2016 Industry Awards Finalists Announced

Mobile Electronics magazine announced the finalists for the 2016 Mobile Electronics Industry Awards on Tuesday evening, June, 7. Editor-in-Chief Solomon Daniels read off the finalists via video. The 2016 finalists are as follows: Finalists for Top Vendor – Audio and Video In alphabetical order: Alpine Electronics – Torrance, CA Kenwood – Long Beach, CA ORCA […]

Top 50 Voting Update #4: Kingpin Cracks Top 5 Retailers; Top 5 Installers Stand Pat

Prestige  Car Audio & Marine drops 2 spots to #7, while the other “Car Audio & Marine,” Kingpin, climbs into the top 5 retailers. On the installer side, the top 5 remain cemented while Jeremiah Mojica moves up 2 spots to #10. Retailer Standings (Industry votes only; highest to lowest) Rank Retailers %Vote 1 Musicar […]

Top 50 Voting Update #3: Soundscape Jumps NVS; Ramirez Jumps Vega

Spots 2 and 3 switched places in the latest voting update for both retailers and installers. Absolute Electronix moves up 5 spots to break into the Top 10. Retailer Standings (Industry votes only; highest to lowest) Rank Retailers % Vote 1 Musicar Northwest – Portland, OR 9.5% 2 NVS Audio – Linden, NJ 5.1% 3 Soundscape […]

Top 50 Voting Update #2: Cartunes Jumps Up; Brazil Moves 6 Spots North

Cartunes of Atlanta moves from #20 in the voting to #11, while the top 10 remain the same with some internal place shuffling. On the installer side, Charles Brazil jumps from #16 to crack the top 10. Retailer Standings (Industry votes only; highest to lowest) Rank Retailers % Vote 1 Musicar Northwest – Portland, OR 9.7% […]

Top 50 Voting Update #1: Musicar, Schaeffer Take Commanding Leads

Musicar Northwest in Portland, Ore., jumped out to an early lead in the voting to make the Top 12 Retailers list, followed by Soundscape Car Audio in Texas and NVS Audio in New Jersey. On the installer side, Installer of the Year Runner-Up Matt Schaeffer leads all vote-getterss, followed by Miguel Vega of Tennessee’s Titan […]

Mobile Electronics Magazine Announces Industry Awards Top 50

Award recipients from the U.S. and Canada move on to compete for the Top 12 NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. – May 12, 2016 – Mobile Electronics magazine today announced the Top 50 Retailers, sponsored by Sony, and the Top 50 Installers, sponsored by K40 Electronics. The Top 50 award is the first component of the magazine’s annual […]

Industry Awards Adds New Vendor Category to Reflect Changing Product Landscape

“Safety and Driver Assistance” becomes its own category, separate from security NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. – April 20, 2016 – The Mobile Electronics Group has made a change to the vendor category of this year’s Mobile Electronics Industry Awards. The Safety and Retention category will now be split into two categories: Vehicle Security and Convenience, and […]

Mobile Electronics Industry Awards Now Accepting Nominations

NORTH ANDOVER, MASS., April 18, 2016 – Mobile Electronics magazine, the premier resource for business growth and expertise among its industry’s retail professionals, officially kicked off the 2016 Mobile Electronics Industry Awards this week. The nomination, voting and judging stages of the four-month process culminate in the announcement of winners at the Industry Awards celebration […]

Here are Awards That You Can Nominate Others For

As you may know, the Retail and Installer awards go through a 3-stage process before winners are selected: Nominations, Voting and Judging. However, the remainder of the awards have only two stages: Nominations and Voting. Because of this, we allow others to nominate companies and individuals so that we can have a good pool of […]

Here’s How to Nominate and Second Nominations for the Top 50

Hello All, I’m really excited to commence the 2015 Mobile Electronics Industry Awards! I want to take this time to explain some of the basics in “non-rules” speak. I’m hoping this answers a lot of the questions we typically get at the beginning of the awards. The awards are divided into three sections: the nominations, […]