Capitol to Carry the Complete Line of Niles Home Entertainment Products
Major Distribution Agreement Allows Capitol to Offer Complete Niles Catalog Throughout
U.S.
EAGAN, MN, August 26, 2009—Capitol, the leading consumer electronics distribution
source for residential systems and light commercial contractors, as well as retailers
and premium incentive resellers, has been selected to distribute the complete line
of over 500 Niles Audio products in all 50 states as part of a recently expanded
sales agreement effective August 26, 2009.
According to Jeff Kussard, Capitol’s Strategic Development Director, the distributor’s
dealers will greatly benefit by being able to access the entire line of home entertainment
integration products from Niles.
“Our dealers have been enthusiastic about our current limited offering of Niles
products from day one, so we anticipate tremendous success with the entire line,”
said Kussard. “There remains a strong partnership between our two companies based
on our common customer service goals, commitment to ongoing dealer education, and
strong technical support.”
Mike Detmer, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Niles Audio, headquartered
in Miami, Fla., said, “Capitol’s customers nationwide can now kick their installations
up a notch by incorporating the entire line of Niles products into their residential
and light commercial projects, including our award-winning ZR Series of whole-house
distributed audio/video systems and application-specific loudspeakers.”
Capitol Sales Broadens its Big-Screen Appeal with the Addition of Draper Products
Capitol Sales Adds Draper’s 100+ Years Of Innovation And Quality
ORLANDO, FL, June 16, 2009— Capitol Sales Company, the leading electronics distribution
source for commercial and residential contractors, has announced that it now offers
a full line of projection, display and window coverings from Draper, Inc., a market
leader in these product categories for over a century. The new sales partnership
will bring even more options to Capitol Sales’ comprehensive assortment of products
and solutions for the commercial and residential markets.
“Draper and Capitol Sales Company share a mutual commitment to customer loyalty,
something that Draper has offered for more than a century,” says Bob Hadsell, Home
Theatre Sales Manager for Draper, Inc. “And our extensive product lines will offer
a wide range of solutions for every type of customer in Capitol Sales’ diverse customer
base, from large-scale commercial installations to the finest custom installed home
theaters.”
Capitol Sales now offers Draper’s award-winning line of projection screens, projector
mounts and projector lifts, as well as lifts for flat-panel displays, and also Draper’s
custom window shade solutions. These essential products and tools will dramatically
expand dealer options and possibilities when specifying or fulfilling any size job,
from the most elaborate custom-designed media rooms to smaller bedroom, playroom
and portable theaters.
“Draper products are an excellent fit for Capitol Sales and our customers,” says
Curt Hayes, President and CFO of Sales for Capitol Sales Company. “Along with Draper’s
outstanding reputation and broad consumer awareness, they provide an outstanding
line of innovative, practical display solutions that will give our dealers even
more choices, and make Capitol Sales’ assortment even more thorough.”
Capitol Sales is currently shipping Draper projection, mounting and window treatment
solutions.
Capitol Sales Lets Dealers Get Out the Message with Digital Signage from Tightrope
Media Systems
Signage Extends Capitol Sales Reach In Commercial and Hospitality Markets
ORLANDO, FL, June 16, 2009—Capitol Sales Company, the leading electronics distribution
source for commercial and residential contractors, has announced that it now offers
the innovative Carousel line of digital signage solutions from Tightrope Media Systems.
Scheduled to be featured at Capitol Sales Company’s InfoComm display #6961 in the
Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, the easy-to-use, web-based Carousel
system brings the power of information signage to the wide range of businesses,
educational and hospitality centers served by Capitol Sales Company’s dealer network.
“Capitol Sales is an ideal distribution partner for Carousel,” said Andrew Starks,
Co-Founder of Tightrope Media Systems. “Capitol Sales is recognized as a first class
distributor with excellent service, and we are confident that their dealers will
quickly see the outstanding possibilities that our Carousel system can offer them
for their commercial and institutional clients.”
“Tightrope's Carousel is a very popular product in the marketplace,” said Curt Hayes,
President and CFO of Sales for Capitol Sales Company. “We saw that Carousel's emphasis
on ease of use and a rich end-user experience was a perfect match for our strategy
in the digital signage market. Digital signage is an exciting new offering for our
dealers – especially those residential specialists who are now branching out into
the commercial arena -- and we think it will be an enormously popular new option.”
Tightrope’s Carousel is an intelligent digital signage system designed with simplicity,
security, scalability and economy in mind. The system provides an easy template-based
interface system that lets practically anyone create digital signage solutions with
no training. The system can scale from a single display to nearly limitless channels
of signage in multiple buildings, and because it is Web-based, there is no software
to deploy. In addition to text, the signs can display multimedia elements such as
video, graphics and Flash, and the system can also support touch screen panels for
the utmost in environment-specific user interactivity. Carousel integrates easily
with other software, such as room scheduling applications and systems that use RSS
feeds.
