prius V

HOLLY HILL, FL--Metra Electronics, after building dash kits to the replace the radios in almost all Prius models,...

Best Buy
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Best Buy Holiday Sales Fall, Stock Tumbles

Despite its efforts to match any price, Best Buy’s U.S. same store sales fell 0.9 percent over the...

Jim Minarik of DEI Holdings
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Directed Sees 100 Percent Jump on Remote Start Devices

Directed said it has seen a 100 percent increase in sales of  DBALL and other remote start installation...

C2 panel CES
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In 2 Years Aftermarket Car Hot Spots Will Heat Up

In two years, in-car hot spots will become an important aftermarket product, said VOXX Electronics President Tom Malone...

Dual headrest monitor DVH904HD
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Dual Electronics Shows its First Headrest Monitors (With HDMI)

Dual Electronics is entering the car video headrest monitor category with two models with HDMI and USB inputs....

Sonus Car Audio logo
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Sonus Announces 2014 Training School Schedule

Sonus Car Audio offers a training school for installers and car audio dealers at its Clarksville, TN location...

Sony cradle radio
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Your Top CES Products in Car Audio

We combed the show floor of CES last week to find the hottest products in car audio at...

JVC Kenwood blind spot detection at CES
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JVC Kenwood Shows Blind Spot Camera Prototype at CES

JVC Kenwood showed at CES last week a prototype blind spot system using cameras instead of side mirrors....

Metra Lexus 99-8160G
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New Metra Kits for Lexus

HOLLY HILL, FL – Metra Electronics announced new kits for replacing the radio in a Lexus LS430 for...

Dual marine gauge radios
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Dual Electronics Offers Round Marine Gauge Hole Radios

Dual is adding 10 new marine systems in 2014 including two radios that are round and designed to...