All Articles Tagged Stjohn Group

Robert Archer | 11/14 11:52 AM, 3 Comments

John Caldwell has formed a new company, Grace Motif, to take over the North American distribution of his previous company, StJohn Group. The news came last week just as StJohn founder Kevin Leja said he was dropping the distribution portion of his business to focus on marketing consulting. Caldwell and Leja had been partners at StJohn since 2000. Caldwell says the split with Leja was amicable and both parties are looking forward their new respective opportunities. John Caldwell, Grace MotifBased in Scottsdale, Ariz., Grace Motif will pick up the distribution… View this story

Jason Knott | 11/11 10:27 AM, 0 Comments

StJohn Group is getting out of the distribution business and returning to its roots as a marketing consulting firm. The Bellingham, Wash.-based company, which is run by industry veteran Kevin Leja, announced it is immediately discontinuing its distribution of audio/video products in the North American market for its current vendors: Artcoustic, Cabasse, Cineversum, and IMAGE Screens. StJohn Group's remaining inventory has been drastically reduced in price and is available for purchase. According to Leja, StJohn Group's future business will focus on evaluation and development of companies' web presence, as well… View this story

Robert Archer | 04/06 03:02 AM,

With its sleek French industrial design, state-of-the-art 1920x1080 LCoS chipset and new active 3D capabilities, Cineversum's latest updates to its line of Blackwing projectors reflects the latest trends happening within the consumer video industry. Distributed in the U.S. by StJohn Group, the new line of MK2011 projectors incorporates new features like HDMI 1.4, support provisions for anamorphic lens setups, RS-232 serial inputs for integration into home control systems from companies like Savant, Control4, Crestron and AMX, eight preset picture modes, including Cineversum's TH-PRO option that's designed for dedicated theater rooms,… View this story

Robert Archer | 03/22 07:17 AM, 0 Comments

StJohn Group, the North American distributor for IMAGE Screens, Artcoustic, Cabasse Loudspeakers, and Cineversum HD video projectors, has added several manufacturer’s representative firms to its sales network. The newly appointed reps will enable StJohn Group to reach more custom installers across the entire United States. John Caldwell, co-founder of StJohn Group, says the company has been working on improving its sales force since this past fall. “After the U.S. CEDIA show in Atlanta last September, StJohn Group ‘pushed the reset button’ on most of our representative territories, terminating all but… View this story

Robert Archer | 03/04 06:48 AM,

One of the common complaints that video enthusiasts often voice is that Hollywood uses too many aspect ratios and all of these formats make it difficult to reproduce the cinema experience in the home. Companies like the German manufacturer IMAGE Screens, which are distributed in the U.S. by St.John Group are addressing the multi-aspect ratio dilemma that installers and their clients are forced to deal with. IMAGE Screen's new Cadre Manual Masque is a manually operated multi-aspect projection screen that installers can utilize in their great room, media room and… View this story

Robert Archer | 10/26 07:47 AM, 1 Comment

StJohn Group, U.S. distributor of Cabasse, Artcoustic, Cineversum and Image Screens, has terminated relationships with 16 of its 18 authorized rep firms. StJohn Group president Kevin Leja says the move was a "wake-up call" to ignite some innovative thinking to find new ways to grow sales. He adds that the terminated companies were given the option to stay with StJohn Group if they could contribute to the distributor's new efforts to keep pace in the market with competitors such as Audio Plus Services (APS) and Sumiko. Leja says StJohn Group… View this story