McEntire’s Home Appliance Receives
Dealer of the Year Award at BrandSource 2024 Convention
Honored for commitment to excellence in
the retail industry
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[September 29, 2024]
McEntire’s
Home Appliance of Lincoln was named the 2024 BrandSource Dealer of
the Year for the Maytag Channel at the BrandSource National
Convention & Expo, held Aug. 25-28, 2024, at the Gaylord Texan
Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.
Owner and Maytag Channel Council member Carie Groves was honored at
the buying group’s awards ceremony, which was a highlight of the
annual show.
The company was launched in 1993 by Carie’s parents, Ron and Terri
McEntire, former owners of a Sears catalog showroom, after the
retailer pulled the plug on that division. But the shutdown would
prove to be a blessing, as the couple went on to establish a
successful Maytag appliance business that variously employed four
generations of McEntires.
Besides her father, who taught her everything she knows about
appliances and business, Carie attributes her company’s success to
its membership in BrandSource. The national, dealer-owned
cooperative offers a wide range of retail support services including
transactional websites, digital marketing, in-store displays,
consumer and inventory financing, volume discount programs and
invaluable peer-to-peer networking, which became crucial as the
internet and national big-box chains altered the retail landscape.
“AVB BrandSource has changed the way I do business and my sales have
increased dramatically,” Carie said. “I have only been with the
group for a short six years, but of my 29 years in business, these
have been the best.”
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The BrandSource Dealer of the
Year awards are presented annually to members like McEntire’s
Home Appliance that have demonstrated a continued commitment to
excellence in the retail industry and to their fellow
BrandSource dealers. The winners, who are selected by the
members within each of the group’s 14 regions, must also show
their support of BrandSource and its vendor partners by
attending regional meetings and national events such as the
annual Convention and Summit.
A hearty congratulations to Carie and her dad Ron, to whom she
said she owes the award, as well as the entire McEntire family
on being named a BrandSource Dealer of the Year.
About BrandSource: BrandSource is the nation’s leading
merchandising organization for independent appliance, home
furnishings and consumer tech dealers. Its parent company, AVB,
is a $25 billion member-driven co-op that provides
merchandising, financing and digital marketing services to
thousands of independent dealers across the U.S. and Canada.
[Dori Easterson
Director of Communications & Branding Operations] |