Dear President Biden,

I am writing to you with the utmost sense of urgency in my capacity as Executive Director of the International Home Furnishings Representatives Association, (IHFRA).

Headquartered in High Point, NC, our group represents some 1,600 independent home furnishings sales representatives whose livelihood may well be dependent on the level of relief you and our elected officials may provide them.

I know you are well aware of just how severely COVID-19 has impacted the lives of all Americans. The pandemic’s ability to challenge and disrupt every link in the supply chain has accelerated already spiking prices for just about every consumable, which continues to impede and threaten our country’s economic growth.

I would submit that no group of professionals has suffered the consequences of the pandemic as severely as the independent sales representative has.

READ THE ENTIRE LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN HERE

IHFRA strongly encourages it’s members to use this letter as a template and to share your own concerns with your local elected official.  If you would like a copy of the letter in Microsoft Word format, please click to the button below.

Buried in the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” in the U.S. Senate is approval for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to test a new federal tax on every mile driven by individual Americans.

The bill directs Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to establish a pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee designed “to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.”

Covid-19 has not only rewritten the rule book for many industries, it has obliterated it. As a result, now, more than ever, independent sales and marketing professionals need to remain well-versed about contracts the factories they represent.

Knowing that a growing number of our members are facing contract challenges, IHFRA has once again called upon Adam Glazer, Partner at Schoenberg Finkel Beederman Bell Glazer LLC, a premier Chicago-based law firm, to lead a webinar called “Contract Strategies in a Digital Economy.”

Recorded on April 28th, this critical webinar will take you on a deep dive into the often-confusing world of negotiating and preparing rep contracts.

Adam, who has consistently been named to the coveted list of “Leading Lawyers” by his peers, will not only explain the basic principles about rep contracts, but will also help you avoid contract pitfalls by specifying some important contract dos and don’ts.

Throughout the video, Adam references the “IHFRA example contract”. If you would like to download the contract you can always find it on our website, in the “Resource Center“.

Or, you always download the example contract by clicking the button below.