Welcome Home, Knox Furniture
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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Author: Andy Kriege
At A.C. Carlson, It’s in the Bag(s)!
During a recent BrandSource town hall, AVB CEO Jim Ristow encouraged members to do two things.
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New England Group’s Balzano Named a Top Industry Merchant
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?
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
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
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
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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Blast from the Past: When Doing the Laundry Was a Gas
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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Big No More, Ed Wernsing’s Back and Better Than Ever
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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Time to Give Thanks, Part III
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…
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
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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Rich Lindblom Bids BrandSource Adieu as Advanced Maytag Changes Hands
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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BrandSource Financial Holds ‘Tropical Escape’ Drawing
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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BrandSource Welcomes Smith Sales to the AVB Family
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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Southeast Steel Celebrates 80 Years and Has Yet to Cool Down
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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The Survey Says…
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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Convention Follow-Up: How We Attended the Show
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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BrandSource Ends 2020 Convention With a Splash!
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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Members Lasso Prizes at First Virtual Stampede
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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