Tempur Sealy to Introduce Virus-Killing Mattresses Next Year
Tempur Sealy plans to employ an antimicrobial and antiviral technology to select Sealy, Tempur-Pedic and Stearns & Foster mattresses in 2021.
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The Impact of the Coronavirus and Why I Can’t Wait for 2021
Here’s another interesting effect of the coronavirus that we didn’t expect or at least use in our estimates for economic expansion or contraction: COVID-19 has greatly reduced the time we spend on the highways.
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The Impact of the Coronavirus and Why I Can’t Wait for 2021
I have been following America’s economy for more than 60 years and have documented some extraordinary events over that time, but nothing prepared me for what I have witnessed in 2020.
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Improving Your Showroom Appeal During the Pandemic, Part 2
As we continue to navigate our way through business during COVID-19, we have to remind ourselves that it’s imperative to make sure our shopping environments are always safe, informative and upbeat, whether we’re in a pandemic or not. It just makes long-term sense to operate this way.
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How to Become a Recruitment Dynamo
It was just ten short years ago when businesses had the upper hand in hiring, and finding good employees was as easy as putting up a “Help Wanted” sign or posting something on social media.
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Bye-Bye Black Friday?
In his keynote address at the 2020 Virtual Convention, AVB Merchandising VP Chad Evans suggested that COVID would quell the Black Friday queues that traditionally circle box stores on Thanksgiving.
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Improve Your Curb Appeal During the Pandemic
COVID-19 has certainly altered the retail shopping landscape, at least for the time being.
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Mattress Sales Bounce Amid the Pandemic
Replacement sales of home goods have soared during the health crisis, as consumers spend more time at home and imperfections in their appliances and home furnishings become more apparent.
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The U.S. Economy in the Age of Covid-19
It is a new way of life in America since February of 2020 and I am trying to make predictions about the U.S. economy while I shelter in place here at my home in Washington. Our economy is opening up, but the news has not made it any easier to gaze into the old crystal ball and tell you what is going to happen.
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Colders Giving COVID the Cold Shoulder
Tom Balistreri and his team at Colders Furniture and Appliance in Milwaukee embraced a new maxim when the COVID crisis first hit these shores: “We need to be flexible; we need to be resilient; and we need to persevere!”
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Small Businesses Could Be Facing COVID Crisis Crossroads
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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BrandSource to Members: Consider an SBA Disaster Loan
While Congress wrangles over the next phase of pandemic relief, BrandSource reminds members that there are still plenty of federal funds out there just waiting to be dispensed.
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Serta’s Sales Chief Details Ongoing Production Delays
In an open letter to retailers this month, Serta Simmons’s Chief Sales Officer Derek Miller said the company is committed to absorbing cost increases caused by the global pandemic.
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Electrolux CEO Cites Changes in Consumer Behavior
The spread of COVID-19 has done more than put a crimp in vendors’ second-quarter earnings.
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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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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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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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Lessons About COVID-19 Learned from My 90-Year-Old Dad
The following reflection is reposted with permission from BrandSource member Michael Grossman, President of Kensington Furniture.
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PPP Deadline Extended to Aug. 8
In a rare instance of swift bipartisan cooperation, the federal government has extended the deadline to apply for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) until Aug. 8.
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How Coronavirus is Creating New Opportunities for Retailers
For many BrandSource dealers, it’s all they can do to keep inventory on the floor.
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