Buying group Azione Unlimited’s ‘Didactic Dovecote in the Desert’ event in Scottsdale, Ariz., unveiled Azione Academy & Drive to 1000 initiatives, honed in on smart business practices, welcomed new vendors, and mixed in some fun.

Nationwide Marketing Group rebrands its HTSN custom integration division as Oasys Residential Technology Group.

From LED light fixtures to loudspeakers to shades, access control and keypads, to solutions used as ways to conceal technology, design was on everyone’s minds at the recent CEDIA Expo in Dallas.

Market shifts from lack of equipment to over-supply for many products, putting strength back in hands of independent retailers/integrators.

HTSA, HTSN, ProSource and Azione are considered the leading buying groups and networking organizations for home-technology and consumer-electronics professionals. Should you join one of them?