State Seeks to Slash and Burn Car Audio
By Amy Gilroy Imagine that you couldn’t sell a speaker larger than 6.5 inches or that could produce more than 100 watts of power, or you couldn’t sell any system with more than 4 speakers. Dealers in...
View ArticleCEA and MERA Weigh In on Bill to Effectively Ban Car Audio in Hawaii
By Amy Gilroy The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said it is working with lobbyists in Hawaii to oppose a bill that would ban the sale of many car audio aftermarket products in Hawaii. The CEA...
View ArticleHawaii Car Audio Bill Deferred Indefinitely
By Amy Gilroy A bill that would essentially ban car audio in Hawaii has been deferred indefinitely in committee and will not go to the House floor for a vote. A second bill that would ban car alarms in...
View ArticleAftermarket Car Audio Sales Results for January 2012: NPD
By Amy Gilroy January 2012 sales for aftermarket car audio, video and navigation took a downward turn, falling 14 percent in dollars and 4 percent in units from January a year ago, according to NPD...
View ArticleSirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) to Offer Live Coverage of the White House...
By Demian Russian Sirius XM Radio’s P.O.T.U.S. channel — the 24/7 non-partisan channel dedicated to the “Politics of the United States” — will air the annual White House Correspondents’ Association...
View ArticleCar Audio Sales for 2013: Revised CEA Estimates
By Amy Gilroy The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) revised its forecasts, as it does every July, and it’s now predicting the car AV aftermarket will remain about flat to down 6 percent overall in...
View ArticleCar Audio Full-Year 2012 Results: NPD Group
By Amy Gilroy The car audio & electronics aftermarket saw a 14 percent drop in dollar volume in 2012, said the NPD Group. Sales to consumers for car audio, video and fixed navigation fell to $1.8...
View ArticleTop Car Audio Brands Ranked for Q2
By Amy Gilroy Here are the top ranking car audio brands for Q2 this year, according to the NPD Group. This time, we show the top five suppliers in each of three key categories: head units of all types,...
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