YSN Announces 2022 High Five Award Winners

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Andy Kriege

YourSource News is excited to announce the winners of the first annual High Five Awards, a salute to the unheralded employees who are the backbone of every business.

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AVB Streamlines Retail Ops

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Alan Wolf

One of AVB’s longstanding goals is to ease the operational hurdles for independent owners, freeing them up to sell merchandise.

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AVB’s Jennifer Baldwin Receives Women in Business Award

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 YSN Staff

AVB’s own Jennifer Baldwin was this year’s recipient of the annual Women in Business (WiB) Award.

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BrandSource Hosts New Member Shindig at Summit

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Rich Lindblom

Last August I helped man the YourSource News table at the First Timers’ event, which kicked off the Convention in Nashville.

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BrandSource Lauds 2022 AVB Scholarship Winners at Summit Kickoff

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Andy Kriege

A high point of this week’s Summit 2022 proceedings was the announcement of this year’s AVB/BrandSource scholarship award winners.

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Ristow to Industry: BrandSource Share Gains Are for Keeps

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Wolf

AVB CEO Jim Ristow formally kicked off BrandSource’s Summit 2022 gathering in Las Vegas this morning with an inspirational address that would do Knute Rockne proud.

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Next week’s Summit 2022 will be jam-packed with insights, innovation, and initiatives. But the icing on the cake will be a rich grab bag of sweepstakes, prizes, contests and giveaways by exhibitors and AVB.

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Summit to Spotlight Super Premium Appliances

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 YSN Staff

In today’s ever-changing retail and builder landscape, the need for appliance dealers to continually strengthen their partnerships and potentially forge new ones is greater than ever.

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Is Your Website Payment Compliant?

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 YSN Contributor

AVB Marketing provides a wide variety of services for our members, and for those running the Alta e-commerce platform with us, we have an exciting announcement: We’ve recently completed our annual Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Service Provider Level 2 certification!

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How to Get the Most Out of Summit 2022

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Rich Lindblom

Since joining BrandSource some 17 years ago, first as a member and now as an AVB employee, I have been to over 20 Conventions and Summits.

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Employee Spotlight: AVB’s Mike Porter Takes the Lead

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Andy Kriege

For the past three years Mike Porter has been the man behind the scenes, sporting a headset and supporting BrandSource members as a Member Relations Specialist.

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Summit Sneak Peek: Miele USA

February 23, 2022March 1, 2022 Alan Wolf

The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), held earlier this month in Orlando, served as a precursor for what’s to come at Summit 2022.

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BrandSource Financial Adds Thor Kitchen Out West

February 18, 2022February 22, 2022 Alan Wolf

BrandSource Financial (BSF), the group’s member-owned finance company, has announced another addition to its growing list of more than 60 approved suppliers.

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Summit 2022: Good for What Ails You

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Alan Wolf

Back in January, longtime BrandSource dealer and current YourSource contributor Rich Lindblom penned an especially poignant column on the subject of burnout.

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Miele Combi-Steam Oven Takes Home the Bacon

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Alan Wolf

The premium appliance maker was honored at this month’s Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) for its new Generation 7000 Artline 30-inch Combi-Steam Oven.