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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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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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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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 trio of BrandSource members recently offered their insights to TWICE Magazine on the impact of the health crisis on appliance replacement sales.
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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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Retail revenue returned with a vengeance last month, as cooped-up consumers around the country began revisiting newly reopened stores, stimulus checks in hand.
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Consumer confidence, as measured by The Conference Board’s monthly Consumer Confidence Index, stabilized in May following a sharp decline in April.
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Longtime Whirlpool and Maytag sales executive Mark Hecht has announced his retirement and will be stepping down from his post at the end of the month.
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The world’s largest retail trade association has thrown its support behind national legislation that would help businesses obtain insurance coverage for pandemics.
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The impact of the global pandemic at major U.S. retail container ports appears to be easing slightly, which is welcome news for inventory-challenged merchants.
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Meet Whirlpool’s Chuck and Shelly Ehret— but you better hurry because the couple is retiring after nearly 90 years of combined service with the manufacturer.
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Longtime LG marketing whiz David VanderWaal is leaving the company after 13 years.
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While the reopening of businesses that were sidelined by the pandemic is an important step forward, it’s still too early to tell how quickly or smoothly the nation’s economy will bounce back from retail and other shutdowns.
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GE Appliances has appointed Julie Burns Executive Director of the company’s super-premium Monogram brand.
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