Congress has passed a law mandating nationwide compliance with California’s flammability standard for upholstered furniture.  The “COVID-19 Regulatory Relief and Work from Home Safety Act,” included in the massive appropriations bill passed by Congress and signed into law by the President on December 27, 2020, incorporates the provisions previously proposed in the Safer Occupancy Furniture […]

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Following private treaty bulk sales and successful auctions of assets from three of American Medical Depot’s (AMD) six facilities, Tiger Group will wrap up the wind-down of this major distributor of medical equipment and supplies with online auctions in mid-January for in excess of $16 million in inventories plus other assets from the company’s three remaining […]

Global players like IBM, Walmart, Microsoft and others have already committed to increasing their business relationships and spend with diverse suppliers. These pledges for social responsibility have brought not only improved company reputations, but also a surge of innovation and revenue. Diversity, once considered to be niche or novel, has now become the standard for […]