Votes were cast via online ballot, e-mail, and old-fashioned snail-mail with the total number of replies (well over 600) representing the largest response in the history of the Dealers’ Choice Awards.
As always, we extend our thanks to all participating retailers..
In a season defined by a historic presidential campaign, MMR once again sponsored our own election, polling MI retailers to determine the top products of 2008. The votes have all been tallied and, for the eighth consecutive year, dealers have chosen Yamaha’s Disklavier as the overall Product of the Year.
The dealers have spoken, and once again Yamaha’s Disklavier, celebrating its 20th anniversary next year, gets the nod for overall Product of the Year. Votes for Product of the Year and other principal categories were solicited this fall via a ballot in the October issue and online dealer voting through MMR’s weekly e-newsletter, MMR Update. While many have reported it being another challenging year, most in the trenches of MI retailing had strong opinions about what was selling well, achieving good turns, and drawing store traffic in ’07. In tabulating the votes, we noted that in only a few cases was an award given to a company who amassed an overwhelming number of votes. As a rule competition was keen.
