The Point About Focal Points
Focal points are amazing tools that can affect how your customers travel through your store and help create that ever-important emotional engagement during the shopping experience.
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Allstate Brings Home the Bacon
As the father of two iPhone-toting sons, I am well acquainted with BrandSource partner Allstate and its SquareTrade protection plans for mobile phones and more.
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Sooner Or Later, the Box Stores WILL Figure It Out
t last month’s BrandSource Convention in Nashville, AVB’s merchandising chief Chad Evans said something during one of his presentations that really struck a chord with me.
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Against All Odds: Why Business is Still Booming
Why is business so good, given the myriad of problems in the economy?
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Are You Prepared for an Employee Lawsuit?
The store in question had a bookkeeper that had worked there for 25 years. The only other employees were the two owners, a salesperson, and a delivery guy (all males).
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California Ports Remain a Supply Chain Chokepoint
Despite a promise of moving to 24/7 operations, as do most major ports in Europe and Asia, the busiest port complex in the U.S. — the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — continue to operate at 60 percent to 70 percent capacity, with more than sixty container ships waiting their turn to unload.
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Where There’s a Will, There’s a Weigh (In)
It all began in January with a simple realization that JoAnne Keen had at a family gathering in Florida.
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Hubbard & Hoke Furniture Named Southeast Dealer of the Year
Hubbard & Hoke Furniture Co. of Blytheville, Ark., was named the 2021 BrandSource Dealer of the Year for the Southeast Region at the BrandSource National Convention, held this past August at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville. Owners George and Ben Hubbard were honored at the retail organization’s annual awards ceremony, highlighting the four-day meeting and product expo.
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A Right Turn on the Road to Nowhere
My name is Juanje Davis, and I would like to share a little insight into my story.
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GE Takes Aim at Kitchen Contaminants
It’s been a busy season for GE Appliances.
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Does Your Business Need to Go on a Diet?
With all the talk of “The Great Resignation” and the challenge of finding and keeping great workers, it may be helpful to remember that the employment work both ways.
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AVB Marketing Launches Automated Package-Building Service
Marketing (AVBM) has added a new enhancement to LINQ that allows BrandSource dealers to readily configure and price their own multi-SKU product suites.
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USA Today Lauds BrandSource Dealers
Independent dealers in general, and four BrandSource members in particular, were cited by USA Today as the best places to shop online for home 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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The Fix is In: Eric Chaput has Service Work Figured Out
, Eric Chaput has been working in the appliance repair industry for almost 20 years. He first started out by working in his family’s business on the East Coast. But in 2013, Chaput founded Advanced Appliance Repair in his wife’s hometown of Lufkin, Texas.
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Sourcing Remains a Sore Spot for Furniture Biz
Ongoing challenges related to container availability and pricing, combined with temporary countrywide shutdowns related to the global pandemic, have made it extremely difficult for wood and upholstery resources to predict what’s next in global sourcing.
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Hello, I Must Be Going
The old “Help Wanted” section of the newspaper has been inconsequential for many years now. Social media, especially LinkedIn, is the home of many “now hiring” posts.
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Dugan Sales & Service Named Great Plains Dealer of the Year
Dugan’s Sioux Falls General Manager Chris VanderWal and Owner Jeremy McBurney (center) accept their Dealer of the Year award from
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Anvil Appliances Named Dealer of the Year for Rocky Mountain Region
Anvil Appliances of Bringham City and Salt Lake City, Utah, was named the 2021 BrandSource Dealer of the Year for the Rocky Mountain Region at last month’s BrandSource National Convention at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville.
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My Two Cents: We’re All Salespeople, So Don’t Sell Yourself Short
You don’t have to be on the sales floor selling top mounts or motion bases to be considered a “salesperson.”
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