Makeover Honeymoon Continues at Lyle’s
The power of transformation is indeed very real. Last fall, AVB Makeover winner Lyle’s TV and Appliance in Elkhorn, Wisc., changed their store and in turn changed the trajectory of their business.
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Author: Andy Kriege
20 in 2020: BrandSource Town Halls Give National Group a Local Focus
BrandSource is planning 20 new Town Hall meetings around the country for late 2020.
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Top Five Things Your Business Should Do to Prepare for a Disaster
Perhaps the last thing a retailer wants to think about is planning for a potential natural disaster. Who has the time to prepare for something that may never happen?
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Tornado Tale: Pentz Appliance and Marshalltown Get Back to Business
There was almost no warning when a tornado hit his community on July 19, 2018. The new BrandSource dealer had only been in the business for a couple of months and hadn’t yet weathered a Labor Day sale, much less a natural disaster.
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Jensen Akins: At Home in the Northwoods
I happened to visit during the snowmobile season and passed many snow machines racing across the landscape. In fact, just a few miles south of their store I passed the racetrack where the World Championship Snowmobile Derby was being prepped for the annual competition, to be held the following week.
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Move it On Over: Make Way for Heins Appliance’s Chris Matson
Chris Matson sports a remarkably realistic tattoo of the late, great “Hillbilly Shakespeare” Hank Williams on his right forearm. With Matson’s newfound status as part owner of Heins Appliance, it only seems appropriate to cue up some old Hank and sing, “Move it on over, ’cause the new dog’s moving in!”
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Rob Nicholson’s Big Play
Why is BrandSource member Rob Nicholson making a colossal move into a mammoth store when other independent dealers are downsizing or standing pat? Why is Nicholson rushing in, while others are rushing out?
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Ashworth Audio Tunes in to M&H Appliance – and BrandSource Financial
It was only last summer that Minnesota’s Ashworth Audio & Electronics purchased M&H Appliance from owner Bob Regan.
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Greater Midwest Town Hall – More Space Needed
The Greater Midwest Region held a town hall Oct. 24th in Appleton, WI. The response was so great that the Region Manager Roy Radloff had to scramble to book a larger venue.
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Michigan Meeting By The Bay – A Huge Success
The Michigan Region convened June 10-12 for the group’s annual meeting at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, Mich.
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