AVB’s Chad Evans: Independent Dealers Still Winning In Today’s Market

Chad Evans

Independent retailers continue to defy industry expectations — and gain market share — even as economic pressures reshape the home appliance, furniture and bedding industries.

That was the message from Chad Evans, Executive Vice President of Merchandising at AVB Inc., during an Industry Update and Town Hall session at the Annual Spring AVB BrandSource Summit. Evans opened the discussion with a timely analogy.

“Everybody that gets into the tournament has a chance to win,” he said...