This year’s “holiday shopping weekend” is expected to be a little different this year compared to 2020 for one primary reason: the pandemic. Last year, many people stayed home and shopped online only, but as the Covid numbers are falling, the...
Usually, at this time of the year, around the beginning of the fourth quarter, we write a blog about expectations for the upcoming holiday season and offer tips for retailers to start now to have a successful experience. This year looks different. Between COVID...
Are you a hotel general manager? We feel for you. In the last year, the hospitality industry has been challenged more than most due to COVID-19. And now, it appears that in some regions, that business is slowly but surely coming back. We don’t have to tell you how...
Whether you’re planning the furnishings and design of a new corporate building or a new home, you are likely to use freight ordering and delivery services of some sort throughout the process. Or, perhaps, you’re the owner of an office building or new subdivision who...
Retailers will not be surprised that safety and efficiency will be paramount in their customers’ minds this holiday season. After all, since the country started reopening months ago, retailers have been forced to adapt their practices for enhanced safety features due...
When we first started thinking about our content for 2020 and what we might want to talk about in our blog, we had no idea that COVID-19 would even be a thing. Or at least as big as it has become. That said, with or without a pandemic, our nation’s retailers face new...