BrandSource to Members: Lean into Digital this Holiday Season
The BrandSource management team can’t stress it enough: Don’t ease off the digital pedal if you want to win the holiday season.
Read more
Featured
Lessons Learned the Hard Way
In 1913 Eleanor H. Porter wrote an endearing and enduring novel centering on the title character, Pollyanna Whittier, an 11-year-old orphan with unwavering optimism.
Read more
We Got COVID at Our Store. Now What?
A renewed wave of COVID-19 is surging across the country, and BrandSource members are not immune.
Read more
Rich Lindblom Bids BrandSource Adieu as Advanced Maytag Changes Hands
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.
Read more
Electrolux Enters Garment Care Biz
Electrolux is looking to clean up this holiday season with a licensed line of garment care products.
Read more
Retail Sales Return to Earth for Appliance and Electronics Stores
Sell-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 more
Home Depot Doubling Down on Digital
The Home Depot reported a winning third quarter this week, which senior management attributed to two main factors: housebound consumers investing in their homes, and the record growth of digital commerce.
Read more
Six New Design Trends to Pep Up Your Product Displays
With 2021 nearly here (thank heavens), it’s not too early to ask, “What’s on the horizon in the world of design?”
Read more
How We Can Rebuild the Appliance Technician Trade
If you were to ask appliance dealers what their number one need has been over the last decade, you would most likely hear one answer: appliance technicians.
Read more
Whirlpool Launches Laundry Detergent Line
Whirlpool is looking to clean up the laundry business, and not just with its popular front- and top-load washers.
Read more
Willis Furniture Takes the Long Way Home to BrandSource
One of BrandSource’s newest members may very well be one of its oldest.
Read more
Guardsman Disinfectant Earns COVID-Killer Status with EPA
BrandSource furniture-care partner Guardsman has some important news to share in the fight against COVID-19.
Read more
UASA Cancels ASTI Service Show for 2021
The United Appliance Servicers Association (UASA), a BrandSource partner and arguably the nation’s largest appliance repair trade group, has pulled the plug on next February’s Annual Service Training Institute (ASTI) due to COVID-related health concerns.
Read more
Magnolia’s Jim Tweten Dead at 69
Jim Tweten, the former head of Pacific Northwest tech chain Magnolia Hi-Fi and onetime president of ProSource precursor PRO Group, died unexpectedly on Nov. 3. He was 69.
Read more
LG Launches Celebrity ‘Homestyle’ Campaign
Quarantines may have kept people apart this year, but a new social media marketing effort by LG Electronics is bringing a diverse group of celebrities together in the kitchen, albeit virtually.
Read more
The Top Five Tech Gifts on Holiday Wish Lists
Attention 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 more
Thibault Appliances Stretches BrandSource’s Boundaries
One of BrandSource’s “newest” members is 30-year-old Thibault Appliances of Saint Albans, Vt.
Read more
The Best Bet May Be a Vet
Special days on the calendar were created to honor achievement, courage, festivals and America’s unique customs. While in our retail world they often turn into opportunities to sell more merchandise, we also need to take a step back and recall the real meaning of these days.
Read more
Bedding Business Bounces Back in Third Quarter: Report
The pandemic-hobbled mattress industry sprung back to life in the third quarter, posting double-digit gains following a second quarter of sales declines.
Read more
Trick or Treat from Boulevard Home
Before the last of the candy corns are gone, we wanted to share our favorite costumed sextet of the Halloween season: the advertising team from Boulevard Home.
Read more