Join AKT Enterprises staff for our first-ever Warehouse Sale! Tons of unique merchandise, free music and food! The sale will take place behind AKT Enterprises’ main facility at 4420 Metric Drive Suite C on Saturday May 15th 2010!
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District Lines & Smartpunk Host Warehouse Sale!
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Smartpunk Presents The Bamboozle GAB
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Smartpunk by District Lines has partnered with New Jersey-based rock and pop festival The Bamboozle to present all four of the 2010 GABs for Bamboozle festivals and the Bamboozle Roadshow. The GAB (“Get Absolutely Bamboozled”) includes Bamboozle TV, various artist chat rooms, and a multi-topic fan forum, and is an integral part of the three Bamboozle festivals.
The Bamboozle hosts major concert events in New Jersey, California and Chicago annually. The Bamboozle Roadshow hits the road in the coming months for a nationwide tour. The tour features headliners like All Time Low, Boys Like Girls and Third Eye Blind, along with a stacked bill of support and is set to hit 26 major US cities this summer.
The GAB enables artists, fans and concert-goers to share a unique and interactive online experience on TheBamboozle.com. Similarly, the Smartpunk and District Lines shopping networks promote the same sense of community and love for music. Together, AKT Enterprises and The Bamboozle look forward to a very successful festival season.
AKT Acquires Smartpunk.com
Monday, March 8th, 2010District Lines, an AKT Enterprises company, has announced it has acquired SmartPunk, one of the world’s leading online music merchandising stores. With this acquisition, SmartPunk becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of AKT Enterprises and will join the company’s comprehensive network of design, merchandising and marketing companies.
“The SmartPunk acquisition advances our pursuit of innovation and excellence in merchandising across both online and offline communities,” said Alex Tchekmeian, president of AKT Enterprises. “The combination of District Lines and SmartPunk will create a leading force in music merchandising. Together, we will be a stronger business partner, delivering customers the most competitive portfolio of products and services in the industry.”
In the upcoming weeks, the District Lines team will begin executing a planned integration of the two companies’ operations to ensure a smooth transition and immediate value for vendors, clients, and customers. The move accelerates AKT’s strategic initiative to advance SmartPunk’s website and storefront, developing a more interactive platform centered around user-generated content.
AKT’s expertise in online stores and entertainment merchandise coupled with SmartPunk’s worldwide customer reach will rapidly enhance AKT’s ability to capitalize on the ever-growing music merchandising marketplace.

AKT lends a hand to Help Mend a Heart
Sunday, February 28th, 2010AKT Enterprises, the world’s premier branding and merchandising resource, is donating hundreds of T-shirts to Help Mend a Heart, the charity established for Maureen Waters, mother of New Found Glory’s lead singer Jordan Pundik. Maureen was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in November 2009.
Maureen’s children have turned to social media for support and encouragement as they seek to help their mother overcome her illness.. They have established a website, Facebook account, and Twitter account to spread information about and draw awareness to the cause. Help Mend a Heart has already raised almost $60,000 in just over 2 months, but much more is needed to fund a heart transplant for Maureen.
The T-shirts, produced in-house by AKT at one of their Orlando-based facilities, will be distributed at a concert in South Florida later this month.
To contribute to Help Mend a Heart, visit http://www.helpmendaheart.com.
Mitchell Davis guest stars in new Mychildren Mybride video
Friday, February 19th, 2010Mitchell Davis guest stars in new Mychildren Mybride video for “On Wings of Integrity”
In June 2008, YouTube sensation Mitchell Davis (or livelavalive) posted a parody video about Usher’s fragrance, wondering how his life would change if he wore a cologne released by a popular R&B singer. He went on to speculate about what it would be like to wear a fragrance released by the hardcore band Mychildren Mybride. The video, which has over 3.1 million views to date, was a huge hit among livelavalive’s viewers and MCMB fans. Its success eventually led to the production of Mychildren Mybride’s new music video, which features Mitchell living a day in the life of MCMB while wearing the band’s fictional fragrance. The video for “On Wings of Integrity” premiered exclusively on Mitchell’s channel this week.
AKT Opens Second Facility
Friday, February 12th, 2010AKT Enterprises has announced the opening of our second Orlando-based facility. The new facility will cater to our company’s growing customer base by allowing the main facility/headquarters to operate at the fastest possible production speeds.
livelavalive: The Empire Strikes Back
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010After a successful flagship event at the School of Rock in New Jersey, best friends and YouTube sensations Mitchell Davis and Kyle Sibert are set to celebrate with a week-long tour that will take them to multiple cities in Georgia and Florida.
In addition to seeing Mitchell and Kyle (or livelavalive, as they are known on YouTube) onstage, concert-goers will have the chance to hang out with the duo and participate in their one-of-a-kind live show.
All tickets are $15.00. Tickets are on sale now at http://bit.ly/lavalive.
April 7th – Vinyl in Atlanta, GA
April 9th – The Social in Orlando, FL
April 10th – Jack Rabbits in Jacksonville, FL
April 11th – Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, FL
AKT Company Reel
Monday, February 8th, 2010Check out our brand new Company Reel here!
livelavalive Live Recap!
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010A sellout crowd braved blizzard-like conditions December 19th for a chance to hang out with YouTube sensation Mitchell Davis and his sidekick, Kyle Sibert, as the duo performed their Off Screen and In the Flesh show at the famed School of Rock in Hackensack, NJ. The event was the first onstage production by a YouTube personality of its kind—a blurring of the lines between social networking and live entertainment that promises to change the way we view social media.
Davis, or livelavalive, as he’s known on YouTube, brought his singularly offbeat online presence to the School of Rock stage, where he presented live versions of his most well-known YouTube skits along with new material and a Q&A session. Davis and Sibert also welcomed a special guest: fellow YouTuber Meekakitty, who delighted the audience with her own brand of antics, including a surprise Silly String attack on Davis.
The success of this flagship event has helped push the livelavalive phenomenon to new heights. In addition to keeping his fans supplied with weekly YouTube videos, Davis has been busy planning a nation-wide tour. His YouTube channel is currently ranked number thirty-two on the site’s Most Subscribed (All-Time) list, and his videos have been viewed a combined total of over 66 million times.
AKT Presents Emptees for iPhone
Monday, January 25th, 2010Our beloved friends at Emptees provide a read-only API to their tee shirt design listing and forums. By popular demand of the site’s readership, AKT created an iPhone friendly version of the web site at http://empte.es










