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What Enthusiasts Say About 12 Volt Dealers and the Internet

An old saw of retailing is to know your customers.   So you might want to take a look...

Kicker to Enter Walmart in September

Kicker will enter Walmart in September, according to a letter sent to dealers and signed by Kicker President...

Best Buy Canada Exits Car Stereo

Best Buy Canada is shutting down installation bays at nearly every location as it exits the car stereo...

PAC Awarded New Steering Wheel Patent

Pacific Accessory Corporation (PAC) said it has been awarded a patent for a steering wheel control for multiple devices....

Car Audio Specialists Near ¼ of Aftermarket

The NPD Group was kind enough to provide us with additional market data on the car audio specialist....

Should You Advertise on the Radio: Facts

If you wonder if radio advertising is worth the bucks, here are some facts to consider. On the...

1st Aftermarket Backup Cam for MyFord Touch

NAV-TV said it is shipping the first aftermarket backup camera solution for all Ford and Lincoln vehicles with...

Car Audio Speakers Buck the Trend

Car speakers are the only category that saw growth in car audio this year through April compared to...

Specialists Gain 12 Volt Share: NPD (Corrected)

Corrected: 12 volt specialists are seeing greater unit volumes in car audio than last year, according to the...

Brandmotion Adds Entry Level Camera Kit

Brandmotion is now shipping a universal auto camera kit at $139, designed as an entry-level camera with higher...

First U.S. MirrorLink Car Radio Now Available from Sony

Shown in January at CES by Sony, the first MirrorLink car radio is now available. With MirrorLink, you...

What You Need to Know about Apple Maps

Starting this fall, Apple will offer its own Maps feature that can give you turn-by-turn directions and traffic,...

Apple Makes Siri a Steering Wheel Button

Updated! Apple announced today at its Worldwide Developers Conference that Siri will be offered via a steering wheel...

iSimple Intro’s Car Tablet Mount

iSimple introduced a tablet mount for the rear seat of the car. The StrongHold mount attaches tablets from...

Update on Facebook in Car Audio

An amazing 50 percent of smartphones connect to Facebook every hour of the day. So you can see...

New Motorcycle Amp from Kicker

Kicker's new motorcycle amplifier is smaller than a brick. Designed for vehicles with small battery/charging systems, the PX100.2...

Rockford Ships New Marine Speakers

Rockford Fosgate is now shipping a  new marine audio system for wakeboard towers. The enclosed speaker system comes...

JL Audio Shortages To Resolve End of Summer

JL Audio said it is air shipping in magnets to alleviate subwoofer and enclosure shortages that have plagued...

Barry Vogel Closes His Shop

Regrettably, Barry Vogel, former president of the Mobile Enhancement Retailers Association, is closing up shop after 36 years....

Fed May Target Voice Controlled Car Radios

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, said at a press conference yesterday that the Feds will “examine voice commands for...