Latest In: Operations

Business Resource Human Resources Marketing Sales

The 17 Best Stories of 2018 That CE Pros Never Read

In 2018, many CE Pros skipped a lot of important business articles in favor of lighter fare. Let's…

News December 3
Eagle Sentry Mergers and Acquisitions Parasol RMR

$9M Smart-Home Integrator Sells Biz to Employee and Top Client: Big Growth Planned

Greg Simmons and partner have sold their Las Vegas security and home-automation firm Eagle Sentry to long-time sales…

News November 30
Business Resource Kirschenbaum Legal Service Contracts

Should You Add Surcharge to Clients Who Pay by Credit Card?

Legal expert Ken Kirschenbaum advises integrators to be careful about adding credit card surcharges.

News November 20
Builders Control4 Crestron Energy Management Google Google Home Sonnen

Are Integrators Ready to be ‘Energy Automation Contractors’?

Sonnen aims to create a new category of smart home integrators who unite solar, energy storage, vehicle charging…

News November 16
Azione Buying Group Health and Wellness Labor LumaStream One Firefly Tunable Lighting USAI

Bleak Economy Ahead: Azione Pushes Lighting, Workforce Development, Website Mastery

Anticipating dire economic straits for 2019, Azione chairman Richard Glikes urges home-tech integrators to embrace lighting and wellness,…

News November 5
CEDIA CTA HTSA JL Audio Nortek Control Séura Snap One

Home-Technology Industry Braces for Tariff War: Are You Prepared?

CEDIA, CTA, smart-home dealers and manufacturers share fears and strategies for impending tariff wars: on raising prices, absorbing…

News November 2
Azione Barco Business Design

How A Luxury Manufacturer Got Interior Designers to Love Home Tech

When smart home technology is seen by the interior design community as a "necessary evil," Barco Residential wins…

News October 26
Buying Group Coastal Source Energy Management HTSA Lighting Control lighting fixtures

HTSA Presses On With Lighting, Energy Initiatives

HTSA will soon have 55 members as ALA certified Lighting Specialists and specified nearly $1M in fixtures since…

News October 25
Apple CE Pro 100 HTSA

SoCal Integrator Redefines ‘Mall Kiosk’ with Strategic Space Outside Apple Store

CE Pro 100 integrator Just One Touch/Video & Audio Center adds creates technology showcase area directly outside Apple…

News October 23
Business Social Media

Best 238-Word Linkedin Post by Integrator: Plan for Failure

In an awesome Linkedin post, integrator Kyle Griffith of KG Theaters explains how his company plans for smart-home…

News October 12
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series