The mattress business bounces back after coronavirus locking is over

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June 15, 2020

The mattress business bounces back after coronavirus locking is over

The US mattress business has bounced back after months of shutdown from the coronavirus pandemic driving customers away.

Sales at Holder Mattress Co. rose about 30 percent last month, compared to a year ago, after the company began letting people return to two stores in northern Indiana, said Lauren Taylor, president and grandson of the company’s founder.

“There are a lot of hidden requests” for beds, he said, “or people see spending money at home, because they can’t spend it on things like holidays.”

Holder is one of several small businesses tracked by Reuters through this decline and recent recovery. Millions of small businesses in the US face an uncertain future after the new coronavirus pandemic closed shops, restaurants, schools and traveling in the world’s largest consumer economy.

Taylor said the company had adapted to rules and boundaries he had never imagined before the crisis. When he first reopened a month ago, for example, Taylor asked customers to make an appointment to shop, so they could control who was in the store and clean the surface between each shopper.

Indiana moves into the fourth phase of reopening on Friday, when retail stores can operate at full capacity. Taylor said that he would allow many buyers at the time, adding “we will not turn anyone away.”

Another important part of his business, home delivery, still faces limitations. To limit the potential exposure for his workers, for example, he requires the buyer to have only one person at home who is related to the shipping crew, and for that person to fill out a health questionnaire beforehand.

Last month’s strong sale was a bright spot for Taylor, but he is still nervous about the coming months.

The company received more than $ 100,000 from the Payroll Protection Program, a federal program aimed at keeping people employed during closure. Taylor has never laid off any of his nine employees.

Taylor said PPP funds would run out this week and he was sure he would get a loan that was forgiven by handing over detailed records of how he had spent the money. The program stipulates that most, but not all, of the funds are used to keep workers working. “We have documented more than needed,” he said, adding the spread sheet he received from his bank did not require details of the expenditure he had collected.

He was also approved for the $ 282,600 Economic Disaster Loan. It was a 30-year loan with an interest rate of 3.75 percent, which he said would provide an important buffer for his company.

The biggest surprise so far has been the attitude of customers about masks, he said.

Customers at their store in Carmel, Ind., A suburb of Indianapolis, with a population of 95,000, were happy to wear face masks, he said, while many customers at the Kokomo store, India, balked. Kokomo is 58,000 population, a blue-collar city.

With the country’s new reopening guidelines, that will no longer be a problem, Taylor said. “Masks will change from being suggested to be optional – we will no longer pressure people to wear them,” he said, although staff will continue to be disguised for the near term.

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

“Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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December 20, 2022

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS 'There will be room'

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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December 19, 2022

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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