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How World Wide Stereo Survived the Big Boxes - and Turned $18,000 Into a 47-Year Retail Playbook
Consumer · Ecommerce · Hardware

How World Wide Stereo Survived the Big Boxes - and Turned $18,000 Into a 47-Year Retail Playbook

A failed franchise, an oil embargo and a competitor across the street should have killed Bob Cole's little hi-fi shop. Instead, World Wide Stereo built a durable hybrid of theater, workshop and online store - a useful playbook for any independent retailer trapped between Amazon and the luxury market.

consumer-electronics · home-audioRead →
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The Brazilian Speaker Maker Betting That Sound Should Be Seen
Hardware · Consumer · Ecommerce

The Brazilian Speaker Maker Betting That Sound Should Be Seen

Daniel Lima left the install trade to build handmade speakers out of aluminum, Brazilian stone, and LED light. Magna Audio's bet: audio that reads as architecture, not equipment.

magna-audio · speakersRead →
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The Family That Took Its Earphones Apart So Beyonce Could Hear Herself
Hardware · Consumer · Ecommerce

The Family That Took Its Earphones Apart So Beyonce Could Hear Herself

How a Portland sound engineer's spare-bedroom experiment - taking a pair of earphones apart to build a custom set for his wife - became the in-ear monitor brand touring artists and studio producers trust in more than 90 countries.

in-ear-monitors · iemsRead →