AVB Marketing’s Danielle Diaz Saluted by Dealerscope Magazine
Danielle Diaz, Senior Director of Marketing at AVB Marketing, has joined an elite group of industry executives in Dealerscope Magazine’s annual “40 Under 40” feature.
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Author: Alan Wolf
Serta Holds the Line on Price Increases
Despite what it describes as extreme and costly disruptions to the bedding industry’s supply chain as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, Serta Simmons said it would absorb the higher costs it has incurred rather than pass them along to retailers.
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BrandSource Seals the Deal with United Appliances Servicers Association
BrandSource has formalized its partnership with the United Appliances Services Association (UASA), regarded as North America’s largest appliance repair trade group.
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Chain Stores, States Set Mask-Wearing Mandates
The U.S. moved closer to a national mask mandate this week as some of the country’s largest retailers including Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Kroger, Kohl’s, CVS and Walgreens joined three more states — Alabama, Colorado and Montana — in making face coverings a must indoors.
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Serta Simmons Develops COVID-Killing Mattress
Serta Simmons Bedding has partnered with Swiss textile chemistry firm HeiQ to create a mattress that can reportedly kill the COVID-19 virus.
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Registration Begins for BrandSource’s First-Ever Virtual Convention
Registration is now open for next month’s 2020 Virtual Convention, the first-ever online edition of BrandSource’s late-summer confab and buying Expo.
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PSA Cancels this Year’s Service Convention
The Professional Service Association (PSA), a BrandSource partner, has cancelled this year’s National Appliance Service Convention (NASC), which was scheduled for Sept. 21-24 in Orlando.
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ProSource Adds $28M in New Revenue this Year
ProSource, the largest audio, video and integration buying group in the U.S., just got larger.
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Consumer Tech Sales Soar Amid COVID Crisis
Appliances aren’t members’ only category that has seemingly benefitted from the consumer lockdown.
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National Chains Seek State-Enforced Facemask Mandate for Stores
A trade group representing the nation’s largest retailers has asked the governors of all 50 states to make the wearing of facemasks mandatory within stores and to take responsibility for enforcement.
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