AVB Members Privy to HP Offers
Looking to upgrade your company’s office computers or peripherals? Well, there’s good news from AVB and HP.
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Author: Alan Wolf
BrandSource Embracing the Luxury Appliance Biz
While the box stores slug it out for opening-price point volume, premium appliances have largely stayed above the fray.
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AVB and Friends Pledge $215K to Aid Foster Kids
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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November Sales Seesaw for Furniture, Appliance and CE Dealers
November was a mixed bag for specialty retailers selling furniture, appliances and consumer electronics.
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Famous Tate’s 20 Reasons to be Grateful in 2020
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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Tempur Sealy to Up Foam Capacity by Half as Sales Soar
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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High Point, Vegas Furniture Markets Postponed
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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You’re Not Gonna Believe How Much Online Furniture and Appliance Sales Have Grown
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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Home Depot Banking on its Burgeoning Furniture Biz
The fact that quarantined consumers are spending their vacation funds on furniture has hardly been lost on The Home Depot.
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Inventory Strategies for 2021: First Rule, Don’t Panic!
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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Business Groups Urge Congress to Restore PPP Loan Tax Breaks
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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GE Goes Off into the Wild Blue Yonder to Improve Deliveries
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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Samsung Hosts 2nd Annual Service Tech Competition
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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BrandSource Returns to Virtual Format for Summit 2021; On-Site Events to Resume Next Summer
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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Best Buy is Thinking Out of the Box — Literally
Best Buy avoided the fate of Circuit City by turning lemons into lemonade.
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Electrolux Helps Stock Kitchens with Hope
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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SBA Proposes PPP Questionnaire for $2M+ Borrowers
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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Black Friday Sales Hit New Online Record
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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Who Was Open on Thanksgiving?
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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Back to the Future
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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