UV-C

— By Chris Marasco — Improving IAQ to better protect your customers.   The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst of disruption for more than a year. In 2020, the virus quickly shut down many restaurant locations while forcing retail businesses to enforce strict guidelines that instructed customers to wear masks and stand 6 feet apart. In many situations, consumers shifted toward online stores to make their purchases as opposed to gathering in person at a brick-and-mortar location. While the pandemic turned many lives upside down, one positive outcome was …

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— By Mark Timmons — The 101 on UV-C lighting.   Fall and winter present a new challenge in restaurant and facility management with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic impacting businesses around the world and now it’s flu season. Taking a look back, several months ago, in-person dining felt like an overwhelming hurdle. Reopening a retail business seemed daunting. Yet we did it. As we turn to stabilizing business, in some parts of the United States al fresco dining is done. It’s simply too cold outside for outdoor dining. With the …

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— By Doug Engel — Protecting guests from COVID-19 in restaurants and retail stores without breaking the bank.   Restaurants and retail stores have been hit hard by plummeting business and consumers shifting to buy goods online. Ensuring safe physical spaces for dining and shopping is not just important, it’s essential to the recovery of these important sectors of the economy. What’s the best way to protect the health of customers and staff while being sensitive to the current financial challenges in these industries? Like the changing guidance associated with …

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— By Mark Beeston —   Why UV-C sanitizing solutions will save stores and restaurants as they reopen.   COVID-19 has impacted every industry, especially restaurants and retail stores. In March, 44% of U.S. restaurants were temporarily closed and the sales rate for retail and food service declined 8.7%, the steepest since it began being tracked in 1992. Now, as lockdowns are eased throughout the country and businesses are allowed to reopen, companies are faced with a new normal that requires social distancing and constant cleaning in industries that are …

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