Next Level Needs Your Vote! (has ended)
Update, this voting has ended and we made it to the top 50 retailers of the year for the mobile electronics industry!!
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Now it’s time for you to vote us into the #1 Retailer of the Year spot!
Thank you to everyone who has voted for us so far and voted in the past. Our team greatly appreciates the support for the shop over the past 20 years. As a retailer of electronic equipment like audio, amps, dashcams, gps units, and more, our shop has again been named Top 50 Retailer in the industry. But we need your help to vote us into the #1 spot.
Voting ends October 19th, 2025 at midnight.
-Click link below to vote if you are a customer, friend, or friend, that want to show Next Level support.
https://meindustryawards.com/consumer-voting-form-2026/
-Click link below to vote if you are a business.
https://meindustryawards.com/industry-voting-retailer-awards-2026/
Final awards are given out at a special ceremony held during the KnowledgeFest trade show and education conference. This year’s ceremony will take place on the last day of KnowledgeFest Las Vegas, February 2026.
North Andover, MA, September 27, 2025 — The Mobile Electronics Association (MEA) announced the winners from the first phase of the 2026 Mobile Electronics Industry Awards. The announcement comes after industry nominees submitted videos describing their business or professions. The winners comprise the Top 50 Installers, Top 50 Retailers, Top 20 Sales Professionals, Top 10 Trusted Techs, and Top 5 Rookies. The complete list of winners is posted at the official Industry Awards website, meindustryawards.com.
Winners at this stage also qualify as semi-finalists the top honors of Retailer of the Year, Installer of the Year, Sales Pro of the year, Trusted Tech of the Year, and Rookie of the Year.
The next phase of the competition features voting by industry professionals and consumers to narrow the semifinalists list down to finalists. These categories are joined by other categories of which industry professionals vote to select top suppliers, reps and rep firms, distributors, and expeditors, as well as the vendor support tech award. Voting will begin Monday, September 29, 2025 and will run until Sunday, October 19, 2025 at midnight.
“Even though the ultimate competition is ongoing, we want to take this opportunity to congratulate our Top 50, Top 20, Top 10, and Top 5 winners,” said Chris Cook, president of MEA. “These are major accomplishments in themselves and represent the hard work and growth of stores and individuals over the past year. It’s great to see that our industry members continue to strive to be the best and set examples for their peers.”
Voting will take place at meindustryawards.com. Visit the website for additional information on the Mobile Electronics Industry Awards.
About the Mobile Electronics Association
Mobile Electronics Association (MEA) is a trade association comprised of installing dealers and product vendors dedicated to serving the needs of the mobile electronics specialist industry. MEA owns and produces KnowledgeFest™, regional trade-only industry events that combine educational programming and vendor training with a trade show floor. MEA owns and publishes the monthly Mobile Electronics® magazine, which is the industry’s #1 resource, as well as other digital media, including websites and the industry’s e-newsletter Hotwire. MEA provides software and data-driven services to vendors and retailers. Learn more at mobile-electronics.com.
Please click the link below and vote Next Level Inc for Retailer of the Year.
Please share this with everyone and help us take home the top honors!
Thank you in advance!
Rules for Industry Voting – Top Retailer & Vendor Categories are as follows:
- Votes for all industry awards are only open to industry participants. (Consumers can vote for a new, separate Customer’s Choice Award. More info here.)
- Participants may make one vote for each selection field.
- Voting takes place online through this approved submission platform. Emailed votes or votes placed in any of other way than the approved platform will not be accepted.
- Each voter must provide contact information and employment information to determine eligibility.
- Participants may make one vote for each selection field (voting your 1st and 2nd choice for the same will count as one vote).
- Vendor Award Nominees may only vote for their company once. Multiple votes from same company will only count as one vote for that company.
- Retailer of the Year Award Nominees may only vote for their company once. Multiple votes from same company will only count as one vote for that company.
- For contest accuracy, IP addresses for each vote are captured and compared to deter fraud. Voting by several members of a single location using a single computer / IP address is allowed. Samples of fraud include:
- Voting for others outside your location: The same IP address used for votes by more than one person with different listed locations
- Voting from home and work: Using different email addresses or other information to place two votes from the same person
- Non-professionals voting as industry professionals: Votes marked “Industry Professional” without a recognized industry affiliation
- Votes by any person under the age of 14
- Insufficient contact information to verify a vote
