Column: His business is body bags. Thanks to COVID-19, it's booming
Print Your 2020 was probably terrible, but this past year was the best ever for Laguna Hills-based Salam International — moneywise, at least. Weekly team meetings turned into daily ones due to all the extra work. The company’s warehouses in Orange County and New Jersey emptied of bestsellers again and again. When I visited Salam’s headquarters some weeks ago, shrink-wrapped boxes on pallets sat ready for delivery to the East Coast. A previous shipment was already on its way to Tarrant County, Texas. “Most people have a certain style and color, but they’re taking anything on the sh...