spoke with people working in hi-fi to get a sense for how the industry is evolving. Here’s one way: Some companies at the market’s higher end are eschewing the traditional distribution model, in which a domestic company serves as middleman for products from overseas, buying and reselling inventory to dealers and then providing support. In the newer model, distribution services are provided by the overseas manufacturing company itself, either directly or via a US subsidiary. Brinkmann, dCS, Estelon, Gryphon, and T+A employ variations on the model. Some of these companies outsource public relations, marketing, sales, and other services to
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes in the hi-fi industry
Nov 08, 2022
4 minutes
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