However, with the explosion of social media, influencer marketing, and other tech-based marketing techniques, businesses are learning that some ROI is not measurable.

Alarmed by an increase in new cases of the Covid-19 virus late last month, China created a painful new kink in an already dysfunctional supply chain by implementing a seven-week mandatory quarantine for cargo vessels and their crews hoping to return to China.

Do you like Dream pop music?

If you haven’t heard of it, you might want to get hip, as #Dreampop has gathered more than nine million views on TikTok, and r/dreampop subreddit subscribers have grown by ~400% over the last four months.

And—now considered the defining band of the genre—The Cocteau Twins averages more than 1.1m+ listeners a month on Spotify. And it had a resurgence with Millennials in the early 2000’s thanks to the band Beach House.

Would it surprise you to find out that more than 60 percent of shoppers use their smartphones when they’re in a store?

Also known as showrooming, this is common practice.

And while it’s still a challenge for retailers to overcome, it’s not nearly the problem it was five years ago. Today, retailers have learned to educate their salespeople, offer personalized service, and even price match to beat the competition.

Is the Jones Act holding back the home furnishings industry? Ray Allegrezza opines about the subject and offers a solution.

Pleasant Mattress has received the Sleep Products Sustainability Program (SP2) certification from the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC)—the first U.S.-based manufacturer to do so.

SP2 is an environmental certification program resulting from a sustainability initiative launched by the MRC for mattress manufacturers.

Ray Allegrezza opines about the state of China's power outages and goes out on a limb to throw two new possibilities on the table. 

Corsicana Mattress Co. has partnered with Retail Service Systems (RSS) for the 2021 editions of the Rugged Road Trip—which provides exposure to Corsicana’s private label capabilities while also bringing awareness to the community and services provided by the RSS team.

Ante4autism recently presented $30,158 checks to each of the five autism charities from the 13the annual Ante4autism poker event that took place this past August.

Checks were presented to the Rich Center for Autism at Youngstown State University, National Autism Association – South East Ohio chapter, Karina Jett with Jennifer Strobel from FEAT of Southern Nevada, Dr. Jennifer Smith of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Adin & Myra Stone, and the Autism Speaks Ante4autism Columbus, Ohio walk team.

While larger importers like Wal-Mart and Home Depot are still paying fairly low prices for containers, smaller businesses like those in the home furnishings industry are taking the brunt of the blow.