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 (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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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 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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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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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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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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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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In recent months BrandSource has underscored the need for an in-store experience that matches your eye-catching AVB Marketing websites.
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Finding profitable merchandising solutions during a pandemic — or any inventory at all, for that matter — certainly has its challenges, but AVB’s Merchandising Vice President Chad Evans and his team have met those hurdles head on.
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A highlight of every BrandSource expo is the Stampede, a popular power-hour when members vie for limited-quantity, show-special deals.
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Some things are just worth repeating.
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Are you scheduling time away from your business to participate in this month’s Virtual Convention?
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Tom Balistreri and his team at Colders Furniture and Appliance in Milwaukee embraced a new maxim when the COVID crisis first hit these shores: “We need to be flexible; we need to be resilient; and we need to persevere!”
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Tod Bellrichard has always believed the key to a business’s growth and success is its ability to evolve quickly and change with the times. And to quote fellow Minnesota native Bob Dylan, “The times they are a-changin.’”
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You may have heard it said that “A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work.”
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The following is the last in a three-part series on securing inventory for your store in an increasingly tight supply environment.
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The following is the second in a three-part series on securing inventory for your store in an increasingly tight environment.
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The following is the first in a three-part series on securing inventory for your store in an increasingly tight environment.
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David Jones knew that digital promotions were successful in other places; however, the owner of Jones Appliance & TV was skeptical that they would be as effective in Iowa Falls, a town of 5,000 just big enough to poke through the corn stalks.
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