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Author: Alan Wolf

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AVB Members Privy to HP Offers

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Alan Wolf

Looking to upgrade your company’s office computers or peripherals? Well, there’s good news from AVB and HP.

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Appliance Featured 

BrandSource Embracing the Luxury Appliance Biz

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Alan Wolf

While the box stores slug it out for opening-price point volume, premium appliances have largely stayed above the fray.

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Community Featured Furniture Group 

AVB and Friends Pledge $215K to Aid Foster Kids

December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 Alan Wolf

If, as AVB CEO Jim Ristow advises, a good way to tackle the fear that the health crisis evokes is through giving, then BrandSource is fighting back big time.

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Appliance CE Featured Furniture Industry 

November Sales Seesaw for Furniture, Appliance and CE Dealers

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Alan Wolf

November was a mixed bag for specialty retailers selling furniture, appliances and consumer electronics.

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Featured Group Members 

Famous Tate’s 20 Reasons to be Grateful in 2020

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Alan Wolf

Each December BrandSource member Famous Tate holds a companywide meeting to recap the last 12 months and name one employee “Tater of the Year,” the dealer’s highest honor.

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Featured 

Tempur Sealy to Up Foam Capacity by Half as Sales Soar

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Alan Wolf

Tempur Sealy plans to increase its U.S. pouring capacity for Tempur material and base foam by approximately 50 percent over the next three years.

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Events Featured Furniture 

High Point, Vegas Furniture Markets Postponed

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Alan Wolf

Three of the furniture industry’s largest trade shows — the High Point Spring Market and the winter and summer Las Vegas Markets — have been pushed back by weeks next year amid the continuing COVID crisis and related inventory constraints.

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Appliance Featured Furniture 

You’re Not Gonna Believe How Much Online Furniture and Appliance Sales Have Grown

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Wolf

Even before the pandemic, AVB has long preached the need for a compelling digital presence in order to win in the evolving retail marketplace.

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Appliance Featured Industry 

Home Depot Banking on its Burgeoning Furniture Biz

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Alan Wolf

The fact that quarantined consumers are spending their vacation funds on furniture has hardly been lost on The Home Depot.

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Featured Furniture 

Inventory Strategies for 2021: First Rule, Don’t Panic!

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Alan Wolf

At this point, the only thing anyone knows with any certainty about furniture availability next year is that the outlook remains uncertain.

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Covid Info Hub Featured Industry 

Business Groups Urge Congress to Restore PPP Loan Tax Breaks

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Alan Wolf

Over 500 state and national trade associations, including the National Retail Federation (NRF), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, are pressing Congress to restore tax deductibility for business expenses paid with forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.

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Appliance Featured Industry 

GE Goes Off into the Wild Blue Yonder to Improve Deliveries

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Alan Wolf

GE Appliances (GEA) is leveraging the latest information technology and machine learning tools to help make its fulfillment function smarter and more efficient.

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Community Featured Industry 

Samsung Hosts 2nd Annual Service Tech Competition

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Alan Wolf

While nearly every appliance dealer has faced unprecedented challenges this year, the industry’s frontline servicers have shouldered more than their usual fair share.

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Events Featured Group 

BrandSource Returns to Virtual Format for Summit 2021; On-Site Events to Resume Next Summer

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Alan Wolf

Following a successful online transition in August, BrandSource is returning to the Internet for its first major trade event of 2021.

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Featured Industry 

Best Buy is Thinking Out of the Box — Literally

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Alan Wolf

Best Buy avoided the fate of Circuit City by turning lemons into lemonade.

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Appliance Community Featured 

Electrolux Helps Stock Kitchens with Hope

December 2, 2020December 3, 2020 Alan Wolf

Electrolux North America helped make Thanksgiving a little brighter for thousands of Tennesseans last month by donating $150,000 worth of pots, pans and kitchen utensils to United Way of Greater Nashville.

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Covid Info Hub Featured Industry 

SBA Proposes PPP Questionnaire for $2M+ Borrowers

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan Wolf

In the wake of criticism for issuing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to financially viable companies like Shake Shack and the Los Angeles Lakers, and amid suspicion of widespread program abuse and fraud, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is seeking permission to question borrowers who received $2 million or more in PPP loans.

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Featured Industry 

Black Friday Sales Hit New Online Record

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan Wolf

BrandSource’s forewarnings about the dramatic shift to online shopping were fully realized on Black Friday, when U.S. consumers broke the year-ago record for e-commerce sales.

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Featured Industry 

Who Was Open on Thanksgiving?

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Alan Wolf

After years of family values pushback and compounded by the COVID crisis, national chains that once made a point of opening on Thanksgiving remained dark yesterday.

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Featured Group 

Back to the Future

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Alan Wolf

Given the kind of year we’ve had, we’re sure you’ll forgive us for fast-forwarding 12 months to November 2021.

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YourSource News is the news and information platform of BrandSource, the leading merchandising organization for independent appliance, home furnishings and consumer tech dealers. Its parent company, AVB, is a $20 billion member-driven co-op that provides merchandising, financing and digital marketing services to nearly 5,000 independent dealers in the U.S. and Canada. BrandSource’s affiliates include ProSource (consumer tech and custom integration); TRIB Group (rent-to-own); Mega Group (Canada); and HFA Buying Source, serving home furnishings dealers nationwide.

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