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Amazon Details ‘Custom Home Service’ Featuring CEDIA Smart Home Pros

Why are integrators important to Amazon? Quigley calls custom integrators “the new architects” of the smart home.

He cites data from Parks Associates that even though 60 percent of consumers say they will self-install smart home products, the majority of those consumers prefer to have someone else install the products for them.

From the article "Amazon Details ‘Custom Home Service’ Featuring CEDIA Smart Home Pros" by Jason Knott.

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