Appliance, Furniture Sales Continue to Outshine Retail
Despite product shortages and higher prices for available goods, retail sales for appliance, CE and home furnishings dealers continued to soar in September.
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BrandSource Dealer Shares Inventory Woes with Wall Street Journal
BrandSource member Steve Sheinkopf, CEO of Yale Appliance in Boston, shared his company’s challenges and workarounds with The Wall Street Journal in a report on product shortages.
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Amazon Developing a Smart Fridge of its Own: Report
We’re all familiar with the Samsung Family Hub and similar smart refrigerators that can let you know when the contents run low.
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Best Buy Offering Delivery, Installation, Service for $200 a Year
In an effort to take consumers out of the marketplace and make them their own, Best Buy has rolled out a $200 a year membership program that’s chockablock with appliance and CE perks.
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Thor Amps Up its Cooking Assortment
BrandSource vendor partner Thor Kitchen is coming into the fourth quarter packing its first electric range.
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Entry-Level Products a Low Priority for Vendors
Higher-priced products are winning out in the struggle to produce inventory, leaving retailers and consumers high and dry when it comes to entry-level models.
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GE Takes Aim at Kitchen Contaminants
It’s been a busy season for GE Appliances.
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Appliance, Furniture Stores Outpace U.S. Retail Sales in August
Summer is traditionally a peak season for replacement sales of overtaxed appliances, and last month didn’t disappoint.
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Whirlpool Refrigerator is Out of This World
When it comes to kitchens, most will agree that Whirlpool has pretty much perfected the art of the refrigerator.
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Blast from the Past: Appliance Trade Shows, 1930s Style
From today’s consumer perspective, refrigerators, ranges, washers and other home appliances are mundane fixtures that many take for granted.
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Whirlpool, Ashley Make Tough Calls on COVID
The global pandemic has forced dealers and vendors to respond to supply chain disruptions and COVID outbreaks in creative and often dramatic ways.
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Point/Counterpoint: Mattresses vs. Appliances
The grass is always greener on the other side, right? But as we learn in this debate between two diehard mattress and appliance devotees, BrandSource dealers can have the best of both worlds.
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Whirlpool Corporation Names Joseph T. Liotine President & Chief Operating Officer; Winn Everhart Succeeds Liotine As Executive Vice President And President, North America
ol Corporation (NYSE: WHR) announced today the promotion of Joseph T. Liotine to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer. In this new role, Liotine will be responsible for all global operations. This change is effective September 1, 2021.
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Electrolux Advances Sustainability with New Kitchen and Laundry Line
Travel restrictions may have limited Electrolux North America’s trade show appearances this summer, but that didn’t stop the Charlotte, N.C.-based business from rolling out a new line of feature-rich and resource-efficient kitchen and laundry products.
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Six Questions for Beko’s Zach Elkin
This October marks Zach Elkin’s first year at the helm as President of Beko U.S.
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BrandSource Financial Adds Beko, Autco and XSENSOR
BrandSource Financial (BSF), the group’s member-owned finance company, has announced three new additions to its extensive list of approved suppliers.
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Appliance, Furniture and Tech Dealers Lead the Retail Pack
The shopping frenzy for home goods continued in July, when appliance, home furnishings and consumer tech dealers posted strong double-digit sales gains.
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Appliance Prices Spiked in July: Feds
The U.S. Department of Labor shared some news last week that appliance dealers are well aware of but that their customers may not have known: The price of white goods is rising.
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An Educated Consumer Can Save You Time and Money
The following are helpful tips for any customer service representative taking a repair call. I have found that reviewing these common customer complaints with my team has helped reduce truck rolls for warranty calls that aren’t covered by the manufacturer, and that can be readily resolved through customer education.
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“My Six Year Battle Against The Big Box Retailers To Level The Playing Field!” Part 2
The conclusion of a two-part series.
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