Tag: Innovative hme retail product awards
Medtrade looking for retail innovation
August 26, 2015HME News Staff
ATLANTA - Medtrade is calling for submissions for its Innovative Retail Product Awards. The top eight products will be presented in a Medtrade session during the show in October. Similar to Medtrade Spring, Medtrade attendees and judges will then select the top three. “All of these efforts seek to combine 'retail' with 'care,' so we and friends of Medtrade came up with term 'caretailing,'” says Kevin Gaffney, group show director, Medtrade. Entries are due Oct. 2. View rules, entry form...
In brief: Apria ditches SEC reports, Invacare outsources IT
January 24, 2014HME News Staff
LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Apria Healthcare will no longer file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a Form-8K dated Jan. 21. Apria was obligated to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to the terms of indenture governing the company's outstanding 12.375% senior secured notes due 2014. On Jan. 16, however, the company provided a notice of redemption for all of its notes and effected a satisfaction and discharge of the company's obligation under the indenture....
Manufacturers 'buy-in' to retail
October 11, 2013Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ORLANDO, Fla. - More than 20 manufacturers submitted products for the inaugural Innovative HME Retail Product Awards at Medtrade, a sign that providers aren't the only ones who see promise in retail, organizers say.“We're seeing a lot of buy-in from providers, but also from manufacturers,” said Rob Baumhover, director of retail programs for The VGM Group and lead architect of the show's Retail Design Center. “There's been more activity. Providers are looking for new products to...