The Maplewood, New Jersey-based integrator wins Honorable Mention in Commercial Integrator & TechDecisions Media’s 2013 Integration Awards.

PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA - Commercial Integrator and TechDecisions Media have awarded 360 Media Innovations an Honorable Mention in their 2013 Integration Awards for its integration of an ELAN® g! system in celebrity baker Buddy Valastro’s Carlo’s Bakery location in Ridgewood, NJ. The announcement was made at INFOCOMM 2013 in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

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by Aaron Stern

Between the recession and the transformative rise of e-tail commerce, retail integrators have had to do a lot of adaptation in recent years.

First, the recession hammered the market and the number of new stores opening dropped sharply. Then, as the market was emerging from recession, online shopping morphed from a novelty to a mainstream reality, eating away at in-store retail profits — which integrators naturally depend on.

Despite these challenges, integrators like those listed here are finding a way to thrive in retail.

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by CI Staff

Commercial Integrator is all about troubleshooting. A client has a problem or a need, and it’s the integrator’s job to come up with a plan to fill that need. And that’s only half the battle.

Once onsite, any number of problems can arise that require quick thinking and ingenuity to bridge the gap between the best-laid plans and the real world problems that can lead those plans astray. Time in and time out, installers find a way to make it to not only make it work, but to make it exceed customer expectations.

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by Robert Archer

The restaurant business is extremely competitive and challenging. Failure rates are high. But integrators can give their restaurant and bar clients a competitive edge through ambiance.

Many restaurants are paying more attention to the audio content they distribute in their dining rooms. Custom audio playlists were once the domain of high-end restaurants but they’re trickling down to casual dining businesses, according to the Associated Press.

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