Tightrope’s Carousel lineup consists of the Solo 220, a whisper-quiet single-channel
unit designed for desktop operation or mounting close to the display using its included
mounting brackets. The Carousel Server is designed for schools, community centers
and other installations that do not require more than three channels and features
a single player output. The top of the line Carousel Pro provides up to 200 channels
of digital signage for multiple site installations and advanced data integration
needs.
Capitol Sales Now Services the Hospitality Market with Panasonic Flat Screen TV
ORLANDO, FL, March 11, 2009—Capitol Sales Company, the leading consumer electronics
distribution source for custom installation specialists, retailers and premium incentive
resellers, today announced an expanded company focus on the burgeoning hospitality
market, and the availability of Panasonic’s renowned televisions and accessories
designed for hospitality facilities.
Capitol Sales will offer plasma and LCD TV solutions from Panasonic as a way for
hotels, motels, inns, spas, convalescent homes and other hospitality centers to
increase business in today’s challenging market, through value-adds that customers
now expect, such as high-quality HDTV. In addition to enticing new customers and
retaining existing ones, the Panasonic sets also provide hospitality centers with
cost savings, thanks to easy customization through plug-in boards, and out-of-the-box
compatibility with the popular LodgeNet® software for the hospitality industry.
“The hospitality market is quickly learning the value of upgrading in-room televisions
to HDTV, especially now that consumers have widely adopted the format in their homes,”
said Curt Hayes, Capitol Sales Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer.
“With these Panasonic products, we’re able to provide the hospitality market with
high quality television solutions that are easy to configure for any application
and that are easy to integrate into both existing and new systems, which means less
installation down time and more revenue.”
"We’re pleased to be working with Capitol Sales to extend our leadership in the
hospitality sector,” said Andrew Nelkin, President of Panasonic Professional Display
Company. “Our products provide great additional value to the hospitality guest,
as well as reliability and convenience to the facility. Capitol Sales is an acknowledged
leader in bringing quality products and services to the kinds of quality integrators
and installers that we want to work with in the hospitality sector."
Capitol Sales will offer three Panasonic hospitality HDTV models for the ultimate
in guest comfort. Both the 42-inch TH42PR11UK (pictured left) and 37-inch TH37PR11UK
models are plasma TVs, while the 32-inch TH32LR11UK is an LCD model. All three feature
Panasonic’s award-winning picture quality and high consumer brand value, as well
as a modular architecture that allows plug-in boards for connectivity and control
options, including: the IMP500 ATSC/NTSC/QAM Tuner; the TYFB8HM HDMI terminal board;
the TYFB9RT IR through terminal board; the TYTB10AV A/V terminal box; the EUR7636070Rremote
control and TYST09GR-BK swivel pedestal stand.
These plug-in boards, all of which will also be available through Capitol Sales,
allow hospitality customers to choose a Panasonic solution customized for the needs
of their facility. In addition, all three Panasonic TVs from Capitol Sales are compliant
with the popular LodgeNet software system, widely used by the hospitality industry
to offer greater ease of use to guests and faster deployment for installers.
Capitol Sales is offering Panasonic hospitality TVs and accessories as of this month.
D-Tools Teams with Capitol Sales Company to Bring SI5 Estimator™ to a Broader
Market
CONCORD, CA, March 11, 2009—D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration
software, today announced that it has signed an agreement with St. Paul-based Capitol
Sales in which the latter will become D-Tools’ new distribution partner for SI5
Estimator software.
Under the terms of the agreement, Capitol Sales will be responsible for the sale
and distribution of D-Tools System Integrator™ Estimator software throughout
North America, providing detailed product line information to make it easier for
SI5 Estimator users to generate fast, accurate proposals for their client engagements.
“This is a significant partnership for both companies as it will help to improve
the productivity of our mutual customers,” said Adam Stone, President of D-Tools.
“Capitol Sales has a long standing reputation as a progressive, forward thinking
distributor and this partnership will enable us to significantly grow our market
while providing our customers with an easier way to source products for their system
integration projects. Together we are creating a more efficient proposal and purchasing
engine which will help our mutual customers become more profitable. We are looking
forward to a long, prosperous business alliance.”
“D-Tools’ S15 Estimator Software is without a doubt one of the best products out
there for creating fast, accurate, professional proposals,” said Curt Hayes, President
and CFO of Sales for Capitol Sales Company. “At a time when every home theater,
telephone and integrated home systems integrator is keeping a sharp eye on the bottom
line, this product is one of the most important tools for helping them become more
profitable. It’s the perfect complement to Capitol Sales Company’s top-shelf selection
of practical business solutions.”
D-Tools System Integrator software enables systems integrators and custom installation
professionals to create detailed projects managed with automated proposals, scheduling,
pick lists, purchase orders, drawings and additional documents that streamline the
integrated installation of audio and video products. By using a single, shared project
file, system integrators and custom installers can download free product information
from D-Tools’ comprehensive database of tens of thousands of products and their
accessories, giving them the distinct advantage of designing systems using the most
current product information, while saving hours of product research time.