If there is ever a 10-car pileup on Highway 55 outside of Litchfield, Ill., it might likely be caused by local drivers doing double-takes of a billboard featuring the once larger-than-life “Big Ed” Wernsing, owner of Wernsing’s Appliance, looking fit and trim alongside his doctor.
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This week’s cyberattack on the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. has shown that ransomware can pose a critical risk to national infrastructure.
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Like most small businesses across the nation, Montana and South Carolina are facing a labor shortage crisis.
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One only has to talk to BrandSource member John Horst for a couple of minutes before you realize that even as he turns 80, there lies as much road before him as behind him. Given what the man has accomplished in his first 80 years, you had better buckle up and pack a sandwich if you’re coming along for the ride!
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To get a sense of Don’s Appliances’ longevity, Richard Nixon was in the third year of his presidency when the dealer first opened its doors; Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May” topped the charts; and Clint Eastwood made everyone’s day cleaning up San Francisco as “Dirty Harry.”
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Dove Center in St. George, Utah is especially near and dear to the hearts of the good people of Boulevard Home. So much so that the BrandSource dealer set aside a portion of its annual bedding revenue to donate $30,000 to the community assistance organization.
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A high point of last week’s Summit 21 proceedings was the announcement of this year’s AVB/BrandSource scholarship award winners.
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Mike Campbell, president/CEO of Leather Italia USA, sat down with AVB’s director of home furnishings merchandising Seth Weisblatt to help kick off the Furniture Channel education track at this week’s Summit 21.
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According to Eric Chester the answer is always no. After all, who couldn’t use another fantastic employee on their team?
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It is with sadness and heavy hearts that BrandSource learned of the passing of longtime friend and business associate Jim Oakley. He died on March 13 at the age of 72.
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BrandSource member Famous Tate held its annual Sales Awards ceremony last week and, like most large events recently, it was conducted online.
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BrandSource members and vendor partners, are you ready to participate in this month’s virtual Summit 21?
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Most people heard about the frigid, record-breaking temperatures that took over the entire state of Texas late last month, and for those living there it was a nightmare they won’t soon forget.
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Mark your calendars: Appliance industry veteran, YSN columnist and BrandSource keynoter Joe Higgins is returning to the AVB airways next week to present his economic outlook for the second quarter and beyond.
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Bill Pleasants Sr. joined an exclusive club this week: He became an octogenarian.
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Frank’s Appliance Center and Sleep Source has been serving the needs of customers in and around the towns of Bradley and Manteno, Ill., since 1961.
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Alexis Wernsing was “Big Ed’s” little girl, the soft-voiced daughter of Patty and Ed Wernsing of Wernsing Appliance in Litchfield, Ill.
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Mississippi’s Miskelly Furniture recently donated its beloved carousel to the state’s Agriculture and Forestry Museum.
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BrandSource welcomes Ohio’s Turney & Dunham Appliances to our extended family of independent dealers.
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