Get Back (to where you once belonged)
08/06/2020 I learned a long time ago that the term “back-to-school” means a lot of different things to different people. In the school supply…
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Toil and Trouble
05/27/2020 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. Throughout the great stay-at-home of March and April, I…
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Doing Business During the COVID Spring
05/27/2020 by Tina Manzer Industry Manufacturers Adapt Successfully to Change To take the pulse of the industry in April, we asked our magazine’s advertisers…
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Family Businesses: the Drive to Survive
05/26/2020 by Tina Manzer Founded on hard work, innovation, strong values, and love, companies like Baumgartens are well prepared for the challenges ahead….
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What Will Back-to-School Look Like?
05/26/2020 by Tina Manzer Even though the target is still moving, furniture manufacturers, designers, educators, architectural firms and even real estate developers are looking…
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Mid-March Madness – A Snapshot of Retail Business in a Pandemic
04/02/2020 by Tina Manzer “What may be true this minute may not be true the next.” That’s easily the biggest lesson we’ve learned since…
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The Secret Life of Pet Peeves
04/02/2020 You don’t know it, but aspects of your store may really be ticking off your customers. And they won’t tell you – they…
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As Green as it Gets – Sustainable Practices Produce Recyclable Chairs
04/02/2020 by Tina Manzer Meet the Ergos One chair from Nautilus, a 24-year-old school- and-office-furniture company headquartered in Portugal. The single-piece polypropylene chair is…
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time after time
04/01/2020 Back in January, I heard about a college party that took place in the town where I live. One of the partiers noticed…
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EdSpaces: Bold Ideas
01/08/2020 by Tina Manzer The best of school equipment and furniture was on display in October at the annual EDspaces trade show in Milwaukee….
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