Uniforms, whether for public safety, medical, industrial or corporate, strengthen the structures of organizations today. Workplace uniforms are associated with enhancing brand awareness, but they of course go beyond this. The uniforms establish and support a business...
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Revenues Trending Up in TRSA’s June 2022 Uniform and Linen Rental Survey
Robert W. Baird & Co. and TRSA recently released the June 2022 Uniform & Linen Rental Survey. The results noted rising revenues among survey respondents in the second quarter as well as a positive growth outlook among both uniform rental and linen rental...
Covid Two Years Later: 6 Hard-Won Lessons from Businesses That Survived the Pandemic
It's been two years since the World Health Organization declared Covid a global pandemic, and since then nearly every facet of business has been upended. While hundreds of thousands of businesses did not make it, those that have survived have done so out of sheer...
Supply Issues Badger July Manufacturing as Growth Slows Again
The Institute for Supply Management reported August 2 that its Manufacturing PMI fell 1.1 points to 59.1% in July. The reading indicates that U.S. manufacturing continued to grow, albeit at a slower rate than it had in June. While the manufacturing sector has grown...
AAFA Seeks More Support to End Shipping Crisis as Inflation Hits U.S.
In a recent letter to President Joe Biden, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) president and chief executive officer Steve Lamar emphasized the need for additional government support to address an ongoing shipping crisis that has caused a ‘destructive...
U.S. hiring picks up with 559K jobs added; leisure, hospitality lead way
In a mild improvement over the previous month, the U.S. labor market added 559,000 jobs in May, according to Labor Department figures released last Friday. Economists had expected roughly 671,000 new jobs, a significant step up from April's disappointing 266,000. The...
USPS Has Nearly Exhausted the $10B Congress Awarded It for COVID-19 Relief
The U.S. Postal Service has spent nearly all of the $10 billion Congress allocated to it last year to offset losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, placing the mailing agency in an improved financial position after recently cautioning it may have to cease its normal...
Strong U.S. Jobs Report Signals Strengthening Economy; Leisure, Hospitality Sectors Biggest Winners
What a difference three months make. Last Friday, the U.S. Labor Department released its monthly jobs report shocking economists and experts everywhere. In March alone, the economy added 916,000 jobs, up from the 675,000 most expected. January and February gains were...
Postal Service Indicates Layoffs Could Be on the Horizon
The U.S. Postal Service is leaving the door open to involuntary layoffs as it seeks to downsize its managerial and administrative staff, part of an ongoing effort to reorganize the agency. USPS first announced it would offer voluntary early retirement to eligible...
SBA Increases Small Business COVID Relief Loan Limit From $150,000 to $500,000
Small businesses that have been impacted by the pandemic will now be able to apply for up to 24 months of relief totaling $500,000. Previously, the Small Business Administration limited the relief to six months worth $150,000. SBA administrator Isabella Casillas...
USPS chief DeJoy said to cut post office hours, lengthen delivery times in 10-year plan
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will unveil the largest rollback of consumer mail services in a generation as part of his 10-year plan for the U.S. Postal Service, according to two people briefed on the proposal, including longer first-class delivery windows, reduced...
U.S. Service Industries Expand at Slowest Pace in Nine Months
Growth at U.S. service providers slowed to a nine-month low in February as companies grappled with logistical challenges and rising prices at the same time a stretch of severe winter weather gripped much of the nation. The Institute for Supply Management’s services...