Audio Retailer Renaissance: Part 3

Ended soon What will a successful next-generation audio retailer look like? We already know plenty of examples from the extant luxury and custom installation side of the business. As discussed in our part 1 and part 2 installments, these hybrid dealers are typically focused on high-ticket sales of five and six figures. Audio is often…

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Audio Retailer Renaissance: Part 4

Ended soon Now that we’ve discussed background and foreground on what next-gen audio retailing might look like, let’s cut to the chase – where’s the money? Beyond the bread and butter products in your mix, we see new revenue streams in goods and services that didn’t necessarily exist during the last audio boom. Intelligently deployed,…

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Beating the Odds: Are You the Twelfth Startup?

Ended soon Written by: Lew Brown, Partner, bluesalve partners, CEO Motum.ai It’s often said that 9 out of 10 startups end up failing, but that’s not true. According to Startup Genome, the real number is worse at 11 of 12. The most common reasons for failure are premature scaling and poor marketing. These numbers and…

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Bluesalve at ISC West 2023

Ended soon I have not seen ISC West’s official attendance figures as I write this, but my guess is that the words “record breaking” will be part of that announcement. From the perspective of both an attendee and a person who invested a significant number of hours working an exhibitor booth (our client DEN Smart…

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Bluesalve at TecHome Builder Summit 2023

Ended soon The TecHome Builder Summit is an annual event that brings together builders and technology companies to share and learn best practices for integrating technology into their customer’s homes. It focuses on opportunities for builders and multifamily companies to make tech a win-win-win for homebuyers/residents, builders/multifamily companies and their vendor / trade partners.  This…

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Bluesalve Partners Strengthens Team With Noted Industry Veterans

Ended soon Ashburn, VA, April 17, 2023 - Bluesalve partners today announced that consumer technology veterans Rich Bira and Ryan Tykwinski have joined the firm. The prominent consulting group has recently grown by double digits in serving the challenging IoT and smart home markets. The additional team members’ unique skills will increase bluesalve’s capacity to deliver…

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BOM Costing Review

Ended soon BOM Costing Review – Confidential Case Study Better Sourcing = Better Business Our (NDA-covered) client produces a finished goods, “tablet-like” product that is sold direct-to-consumer (DTC) via e-commerce and the company’s own website. Over the past two years, the client has experienced a 40% increase in costings, even though their purchases had more…

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Brand: Anchor of the New Omnichannel

Ended soon Over the past several years, tech retailing has undergone a dizzying course of changes. Just when pundits were finally getting tired of reporting a retailpocalypse, COVID came around to wreak additional havoc on brick and mortar – while ringing up record online sales of CE products for a nation working and playing from…

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Breaking Through Stigma in Senior Tech

Ended soon For all its diversity, the huge Boomer generation usually has one experience in common: the challenge of helping aging parents and loved ones stay healthy and independent. I call it a challenge because many seniors aren’t happy to think they need help, and as a result, they often turn it away, whether it…

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Brick And Mortar For Consumer Tech: Is It Too Late?

Ended soon The recent closing of Fry’s and the changes at Best Buy do not mean the end of brick and mortar for our industry. Today we read headlines about threats to physical retail in virtually every product category, particularly consumer tech. While pessimism about brick and mortar in our sector is understandable, I think…

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