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Author: Andy Kriege

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Welcome Home, Knox Furniture

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Andy Kriege

How many businesses can say they have been owned by one family, operated under one name, and served its customers from one location for over 90 years? The short answer … not many!

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Appliance Community Featured 

At A.C. Carlson, It’s in the Bag(s)!

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Andy Kriege

During a recent BrandSource town hall, AVB CEO Jim Ristow encouraged members to do two things.

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Appliance CE Featured Group 

New England Group’s Balzano Named a Top Industry Merchant

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Andy Kriege

Rob Balzano, executive director of merchandising for AVB affiliate New England Appliance & Electronics Group (NEAEG), was recently honored by Dealerscope magazine as one of the industry’s “Most Influential Buyers” of 2020.

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JD Rosella: Who Needs a Hobby When You Love to Go to Work?

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Andy Kriege

When the Southeast Region held its annual planning meeting last month in Tunica, Miss., the event was highlighted by a tribute to longtime AVB/BrandSource member and octogenarian JD Rosella.

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Holiday Reflections from Members and Friends, Part III

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Andy Kriege

In the spirit of the season, YourSourceNews reached out to members, vendors and affiliated dealers to learn what the holidays means most to them in this most extraordinary year.

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Holiday Reflections from BrandSource and Friends, Part II

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 Andy Kriege

In the spirit of the season, YourSourceNews reached out to members, vendors and affiliated dealers to learn what the holidays mean to them in this most extraordinary year.

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Just Tinkering Around, Doing What She Loves

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Andy Kriege

One of the first things you notice when you meet Tinker Trombley for the first time is just how genuinely gracious, charming and engaging she is to everyone she meets.

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Appliance Featured Industry Members 

Blast from the Past: When Doing the Laundry Was a Gas

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 Andy Kriege

We all take it for granted that doing a load of laundry is an almost effortless task. However, in my grandmother’s day, laundry was a full-blown chore. Her traditional day for laundry was Monday. She called it “laundry day” because it took the entire day to knock out a week’s worth of wash for the family of six.

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Featured Members 

Big No More, Ed Wernsing’s Back and Better Than Ever

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Andy Kriege

It’s hard not to know “Big Ed” Wernsing of Wernsing’s Appliance in Litchfield, Ill. If you are in the same ZIP Code, you cannot miss seeing (or hearing) him, much less mistake him for anyone else.

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Featured Group 

Time to Give Thanks, Part III

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Andy Kriege

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving, YSN reached out to several retailers, vendors and affiliated group members to ask them what they are most thankful for during this extraordinary year. Today is the third and final installment of this three-part series.

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Time to Give Thanks, Continued…

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Andy Kriege

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving, YourSourceNews reached out to members, vendors and affiliated dealers to find out what they are most thankful for during this extraordinary year. We will be sharing their responses all this week.

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It’s Time To Give Thanks

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Andy Kriege

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving, YourSourceNews reached out to members, vendors and affiliated dealers to find out what they are most thankful for during this extraordinary year. We will be sharing their responses all this week.

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Featured Group 

Rich Lindblom Bids BrandSource Adieu as Advanced Maytag Changes Hands

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Andy Kriege

After more than four decades working at and eventually running Advanced Maytag Home Appliance Center in Schaumburg Ill., Rich Lindblom and his brother Bud have decided to sell the 64-year-old family business.

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Featured Group Members 

BrandSource Financial Holds ‘Tropical Escape’ Drawing

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Andy Kriege

BrandSource Financial (BSF) held a drawing this week for a five-day “Tropical Escape” travel package in a member giveaway originally scheduled for May.

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Featured Members 

BrandSource Welcomes Smith Sales to the AVB Family

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Andy Kriege

Jeff Smith and his wife Loretta recently dove back into the family business following the passing of his father Marty in August.

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Featured Members 

Southeast Steel Celebrates 80 Years and Has Yet to Cool Down

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Andy Kriege

Southeast Steel Appliance Warehouse is commemorating its 80th year in business this fall, and while the Florida business has always peddled steel of some sort, it wasn’t always appliances.

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Featured Members 

The Survey Says…

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Andy Kriege

BrandSource member Don’s Appliances has been named one of Pittsburgh’s best places to work for a sixth consecutive year.

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Events Featured Group 

Convention Follow-Up: How We Attended the Show

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Andy Kriege

There were a lot of firsts at this year’s BrandSource Convention. First and foremost, it was the first all-virtual show ever attempted in the industry and on balance, it went surprising well.

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Events Featured Group 

BrandSource Ends 2020 Convention With a Splash!

September 4, 2020September 9, 2020 Andy Kriege

The 2020 Convention, the first ever virtual convention of its kind, culminated with a “splash” as Tom Bennett closed out the festivities in a style only he could pull off.

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Events Featured Group 

Members Lasso Prizes at First Virtual Stampede

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Andy Kriege

The first ever virtual Stampede helped kick off BrandSource’s unconventional 2020 Convention this past Sunday evening.

As an added incentive, this year’s Stampede featured a sweepstakes in which 25 lucky members who placed orders during the show-special buying event were randomly selected to win prizes.

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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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