CHICAGO—ThermalStrike heated luggage, a revolutionary system designed to kill bed bugs, is the first product of its kind to be offered using a commission-based sales structure for Protect-A-Bed’s pest control companies and technicians. Using what the company notes is a first-of-its-kind sales model, pest control companies and their technicians can now sell ThermalStrike luggage to […]
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