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        July 16,
        2020   by  Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry  
  
        
    
    
The National Retail Federation has issued a statement encouraging all retailers to adopt a nationwide policy that requires customers to wear face coverings or masks to protect the health and well-being of customers, associates and partners during the coronavirus pandemic.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        July 16,
        2020   by  Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry  
  
        
    
    
EY, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, has announced that Brad Bonham and Matt Davis of Walker Edison are finalists for its Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020 Award in the Utah Region.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        July 16,
        2020   by  Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry  
  
        
    
    
The Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC) has announced the next topic for its monthly Sustainability Essentials webinar series: CO2 Emissions and Your Health, Today at 12 p.m. ET,  sponsored by SFC member organization CO2logic.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        July 15,
        2020   by  Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry  
  
        
    
    
Home design expert Christina Anstead, star of HGTV’s Flip or Flop and Christina on the Coast, is partnering with Spectra Home Furniture to create Christina Home Designs, an easy-living lifestyle collection designed for today’s busy families. The approximately 30-piece California modern upholstery and occasional accents collection offers families fashionable looks at affordable prices. The collection is scheduled to debut in the Spectra Home showroom, 200 N. Hamilton, at the October High Point Market and be available on retail floors by the end of 2020.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        July 15,
        2020   by  Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry  
  
        
    
    
Shayla Copas Interiors, a national award-winning design firm, has announced Malina Tabor as the new director of marketing & public relations. After a career in corporate marketing and editorial work, Tabor joined the firm to oversee the strategic marketing and public relations for new products and services released. 
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        July 15,
        2020   by  Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry  
  
        
    
    
Totowa, New Jersey-based Precision Textiles, a leading supplier of coated fabrics, nonwovens and laminations for the bedding, home furnishings, automotive, and healthcare industries, has sold more than 10 million yards of its newly launched Medical Gown Series fabric line, which is enough material to produce 5 million hospital gowns. The milestone supports the growing demand for domestically produced medical gowns for healthcare personnel on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.  
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        July 15,
        2020   by  Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry  
  
        
    
    
XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO), a provider of last-mile delivery, freight forwarding and other logistic services, has released a whitepaper detailing its response to COVID-19 for its logistics operations.