R.I.P. Fry’s Electronics
Fry’s Electronics, the nine-state superstore for computer components, consumer tech and major appliances, suddenly shut its doors this week after more than three decades in business.
Read moreFry’s Electronics, the nine-state superstore for computer components, consumer tech and major appliances, suddenly shut its doors this week after more than three decades in business.
Read moreRoused by another round of stimulus checks and flickers of light at the end of the COVID tunnel, consumers loosened their wallets last month and gave dealers a January to remember.
Read moreThe first virtual edition of CES concluded this week, and buyers (and reporters) are still sifting through the hundreds, if not thousands of products introduced at the international tech show.
Read moreSamsung teased some of its home appliance plans for 2021 at a virtual CES media event this morning under the tagline “A Better Normal.”
Read moreRob 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 moreThe annual CES, an acronym for Consumer Electronics Show, may be the world’s largest tech event. But as connected appliances and “smart” home furnishings continue to transform those industries, they too have found a place on the CES exhibitor floor.
Read moreThe annual CES, an acronym for Consumer Electronics Show, may be the world’s largest tech event. But as connected appliances and “smart” home furnishings continue to transform those industries, they too have found a place on the CES exhibitor floor.
Read moreNovember was a mixed bag for specialty retailers selling furniture, appliances and consumer electronics.
Read moreSell-through at appliance and electronics specialty stores slipped 3.9 percent in October, according to the latest monthly sales estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read moreAttention BrandSource members who got out of tech: Spending on consumer electronics hardware and services is expected to hit $135 billion during the current holiday season (October-December), up 10 percent from last year.
Read morePressing its advantage in the growing and profitable $44 billion lighting category, BrandSource tech affiliate ProSource will open a Lighting Technology and Learning Center this January in Dallas.
Read moreNew Membership Adds Over $55.1 Million Total New Revenue in 2020
Read moreThe consumer tech frenzy that began in March when housebound workers and students started scrambling for home office equipment is expected to continue right through the holiday selling season, The NPD Group reports.
Read moreProSource, the nation’s largest audio, video and integration buying group, has extended free member access to its online educational program through September 2021.
Read moreFour months after Samsung Electronics Home Appliances’ first and only U.S. plant went back online following repeated COVID-related shutdowns, the company is reporting enhanced on-site safety protocols and a renewed diligence to keep employees, their families and the local community safe.
Read moreLG Electronics has appointed Steven Scarbrough senior VP/general manager of Air Conditioning Technologies, with responsibility for leading LG’s commercial, residential and applied air conditioning businesses in the U.S.
Read moreProSource has already added a new twist to its University Learning Management System, which just launched in May.
Read moreThe U.S. Census Bureau has confirmed what BrandSource members already knew: Appliance and electronics stores were rockin’ in July.
Read moreAs Congress still wrangles over the next stimulus package and COVID flares up in new parts of the country, economists, executives and independent owners are expressing their concern for the well-being of small businesses.
Read moreAVB affiliate ProSource, the nation’s largest audio, video and integration buying group, has launched the first lighting technology certification (LTC) program in the industry.
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