Container service company expands facilities, services at

HOUSTON — The Marino Group’s Marine Repair Services – Container Maintenance Corp. (MRS-CMC), a provider of intermodal services, today opened a new depot facility at Port Houston. The new facility expands the company’s storage, distribution, repair and capacity services in the region.

Situated across from Port Houston Bayport Terminal and near the Barbours Cut terminal, the new facility will supplement

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Mix and match mattress? Not what we had in mind | Sheila

Remember the tale of our recent mattress purchase back from the July 4th holiday? The delivery for which we had a date set and calendared? We were in waiting mode — the gestation period, as we had taken to calling it.

As the delivery date inched closer, good things appeared on the horizon. The date was moved up three days

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4 facts to ponder in the face of a recession | Jerry

The second shoe has dropped, and yes, we are in a recession.

The decline in GDP was only 0.9% after a 1.6% decline in the first quarter, meeting the standard definition of a recession, even though a few politicians said it wouldn’t  happen. Truthfully, this is old news to most retailers that have watched as the visitors have declined all

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Macy’s CEO reveals online, off-mall strategy to recapture

New York – Macy’s is casting a wider net to capture consumers where they’re doing most of their shopping – online and off-mall.

During Macy’s Inc.’s Q2 call earlier this week, chairman and CEO Jeff Gennette outlined three prongs of the initiative:

Macy’s CEO reveals online, off-mall strategy to recaptureMacy’s Marketplace: The curated digital marketplace will launch in the coming weeks with an assortment of products in

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Former Paramount chairman, president Arthur Diamonstein dies

NORFOLK, Va. – Arthur Diamonstein, the former president and chairman of third-generation Paramount Sleep Co. who led the company through a significant period of growth, has died. He was 92.

Diamonstein joined the family mattress manufacturing business co-founded in 1935 by his father upon his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 1960. During his tenure with Paramount, Diamonstein served

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How International Market Centers is filling the midseason

The inaugural fall midseason buying event is set for Oct. 10-11.

LAS VEGAS — International Market Centers is launching a new midseason gift and lifestyle buying event this fall at the World Market Center Las Vegas to meet buyer and seller demand between its previously established events.

“West Coast gift and lifestyle buyers and sellers want more opportunities to come

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