As Congress still wrangles over the next stimulus package and COVID flares up in new parts of the country, economists, executives and independent owners are expressing their concern for the well-being of small businesses.
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The United Appliance Servicers Association (UASA), the non-profit appliance repair trade group and BrandSource partner, has added a host of online events to its August calendar.
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The spread of COVID-19 has done more than put a crimp in vendors’ second-quarter earnings.
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There’s a new/old appliance kid in town whose latest product entries could help ease the inventory crunch.
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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 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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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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GE Appliances has earmarked $62 million to expand production capacity at its massive Appliance Park manufacturing complex in Louisville, Ky.
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Elmira Stove Works, which has been making vintage-style appliances since 1975, is stepping up to the plate to aid cross-border healthcare workers during the health crisis.
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A longstanding rite of spring for the appliance industry is the release of TWICE Magazine’s annual Top 50 Major Appliance Retailer rankings — an exclusive, proprietary list of the largest white-goods dealers in the land.
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