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Steelmate Ships High Tech Backup Cam

Steelmate USA is now shipping its top-of-the-line parking assist system.  It uses both ultrasonic sensors and video cameras...

Remote Start-from-a-Phone Sales Update

Sales of smartphone-controlled remote start are beginning to make a dent in overall remote start sales. The In-Car...

Best Buy’s Other Car Audio Trial

Best Buy is expanding its BFF relationship with Car Toys beyond the expeditor sales announced Tuesday. It is...

42 % of Aftermarket Car Radios Have Bluetooth

About 42 percent of all in dash car radios sold at retail in 2011 were Bluetooth equipped, according...

Audiovox to Launch New OE Fit Radio Program

While OE-Fit or factory look a-like car radios are spiking in sales at car dealers, retailers have been...

Rockford Launches RATS Car Audio Tool

Rockford Fosgate launched an online system aggregator that lets you “virtually” test car amps and speakers to see...

New HandsFree Law Affects 4 Million

Retailers may want to make note of a new national law that went into effect January 3, called...

Boss Audio: Latest iPhone Car Radio

Boss Audio is pushing the technology envelope this year, offering its first iPhone car radio and also its...

WiGig for Car Next Year

Panasonic recently showed a new in-car system concept that uses a super-fast WiFi-like wireless standard called WiGig. The...

Fusion Brings WiFi to Marine Audio

Fusion will offer in March the first marine audio radios that can be controlled by your phone so...

TV Displays for Car Audio MESA Retailers

These days even Subway sandwich shops have big TVs in the store to send a message to consumers,...

Kicker Adds Trent Partners, N&S Mktg Reps

Kicker (Stillwater Designs) announced new reps:  Trent Partners and Associates and Naeseth & Solaas Marketing and Sales.  Trent...

New “Dash” Car Stereo Debuts

The Dash is a new double DIN head unit that is basically a shell for your phone.   It...

Specialists, How to Advertise Part II

Industry expert Bob Graham continues his advice on advertising on a shoe string budget for the retail specialist.  ...

Scosche Ships CellCONTROL

Scosche is now shipping cellCONTROL, which  stops teen drivers from texting while driving. The $129 cellCONTROL dongle plugs...

MTX Launches First New Pro Audio Line in Years

MTX showed 6 new car Pro Audio speakers at CES last week under the RoadThunder extreme line.   The...

Rockford Offers New Active Displays, App

At CES last week, Rockford Fosgate announced new active displays for its Punch and Power speakers. The displays...

Mercedes-Benz Gets Full 3G in Spring

At CES, Mercedes-Benz introduced a new mbrace2 infotainment service that steps up to embedded 3G (from 1.5-2G) and...

Kicker Launches New Amp Line

Kicker (Stillwater Designs)  launched at CES a new car audio amplifier line sporting more power and a smaller...

Directed Launches SmartStart from Cloud

Directed is showing at CES, its next generation remote start-from-a-phone, SmartStart 3.0 app, which now gathers info from...