If you are familiar with Abt, you may already know about our great customer service and excellent selection of appliances and electronics. What you may not know is how Abt is continually involved in activities and installations that try to make the earth a better place to live. Recently, we installed a Wind Spire at a dog park in Cary, IL. The dog park was installed with various energy saving strategies to…
When running an award-winning successful retail store in Chicago with your family, anything goes. The Chicago Tribune stopped by Abt Electronics the other day and profiled the Abt Brothers in their “Office Space” section. Working with your brothers in such close quarters can lead to some interesting moments. “I come in here some mornings, the door’s shut, and I open it up and one of my brothers is in here doing something,”…
Today marks the 10th anniversary of our retail store in Glenview, IL. This store is currently the fifth location we’ve opened with previous locations being held in Chicago, Niles and Morton Grove. Each move has offered Abt Electronics the opportunity to expand and try new things. Our current location is an exemplification of brilliant business ethics, mixed with pure passion and enthusiasm for the work that is put into this building every…
From Left to Right: Scott Roche, Billy Abt, Paul Horton, John Homlish, Bob Abt, John Herrington, Jim Sanduski, Jon Abt Executives from Sharp Electronics were doing a weeklong tour of some key retail stores in the area that sell their Sharp products. Showing up at Abt Electronics earlier this week, they were treated to our wide display of flat-panel TVs as well as many other Sharp products. Sharp came in to also…
When was the last time you were in your grandma’s attic? How about your great uncle’s stuffy basement? Chances are, it’s been a while. If you are brave enough to go hunting in those places, you may just have the chance to get rewarded from Abt.com. Right now, Abt.com is looking for the most treasured antique electronics and appliances around. Unlike any contest that has been done before, Abt is calling on…
Recently, an Australian/New Zealand buying group NARTA visited Chicago. They came to get a better perspective of how retailers operate in the U.S. Meeting with Abt representatives Jon Abt and Steve Weiner, NARTA was able to pick the brains and discover just how Abt specifically, handles such a large volume for only one independently owned location. After touring our store, they visited Publican Quality Meats for a private dinner. It was a treat meeting the…
From Left: Bob Schaffner (Samsung), Jon Abt, Tim Baxter, Bob Abt, YK Kim & Billy Abt Yesterday, Abt was honored to host Samsung CEO YK Kim and Samsung President Tim Baxter on a tour through our store. It was a real treat having them visit Abt Electronics and for them to see the hard work and satisfaction we have been bringing the Chicagoland area for over 75 years. UPDATE: We want to congratulate…
Have you ever finished a wonderful dinner, put the dishes into the dishwasher, and then started the cycle before bed, only to wake up to dishes that don’t shine? Dishes that don’t have the sparkle you bought your dishwasher for? Nothing is more frustrating and aggravating then running dishes through the dishwasher and still having dirty dishes. At Abt, we want all of our customers to enjoy the full benefits of the…
If you’ve stopped by our store the last week or so, chances are you’ve seen a part of our Atrium under construction. Abt is planning on opening a loft in our Atrium this summer and one of the ways to get to the new upper-level section is via glass escalator and elevator. Workers have been diligently chopping away at concrete and marble to create a section wide and deep enough to contain both the escalator…
Join the week-long contest sponsored by Windy City Live and Abt Electronics and win great prizes! To enter, fill out the necessary Windy City LIVE “Know Your Neighbors” entry form. Each day a Metro Chicago neighborhood/city/suburb/town will be randomly selected to be Windy City LIVE’s NEIGHBOR FOR THE DAY. Once the NEIGHBOR OF THE DAY is selected, we’ll ask viewers to share facts about it. We’ll reveal some of those facts on…
