Claude Ward’s Ode to Retail
John Horst, founder and owner of Famous Tate Appliance & Bedding Centers, is quick to credit General Manager Claude Ward with the company’s success. And it’s easy to see why.
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Makeover Honeymoon Continues at Lyle’s
The power of transformation is indeed very real. Last fall, AVB Makeover winner Lyle’s TV and Appliance in Elkhorn, Wisc., changed their store and in turn changed the trajectory of their business.
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Tornado Tale: Pentz Appliance and Marshalltown Get Back to Business
There was almost no warning when a tornado hit his community on July 19, 2018. The new BrandSource dealer had only been in the business for a couple of months and hadn’t yet weathered a Labor Day sale, much less a natural disaster.
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Schomacker’s Ups the Customer Appreciation Ante
Schomacker’s Home Galleries, a BrandSource member in Luverne, Minn., is no stranger to in-store events.
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Bekins Stages Grand Reveal in Grand Rapids
BrandSource member Bekins unveiled its newly expanded and remodeled showroom in Grand Rapids, Mich., last month with the award-winning dealer’s usual aplomb.
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Jensen Akins: At Home in the Northwoods
I happened to visit during the snowmobile season and passed many snow machines racing across the landscape. In fact, just a few miles south of their store I passed the racetrack where the World Championship Snowmobile Derby was being prepped for the annual competition, to be held the following week.
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Yale Hails New Hanover Store
ale Appliance + Lighting, the premium Boston-area BrandSource dealer, opened a third showroom earlier this month.
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The Many Facets of Friedmans Appliance
Friedmans Appliance has followed many paths since its founding as a small, Oakland, Calif., appliance shop by Charles Friedman in 1922. But from appliance store to microwave specialty dealer, and from franchisor to Bay Area destination for premium appliances, all roads eventually led to AVB/BrandSource, which the company joined 16 months ago. Here’s how they got here.
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Move it On Over: Make Way for Heins Appliance’s Chris Matson
Chris Matson sports a remarkably realistic tattoo of the late, great “Hillbilly Shakespeare” Hank Williams on his right forearm. With Matson’s newfound status as part owner of Heins Appliance, it only seems appropriate to cue up some old Hank and sing, “Move it on over, ’cause the new dog’s moving in!”
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Rob Nicholson’s Big Play
Why is BrandSource member Rob Nicholson making a colossal move into a mammoth store when other independent dealers are downsizing or standing pat? Why is Nicholson rushing in, while others are rushing out?
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