Daugherty Appliance Talks Fridge Sales, Safety on Local News
Minnesota BrandSource member Daugherty Appliance Sales & Service was featured on a local TV news segment this week regarding brisk refrigeration demand amid the COVID outbreak.
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Pattersons Providing ‘Virtual’ Service to Keep Staff and Customers Safe
The times they certainly are a-changin’ and so too are BrandSource members, who are turning to digital platforms to assist their customers during the coronavirus outbreak.
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No Stranger to Danger, Moderno Moves into Crisis Management Mode
Moderno Appliance in Lawrence, Mass., is no stranger to disasters.
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Why Duerden’s and its Customers Are Attached to Warranties
Product warranties and the high margins they provide play an important role in retail. Indeed, attachment sales of these highly profitable products have often made the difference between red and black ink for big-box chains.
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Live Chat Providing a Lifeline to Homebound Customers
With many members’ showrooms either closed or limiting hours and traffic, websites in general and live chat in particular have become crucial conduits to the consumer.
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Grand Appliance Continues its Tradition of Community Service Through the COVID Crisis
Given its long track record of helping others, it should come as no surprise that Grand Appliance and TV’s response to the pandemic, through its charitable Grand Foundation, has been just that: grand.
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Coping with COVID: L.H. Brubaker Shares its Safety Guidelines
L.H. Brubaker Appliances & Water Treatment is a family-owned appliance chain in Eastern Pennsylvania with three stores and 67 employees, and owner Don Frank Sr. takes the health and safety of his staff and customers very seriously.
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Urner’s is Back in the Saddle
Urner’s, the 101-year-old BrandSource dealer in Bakersfield, Calif., reopened two of its three locations on May 1.
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From Marching Bands to Household Brands, Mark Wayman Remains the Conductor
Mark Wayman left Martinsville, Ind., in the 1980s to pursue a career teaching music. He never dreamed that his journey would come full circle and that he would be back running the family business selling furniture and appliances in the town he grew up in.
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Ken’s Announces Winners of Nurse Week Promotion
BrandSource member Ken’s Appliance and Mattress in Grand Island, Neb., conducted a National Nurse’s Day giveaway that culminated this week with the winners announced in a drawing on Facebook Live.
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Ken’s Appliance Salutes Nurses with Online Promotion
The world may feel like it is on pause right now, but it’s the complete opposite for the countless nurses tirelessly working day-in-day-out to keep people alive amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Don’s Appliances’ Laundry Event Cleans Up for Area Food Bank
Never in its 40 year history has the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (the Food Bank) experienced need on the scale wrought by the current health and economic crisis.
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We Bought a Lot of Stuff During COVID …
The pace of purchasing during COVID was unsustainable
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AVB Summit Speaker Ryan Avery Down but Not Out
Life coach turns personal adversity into learning opportunities
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The Top 5 Digital Tools for Winning Online: A Checklist
No doubt dealers’ transactional websites kept their businesses going during the state-mandated lockdowns.
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Sign of the Times: AVB Offers Free Showroom Safety Signage
Whether by choice or government stipulation, most BrandSource members have implemented safety measures to help prevent customers and staff from contracting coronavirus.
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AVB Bows ‘Apply & Buy’ Consumer Credit Program with Citi
Frictionless transactions are the goal of all e-commerce sites, and a new on-the-spot consumer credit program from AVB can help make members’ online sales downright seamless while giving them payment parity with national chains.
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Feds Release PPP Loan Forgiveness Application
The Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Treasury Department have released an 11-page application for borrowers seeking loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
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Making a Splash in a Sea of Sameness
Rule No. 1 of marketing, and retail in particular, seems to always be the same: If something works, then run it until you beat the snot out of it and watch it die.
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JCPenney Given Two Months to Avoid Liquidation
JCPenney’s lenders are giving the bankrupt retailer two months to come up with an acceptable turnaround plan or face either a sale of the business or liquidation.
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