Bill Pleasants: 80 Years on the Right Side of the Road
Bill Pleasants Sr. joined an exclusive club this week: He became an octogenarian.
Read more
Author: Andy Kriege
Frank’s Appliance Still Having Fun at 60
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.
Read more
Alexis Wernsing: A Quiet Voice That Still Resonates
Alexis Wernsing was “Big Ed’s” little girl, the soft-voiced daughter of Patty and Ed Wernsing of Wernsing Appliance in Litchfield, Ill.
Read more
What Goes Around, Spreads Around
Mississippi’s Miskelly Furniture recently donated its beloved carousel to the state’s Agriculture and Forestry Museum.
Read more
BrandSource Welcomes Turney & Dunham Appliances
BrandSource welcomes Ohio’s Turney & Dunham Appliances to our extended family of independent dealers.
Read more
Buc’s Make Tampa Proud … While Others Cry Out Loud
The Super Bowl is one of the few remaining “collective experiences” left in America. It is the one day out of the year when it is a pretty good bet most everyone you know will be doing the same thing you are at the same time.
Read more
New Digs for DuPage Amid Rising Parts Demand
DuPage Industries has been supplying installation parts to the appliance industry for over 60 years. But given the unprecedented demand for white goods, the family-owned, Chicago-area business has simply outgrown its location in Woodale, Ill., and has purchased a building in nearby Addison that is two-and-a-half times larger than its current home.
Read more
Charles Danto: 90 Years Young and No Signs of Slowing
Charles Danto of Danto Furniture in Detroit celebrated his 90th birthday last month.
Read more
Toy Story 2020: Albert Lee Brings Smiles and More to Seattle
Albert Lee Appliance has been a fixture in the Pacific Northwest since 1939 and is known far and wide for its great deals on appliances and fantastic service.
Read more
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!
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more