Anyone who has ever shopped at Abt, and that may be most everyone from Chicago, knows that it's more than an appliance store. Abt is a family business that has defied the odds by competing with big ...

GLENVIEW - Abt Electronics has completed a major expansion of its recycling center and remains committed to recycling 95% of its own waste, the company said. Located on the southern portion of Abt's ...

Consumers are buying bigger, and Abt is responding accordingly. It's just one store. But it's a big one. Glenview, IL.-based Abt Electronics and Appliances already has the distinction of being the ...

BENTON HARBOR -- The KitchenAid brand of Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp. is partnering with Abt Electronics in Glenview, Ill. to kick off Earth Week and encourage the responsible disposal of ...

Abt Electronics, the largest independently-owned, single-location retailer of electronics, appliances, and home goods in the country debuted a larger recycling center, becoming more efficient in its ...

Not too long ago, the independent retailer seemed endangered. Unable to compete with the purchasing power and supply chain prowess of national chains, the mom and pop shop seemed destined for the dust ...

Abt Electronics (1200 N. Milwaukee, Glenview) is kicking the summer into high gear with its first-ever pizza cook-off for charity hosted by "The Food Guy" Steve Dolinsky. On July 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 ...

Retailer Abt Electronics plans to double the size of its Glenview warehouse to more than 800,000 square feet as sales rise and it needs more space to stash large appliances. The project — on land Abt ...

Bob Abt, the CEO of Glenview-based Abt Electronics whose parents started the business in 1936, passed away Thursday, according to a company spokesman. He was 77. Abt had battled cancer for the past ...