Furniture Technology Source Presents: A Holiday Town Hall
Attention home furnishings members! Mark your calendars for a pre-Christmas Furniture Town Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
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Dealer of the Year Profile: Rodenbaugh’s
Turning a Texas TV repair shop into a regional home goods destination
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Talkback: A BrandSource Dealer Comments on ‘Complacency’
YSN columnist Rich Lindblom’s essay on complacency (see “The No. 1 Reason Stores Fail”) struck a chord with this BrandSource member, who responded with the following comments. He asked that he remain anonymous.
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A Changing of the Guard at Advanced Maytag
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.
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Ease Your Labor Pains at Next Week’s HRSource Town Hall
Retail talent is getting as tough to find as a truckload of side-by-side refrigerators. Maybe more so.
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Together We Rise Wins $100K in Crowdsourcing Contest
BrandSource charity partner Together We Rise (TWR) received a $100,000 shot in the arm from fundraising platform Omaze, thanks in part to the AVB staff.
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Every Day is Veterans Day
In honor of Veterans Day (Thursday, Nov. 11), YSN shares the story of one BrandSource dealer’s efforts to thank those who served.
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BrandSource Updates Service Playbook
It was a little over a year ago that BrandSource re-wrote the rules for self-servicing members by introducing the Service Playbook.
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YSN Launches HIGH FIVE Employee Recognition Program
YSN is excited to announce the first annual employee excellence awards program, which we have dubbed the High Five Awards.
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BrandSource Service Day Set for Tomorrow
Fresh on the heels of this year’s two successful National Service Town Halls and last year’s first-ever Service Day event, BrandSource is back with its second annual National Service Day, an information-packed presentation of service-specific insights and advice for dealers that repair appliances.
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Many Wacky Returns
Customers can be especially creative when it comes to product returns. Figuring our dealers have heard it all, we asked members to share their shoppers’ whackiest excuses for bringing back a purchase.
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Denny’s Appliance Receives Dealer of the Year Award
We continue our tribute to 2021’s BrandSource Dealers of the Year with a round of applause for Denny’s Appliance of Menomonie, Wis.
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BrandSource Locked and Loaded for Holiday Season
BrandSource members are well-positioned to win the holidays with advanced digital tools and compelling consumer finance offers but need to use them to do so.
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Why Workers Quit (Hint: It’s Not All About Money)
Back at the August BrandSource Convention, AVB CEO Jim Ristow referenced “The Great Resignation” in announcing a new set of employee recruitment and retainment tools for BrandSource members.
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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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Registration Goes Live for Summit 2022!
Fresh on the heels of a successful Convention21, AVB has opened up registration to BrandSource members for the 2022 Summit in March.
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How to Counter the Counteroffer
As I talk to BrandSource members around the country, I hear more and more stories about hiring deals that go sour as a result of candidate counteroffers.
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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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LINQ Makes the French Connection
AVB Marketing and our north-of-the-border partners from Mega Group have teamed up to create a bilingual web solution to serve French-speaking retailers in Canada.
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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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