Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 4/19/2021
Luxury mattress manufacturer Shifman Mattresses recently honored four retail partners for sales growth and perseverance through a year of pandemic challenges.
Shifman’s annual retailer awards recognizing top sales performance for 2020 include the Platinum Achievement Award given to Paul Rich & Sons (Pittsfield, Mass.) and Brielle Furniture (Sea Girt, N.J.); the Gold Achievement Award given to Bragg’s of Huntsville (Huntsville, Ala.); and the Silver Achievement Award given to Willis Furniture & Mattress (Virginia Beach, Va.). This is the first year two retailers earned the Platinum award.
“Always a distinct pleasure to recognize our retail partners, this year is particularly gratifying because we know how challenging it was professionally and personally to not only survive but, for these retailers, thrive through COVID shutdowns and unpredictability,” said Shifman Pr
Mary Ann Bragg
PROVINCETOWN PLOVR, Provincetown League of Visionary Revolutionaries, an intersectional, intergenerational, queer and allied visionary collective of permanent, seasonal, and transient residents, has announced its formation.
The new group is planning a series of public conversations on racism in 2021, starting Jan. 13, according to its website at https://linktr.ee/plovr We are Black, white, queer, straight, trans, cis, Indigenous, domestic, foreign, disabled, rich, poor and everything in between, according to the announcement to the press. We believe the resignation of former Town Manager Robin Craver is an auspicious opportunity for positive change in our local government.
Craver resigned from her job in July after six months. She had replaced former Town Manager David Panagore, who resigned in April 2019. Panagore was hired in 2015 following a nearly two-year search to replace former Town Manager Sharon Lynn, who resigned in December 2013.