Industry news
Autostart Announces New Remote Starters
Autostart will ship in September an updated “SLIM” series remote starter lineup for the coming 2012 fall/winter season....
18 Year Olds Don’t Listen to AM/FM Radio
Every year, a survey of incoming freshman is taken at Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., called the Mindset...
Free SiriusXM Trial For Used Cars From Any Car Maker at Toyota
SiriusXM announced that customers of any used car that is equipped with satellite radio, regardless of the car...
MyFord Touch Still Stinks: Consumer Reports
A new Consumer Reports blog gave the updated MyFord Touch system a thumbs down, even as Ford rolls...
Car Stereo Store of the Future: Look at the Alpine Room
Attention to Detail is a store in Middletown, CT that is breaking the mold in car audio retailing...
Pioneer, DICE Deliver Siri Control This Month
By the end of the month, at least two brands of aftermarket products will allow you to press...
Al & Ed’s Adds 20th Store
Al & Ed’s Autosound opened a new franchise location—the first in its recent expansion effort to grow the...
MERA: Membership Passes 1,000; Announces 2013 KnowledgeFest Location
MERA, the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association, announced its membership has exceeded 1,000. In addition, the industry group said...
CEA to 12 Volters: Second Half May be Better
Consumers are expected to follow the same path in spending they took last year, opening up their wallets...
Atrend Partners with Tint World
Atrend announced it is now providing speaker enclosures for the Tint World car audio and window tinting chain....
Memphis Intro’s Bluetooth/Mini Amp
Memphis Car Audio will ship this October a mini amp and Bluetooth controller that can replace a head...
Clarion adds Facebook, Twitter to Next GATE
Clarion announced it created its own Facebook and Twitter apps to work with its Next GATE car audio...
Best Buy Profits Plunge 91% as Woes Continue
Best Buy woes continued during Q2 as profits fell 91 percent and same store sales declined slightly. The...
MERA Selects Safeware as Extended Service Plan Provider
MERA, the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association, and sponsor of KnowledgeFest, said it has endorced Safeware exclusively as an...
Sonic Electronix Nexus 7 Install with Bit One Gets 100K Views
Sonic Electronix’ recent YouTube video showing a Nexus 7 (Google Tablet) installed in a Dodge RAM has received...
The Average MERA Car Audio Dealers Sells $276K of Product
The average MERA car audio dealer sells $276,000 a year in car audio products (excluding labor), according to...
Industry Award Winners Announced by Mobile Electronics Magazine
Mobile Electronics Magazine announced its 2012 Industry Award Winners for car audio at KnowledgeFest on Sunday. The top...
Scosche Debuts Car Radio at KnowledgeFest
Accessory supplier Scosche showed its first aftermarket car CD/radio (at least its first in recent years) at KnowledgeFest...
Obama Girl May Lead Car Audio Effort
Remember the Obama Girl back in 2008 who became a brief media sensation? Her video singing Obama’s praises...
Rosen Teams with Scosche on Retail OE-Look Radios
Rosen Electronics is showing at KnowledgeFest this week, its first line of factory look-a-like radios designed specifically for...