Buying Groups
Ex-Home Depot Appliance Chief Bob Baird Bonding With BrandSource
Bob Baird, who helped make The Home Depot a destination for major appliances, is lending his white-goods and retail know-how to the $14 billion...
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Buying Groups
First Look: BrandSource’s New Video Content Service
BrandSource, the $14 billion buying group, is rolling out AVB/TV, a new streaming video service first announced at its annual summer convention last month....
Buying Groups
ProSource, BrandSource Enjoy Solid Sales Gains
Major appliance sales at BrandSource, and custom installation and CE volume at ProSource, have generated good growth this year, the buying groups’ senior management...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Members Must ‘Break From Status Quo’ To Grow
“It’s all about the members,” was the mantra that BrandSource CEO Jim Ristow and his management team kept repeating during a presentation yesterday at...
Buying Groups
The Digital Olympics: BrandSource Pushes Digital Marketing & Debuts avbTV At Convention
BrandSource kicked off its convention Monday afternoon in Las Vegas with chief marketing officer John White emphasizing the importance of digital marketing programs and...
Buying Groups
AVB/BrandSource Set For Furniture And Bedding Expo
AVB/BrandSource members will once again descend upon Las Vegas for a three-day furniture and bedding products convention. The expo will showcase the latest exhibits...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Preps For Late-August Show
BrandSource is gearing up for a late-summer return to Las Vegas, when the $14 billion merchandising group for independent dealers will descend on Caesars...
Buying Groups
BrandSource To Hold Inaugural Under-40 Event
BrandSource, the $14 billion buying group, is looking to groom the next-generation of industry leaders with its first-ever Young Professionals University (YPU) gathering. The...
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Buying Groups Double Down On Support For Independents
There was a time, not all that long ago, when Best Buy, Walmart and the home-improvement chains seemed unstoppable, and pundits were ready to...
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A Next-Gen BrandSource Is Feeling Its Oats
With $14 billion in total sell-through, BrandSource is the industry’s largest member-owned merchandising group for independent appliance, CE and home-furnishings dealers. The co-op recently...
Industry
Jeannette Howe Returns To BrandSource As Membership Director
Industry veteran Jeannette Howe is back at BrandSource after a 10-year absence. Howe, who brings an extensive background of CE retail service, will serve...
Buying Groups
NECO Divisions Now Allied With BrandSource
Three of four chapters of the NECO Alliance, one of the country’s largest appliance buying co-ops, have formed an alliance with the BrandSource buying organization....
Buying Groups
BrandSource ‘Just Getting Started’ In Appliances
“We are just getting started,” BrandSource CEO Jim Ristow told the buying group’s electronics and appliance dealers yesterday in a speech that underscored the...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Launches RTO, ProSource Initiatives On Eve Of Spring Show
As dealers and vendors gather this weekend in Orlando, Fla., for BrandSource’s annual Spring Summit & Expo, the $12 billion CE, appliance and home...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Revamps Large-Dealer Division
BrandSource, the $12 billion buying group for independent CE, majap and home-furnishings dealers, is providing added support for its largest retailers. The former Resource...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Sets Sights On Digital Future
Eight months into his tenure as BrandSource CEO, Jim Ristow is retooling the $12 billion buying group to remain effective in a rapidly evolving...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Kicks Off Convention
Appliance, CE and bedding vendors will unfurl their latest wares this morning when the BrandSource buying group opens the doors to the expo portion...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Prepares For National Convention & Expo
Tustin, Calif. – Next month’s BrandSource National Convention & Expo will host its largest exhibit ever in the home furnishings and bedding categories, the...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Narrows Field Team’s Focus
Tustin, Calif. — BrandSource, the $12 billion buying group for independent dealers, has refocused its field team’s coverage on the appliance, home-furnishings and mattress...
Industry
BrandSource Promotes Baldwin
Tustin, Calif. — Jennifer Baldwin has been promoted to marketing and member communications director of BrandSource. Baldwin, who previously served as national sales manager...
Industry
BrandSource Details Exec Promotions
Tustin, Calif. — BrandSource, the 4,500-member buying group for independent CE, majap and home-furnishings dealers, has shed more light on the recent promotions of...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Taking Page From ProSource Playbook
ORLANDO, FLA. — BrandSource debuted its new CEO and outlined how its ProSource strategy will be the model for the overall group during its...
Buying Groups
ProSource Reports Major CE Gains, Optimistic About 2015
Orlando, Fla. — ProSource, the specialty CE and custom-installer division of the BrandSource buying organization, opened the groups’ 2015 Summit here Monday morning by...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Prepped For Spring Summit
Orlando, Fla. – It’s game on for BrandSource’s annual Summit & Expo, which will be held here next month at the Marriott World Center....
Buying Groups
BrandSource Builds Bikes For Charity
Phoenix, Ariz. — There was an extra item on the agenda at BrandSource’s annual executive leadership conference here earlier this month. Nearly 200 dealers,...
Buying Groups
Ristow Succeeds Lawrence As BrandSource CEO
TUSTIN, CALIF. — Former HES head and current ProSource co-president Jim Ristow has been tapped to succeed Bob Lawrence as CEO of the $13...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Doubles Majap DCs
UPDATED! Tustin, Calif. – BrandSource has doubled the number of Expert Warehouse distribution centers (DCs) that carry major appliances to six over the past year. The...
Buying Groups
TWICE On The Scene: BrandSource Fall Show
Las Vegas – The BrandSource merchandising co-op wrapped up its Fall Convention & Expo here this week at Caesars Palace. Highlights included a bittersweet...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Kicks Off Fall Show
Las Vegas — The BrandSource buying group returned to Las Vegas this week for its biannual National Convention & Expo. Outgoing CEO Bob Lawrence...
Buying Groups
ProSource Welcomes Alarm.com
Fort Worth, Texas — ProSource, the integration and A/V specialty division of the BrandSource buying group, announced the addition of partner Alarm.com, a Cloud...
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ADL To Honor Fasulo, Huppin, White
NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) National Consumer Technology Industry division will honor Mike Fasulo, Murray Huppin and John T. White at its...
Buying Groups
ProSource ‘Power Dealer’ Meeting Draws Record Turnout
Milwaukee — ProSource, the integration and A/V specialty division of the BrandSource buying group, reported record attendance at its recent Power Dealer meeting here....
Buying Groups
BrandSource Sets Convention Agenda
Las Vegas — BrandSource, the $14 billion buying co-op for independent CE, appliance and home-furnishings dealers, has added a health and wellness component to...
Buying Groups
BrandSource Promotes Feldman
Tustin, Calif. – BrandSource has promoted Andrew Feldman to operations director for OutdoorSource, its outdoor products division. Feldman previously served as national sales manager...
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