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AUGUST 12, 2020

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EXCLUSIVE: Bed bug advice for your home healthcare clients   Industry consultant Paul Bello, ACE, BCE, offers several bed bug prevention tips you can share with your customers who are working with homebound clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read More

ON THE RECORD

Take PMP’s State of the Industry survey for a chance at prizes   By Diane Sofranec We want to know how your company has fared since state-issued, stay-at-home mandates changed the way many pest management professionals do business.   Read More sponsored content ↴       Food pantry kicks rodents to the curb with electronic monitoring   Rodents and food pantries don't mix. With new donations coming in daily, rodents have a never-ending food supply that, if left unchecked, will quickly get out of control. Fortunately, you can outsmart them. Just ask PMP Eric Melass, who used ActiveSense, an electronic remote monitoring (ERM) system, to eliminate a rodent infestation from a local food pantry.   Learn More

INDUSTRY INTEL

Mosquito Shield launches first Wisconsin-based franchise location   Mosquito Shield is expanding into the Badger State with the launch of Mosquito Shield of North Central Wisconsin, based in Land O' Lakes, Wis.   Read More

Viking Pest acquires ChemTec Pest Control   Viking Pest Control, an Anticimex company based in Basking Ridge, N.J., acquired ChemTec Pest Control of Saddle Brook, N.J.   Read More

Coalmarch plans 2020 conference   Coalmarch's 5th annual CO2 conference is now branded as CO2@Home and will take place over three half-days, December 1-3, 2020. Check out this year's lineup.   Read More sponsored content ↴       Always rely on your best Companion on the job site   Companion disinfectant wipes are a hospital grade, ready-to-use wipe that effectively cleans, disinfects and controls odor in one step. Companion wipes clean by removing tough soils such as dirt and other contaminants while leaving behind a fresh citrus scent. Great for disinfecting equipment, vehicles and other surfaces.   Learn More

Mrs. Bzzz purchases Abbed Pest Control   Wayne, N.J.-based Mrs. Bzzz Pest & Termite Solutions purchased Abbed Pest Control from David Dodd.   Read More   U.S. Pest Protection opens Murfreesboro branch   Based in Henderson, Tenn., family-owned U.S. Pest Protection opened a branch location in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in the Fountains at Gateway business complex.   Read More

ASSOCIATION NEWS

UPMA's fall conference goes virtual   The Utah Pest Management Association's (UPMA's) virtual conference will be held the same days the conference was initially scheduled to be held, Nov. 12-13.   Read More

GIVING BACK

Arrow Exterminators supports local children's hospital   Arrow Exterminators, based in Atlanta, Ga., donated $15,000 to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Check out how the funds will be used.   Read More   Truly Nolen employees donate blood to give back to community   Nearly 50 employees of Tucson, Ariz.-based Truly Nolen Pest Control donated blood in July to give back to their community with the American Red Cross.   Read More

READER POLL

Reader poll: Bed bug control challenges   Please take a minute to answer our latest poll: What do you consider to be the most challenging aspect of bed bug control?   Take Poll

MOVERS & SHAKERS

ServiceMaster appoints new CEO   Brett Ponton will join Memphis, Tenn.-based ServiceMaster as CEO by Oct. 1. Interim CEO Naren Gursahaney will continue as chairman of the board.   Read More   Terminix names chief marketing officer for residential business   Alex Ho joined Memphis, Tenn.-based Terminix as chief marketing officer for its residential business. He will oversee digital and brand marketing.   Read More

Kness announces leadership transition   Kathy Kness-Wauson, third-generation president of Kness Pest Defense, retired from 34 years of leading the day-to-day operational responsibilities. Discover who will oversee operations.   Read More   PCI marketing coordinator promoted to marketing director   Pest Control Insulation (PCI) promoted Marketing Coordinator Annie McCane to marketing director.   Read More

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Technology tools to track customer cancellations   Technology helps pest management firms keep track of customer cancellations more efficiently; these tools can assist in the process.   Read More   Roundup: Latest technology for optimum rodent control   Because of this season’s spike in rodents across the country, we’ve rounded up a number of the latest technologies for optimum control.   Read More

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How Leading PMPs Are Redefining Strategies This Year   Date: August 13 Sponsored content by: Slingshot America was hit with unprecedented change in 2020 that rocked industries and presented us all with a lot of uncertainties. For most PMPs, it came with an unexpected residential boom — with consumer search up almost 300 percent! We answer the questions of what strategies and programs are being changed, have changed, will change next year and how consumer expectations and regulatory pressures have influenced temporary and possibly permanent change. Speakers: Gui Bergeron, CEO, Frontline Pest Control Bill Welsh, VP of Sales and Region Manager, Rose Pest Solutions   Register Now