The Pandemic Times

Comments from Specialty Retailers Regarding April Retail Sales

Monday, May 18, 2020

In early May, Hearth & Home faxed a survey to 2,500 specialty retailers of hearth, patio, and barbecue products, asking them to compare April 2020 sales to April 2019. The accompanying charts and selected comments are from the 234 useable returns....

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Before the Next Pandemic, an Ambitious Push to Catalog Viruses in Wildlife

Friday, April 24, 2020

As the world reels from a global viral wildfire costing hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars, epidemiologists are turning their attention to how best to prevent the next pandemic....

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From the Heart: Operation BBQ Relief April Newsletter

Monday, April 20, 2020

Operation BBQ Relief has been very busy responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Operation Restaurant Relief (ORR) program has launched in new states and has proven to be an effective vehicle to provide meals to communities in need and support the restaurant...

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Reports from the Field

Thursday, April 16, 2020

The following comments are from Hearth & Home’s monthly sales survey of retailers....

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Reports from the Field

Friday, April 10, 2020

No one alive has experience conducting business in pandemic conditions. We don’t really know what strategies businesses employed during the last pandemic, when influenza swept over the globe a hundred years ago....

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Reports from the Field

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

No one alive has experience conducting business in pandemic conditions. We don’t really know what strategies businesses employed during the last pandemic, when influenza swept over the globe a hundred years ago....

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Tito’s Vodka Is Making 24 Tons of Hand Sanitizer

Monday, March 30, 2020

Tito’s Vodka is doing its part to offer relief from the coronavirus pandemic, and not just by giving you a good buzz....

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We’re Open for Business!

Monday, March 30, 2020

“The retail store is closed, and we are not sending our people into our customers’ homes, but we are answering the phones, selling parts, pellets, Bio-bricks, and our expertise if the customer wants to do the repair on their own (excluding...

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Still Selling After All Those Years

Friday, March 27, 2020

Doug Sanicola at Outdoor Elegance in La Verne, California, has marketing in his blood. He doesn’t let an opportunity pass him by. His store may be closed (due to an order), but Sanicola is still selling....

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British-based Charnwood Has Received a Gift of Facemasks from Japan

Friday, March 27, 2020

The team from Charnwood just managed to return on the last flight back from New Orleans to London after a successful product launch of the Skye E700 at the HPBExpo....

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Comments from Specialty Retailers Regarding April Retail Sales

Monday, May 18, 2020

Before the Next Pandemic, an Ambitious Push to Catalog Viruses in Wildlife

Friday, April 24, 2020

From the Heart: Operation BBQ Relief April Newsletter

Monday, April 20, 2020

Reports from the Field

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Reports from the Field

Friday, April 10, 2020

Reports from the Field

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Tito’s Vodka Is Making 24 Tons of Hand Sanitizer

Monday, March 30, 2020

We’re Open for Business!

Monday, March 30, 2020

Still Selling After All Those Years

Friday, March 27, 2020

British-based Charnwood Has Received a Gift of Facemasks from Japan

Friday, March 27, 2020

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