For home security firms and electronic system contractors looking for a holiday sales boost this year, there is troubling news. A national survey conducted for SteelHouse by Synovate eNation shows that 82 percent of shoppers, including families, women and high income earners, expect to change their buying behavior because of the economy. Home security dealers using coupons, marketing via the Web, and making deals may find more business, however.
Honeywell, Melville, N.Y., announced that Delaware Valley-based JM Resources Inc. and Executive Electronics of Southwest Florida Inc. joined the Honeywell First Alert Professional Dealer Program, an independent security dealer network.
The all-new Alvarado website is now up and running. The company has added dozens of new features, improved product information and better resources to help dealers find the right product.
Maranda Wright just won $10,000 in free products through a giveaway commemorating Linear’s 50th anniversary, the company announced. “I am shocked. Winning was completely unexpected,” said Wright, who is the business manager and technician at Controlled Access Systems, Fort Smith, Ark., an access control and security firm that designs and installs automatic gates, electronic entry and video surveillance systems for residential and commercial customers throughout Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
How do dealers really feel about the distributors that sell them their products? The relationship between the dealer and distributor can be critical to a successful sale and installation, and the ideal situation is to have distributor partners that really understand the dealer’s business and how to help him build and keep customers.
RS2 Technologies LLC, Munster, Ind., a provider of access control systems, announced that its third Annual Dealer Conference (held February 22-25 in Phoenix) received rave reviews from participating dealers, sponsors, presenters and suppliers.
HAI, a manufacturer of integrated automation and security products since 1985, announced the winners of its Five-Star Dealer program for 2011 on March 17 at its annual Dealer Appreciation Party.
Hello Alert Inc., a Babylon, N.Y. security systems dealer, has installed thousands of Panasonic video surveillance cameras throughout the state of New York to provide surveillance of various municipal buildings, jails and approximately 50 fire houses in multiple jurisdictions on Long Island.
