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How Self Storage Can Help Event Planners

When you attend a great event, you rarely think about the choreography happening behind the curtain or after the last guest leaves. Unless, of course, you’re an event planner — an industry that has grown 8.6% per year on average over the five years between 2020 and 2025. It shows no signs of slowing down either, as small businesses and event planners continue to carve out their place across America.

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Revenue From Online Sales of Home and Leisure Products Grew by 120% During the COVID-19 Lockdown

Sometimes it seems as if the world ground to a standstill during the past eight weeks or so. People stayed at home, hoping to stop the spread of the coronavirus – but that doesn’t mean they also stopped buying stuff. On the contrary, online sales of certain products, including home appliances, sports equipment and other items, saw huge increases.

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How to Pack Your Clothes More Efficiently When Moving

Packing smartly helps you reduce the number of boxes that need to be transported and also means you’ll be spending a lot less time unpacking and arranging things in your new home. Since clothes make up a big part of the stuff you need to pack and move, here’s a guide that will show you how to do that with maximum efficiency.

How to Set Up a Practical and Stylish Open Closet

Finding the perfect apartment is an almost possible task, especially if you want to stay within a budget. Most of the time, the main thing missing is enough space, and that often means that a reasonably sized wardrobe can’t be part of the deal. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t be creative and find a way to keep your clothes neat and organized, which is exactly what an open closet is for. At first it might seem like the opposite of tidy, but open closets and wardrobes can certainly be trendy and practical interior design assets. If you’re ready for a challenge, here are some tips to help you get started:

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The Coronavirus Effect: Hospitality, Retail Take Hard Hits While Moving and Self Storage See Less Immediate Impact

The coronavirus outbreak has been a massive disruptor to the lives of Americans, with repercussions we fail to grasp yet. As the current crisis impacts the worldwide economy, it is the often far-reaching chains of supply sustaining many industries that have been hurt the most. As personal and business travel has come almost to a halt, the food, manufacturing, retail, hospitality and airline industries have felt disruptions associated with the spread of COVID-19. With social distancing in place, the restaurant and tourism industries in particular will feel the impact of reduced business.

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Best Containers for Self Storage

Putting things in self storage is often done hurriedly, perhaps when a person is moving home or suddenly needs to free up some space where they live. But if the items are worth storing, it’s worth making sure they remain in good condition there. One of the most important ways to ensure this is to keep them in appropriate containers in the storage unit.

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How Oklahoma City Storage Operators Are Helping College Students During the Coronavirus Pandemic

We’ve only been dealing with the coronavirus crisis a few weeks, but it already feels like months – or even longer. Things are changing at a rapid pace, and we all need to keep up with the new realities, including closed schools and universities, working from home, distancing from other people and spending most of our time confined between walls.