Walmart Sees Three Key Changes to Holiday Shopping
Like other marketers, Walmart has been paying extra close attention to shopping behaviors since the coronavirus took hold last spring.
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Author: Alan Wolf
Tempur Sealy to Introduce Virus-Killing Mattresses Next Year
Tempur Sealy plans to employ an antimicrobial and antiviral technology to select Sealy, Tempur-Pedic and Stearns & Foster mattresses in 2021.
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Furniture Dealers Brace for Price Hikes: Report
It’s the law of supply and demand: Housebound consumers are demanding new home furnishings that are in short supply, and prices are going up accordingly.
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Samsung Stresses Safety Protocols at South Carolina Washer Plant
Four months after Samsung Electronics Home Appliances’ first and only U.S. plant went back online following repeated COVID-related shutdowns, the company is reporting enhanced on-site safety protocols and a renewed diligence to keep employees, their families and the local community safe.
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It’s Back to the Drawing Board for GE and Union Leaders
Union workers rejected a tentative contract with GE Appliances last week that had been endorsed by the leadership of IUE-CWA Local 83761 for addressing wages, work practices and work-life balance issues.
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LG Names New U.S. AC Chief
LG Electronics has appointed Steven Scarbrough senior VP/general manager of Air Conditioning Technologies, with responsibility for leading LG’s commercial, residential and applied air conditioning businesses in the U.S.
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ADU Eschews Replacement Biz, Aims for Bigger Game
One of BrandSource’s newest members is not your typical appliance retailer.
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August Retail Sales Return to Earth
Consumers took a breather in August from the shopping frenzy of recent months.
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Kimbrell’s Opens Third New-Concept Showroom
BrandSource member Kimbrell’s Home Furnishings already blankets the Southeast with more than 50 stores.
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Kalorik Marks 90th Anniversary with Special-Edition Air Fryer and Charity Drive
With consumers preparing more of their meals at home during the pandemic, air fryers (a.k.a. countertop convection ovens) have assumed a new mass appeal.
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LG Launches Appliance Parts Store Online
LG Electronics has created an online store that consumers can shop directly for appliance replacement parts like water filters, air filters, oven racks and refrigerator bins.
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Whirlpool Redoubles Effort to Ensure Clean Clothes for Schoolkids
For the past six years Whirlpool, through its Care Counts laundry pair donation program, has been working with schools to remove a sad barrier to learning: a lack of clean clothing.
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Bye-Bye Black Friday?
In his keynote address at the 2020 Virtual Convention, AVB Merchandising VP Chad Evans suggested that COVID would quell the Black Friday queues that traditionally circle box stores on Thanksgiving.
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Better Together Has Never Been Truer
The following column appears in the current issue of YourSource Magazine. Its message of unity and fraternity is particularly poignant on this day, the 19th anniversary of 9/11, when so many gave so much.
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JCPenney Saved from Liquidation
JCPenney has been spared from liquidation by two mall owners who have agreed to buy the bankrupt department store chain for $1.75 billion.
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It’s a Wrap: A 2020 Convention Recap
It’s hard to believe we’re already more than a week out from BrandSource’s 2020 Virtual Convention. And given how much actionable information was crammed into those three short days, it would be a crime not to recount the key takeaways.
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BrandSource Members Showed Their Team Spirit at the Convention
Not all was the business of business during BrandSource’s 2020 Virtual Convention.
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John White’s Top Three Takeaways at the 2020 Convention: Digital, Digital and Digital
BrandSource has long urged members to board the e-tailing train, as e-commerce was quickly becoming the preferred method of shopping for more and more consumers.
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Convention 2020: Help Lightning Brings a New Dimension to Remote Product Repairs
Even before the health crisis prompted the use of virtual service calls, vendors and BrandSource members made use of mobile devices’ video capabilities to diagnose and help resolve repair issues remotely.
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Convention 2020: Class is in Session for AVB University’s Fall Training Series
It’ll be back to school for BrandSource members when AVB University convenes for a new Fall Series of vendor and business training classes in September.
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