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BrandSource Unveils Plans for Winter Summit
December 11,
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By Home Furnishings Business in on December 12, 2012
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BrandSource is finalizing plans for its Feb. 17-20 Winter Summit in Orlando, Fla.
Attendees will have the opportunity to preview a new cloud-based business management solution that lets members check accounts payable and receivable, manage sales and transactions, inventory and more, all from their mobile devices. BrandSource also will unveil new home furnishing collections, offer hot buys at its Stampede event and host a charity golf tournament benefitting the organizations scholarship fund.
Expert Tech, the new BrandSource cloud-based management system for mobile devices, acts as a central communications system placing complete transactions into the palm of members hands.
This incredibly fast and efficient service takes IT completely out of the store and puts it into your mobile device, said Bob Lawrence, CEO of BrandSource. Members can check inventory, finances, and more, and spend their valuable time doing what they do best--selling products and services to their customers.
The BrandSource Summit also will feature a full assortment of information-packed seminars and workshops led by high-profile speakers and educators. The keynote speaker is Gair Maxwell, also known as the Branding Provacateur. Combining humor, multi-media and in-the-trenches experience, Gair will help attendees obtain more mileage from their marketing dollars. Maxwell has shared the stage with notable personalities including Richard Branson, Kevin OLeary and Gene Simmons.
At every gathering, we seek out dynamic and thought-provoking speakers and presenters to motivate and empower our members, said Bob Lawrence, CEO. This year, we have an action-packed agenda and a great number of new programs and introductions designed to help our members be more profitable and successful.
In home furnishings, BrandSource will unveil a full line of home furnishings by Klaussner(http://www.klaussner.com). With multiple U.S. manufacturing and distribution facilities and over 1,500 employees, the company is well known for its quality and value-priced home furnishings.
BrandSource also will showcase its new Majestic Sleep and Majestic Crowne mattress collections, part of Serta(http://www.serta.com/index.html)s Perfect Sleeper line, the official mattress of the National Sleep Foundation(http://www.sleepfoundation.org). The Majestic Crown Collection by Serta is engineered to help solve common sleep disturbance issues through optimal mattress design. BrandSource members can also learn more about Protect-A-Bed, which offers consumers a complete line of protective bedding products. A worldwide leader in mattress protection innovation, Protect-A-Bed products help create a dry, hygienic, bed bug free and anti-allergy sleep zone. Protect-A-Bed products have received the Good Housekeeping Seal.
BrandSource will also unveil a new line of kitchen islands from Chris & Chris, manufacturers of commercial quality, durable work surfaces that are aesthetically pleasing and highly functional, and are designed by professional chefs.
The Stampede session will feature offers from dozens of suppliers and selected the top 20 deals with the most aggressively priced offers. Members will be invited to take advantage of a limited supply of amazing deals during a 90-minute time period.