"The first thing that Peter did when he came here was to get rid of the sole source supplier" agreement that Comcast had with A. Pomerantz for furniture, Maddox said. The single-source agreement had been good for Maddox and stripping it away seemed like a blow. But Maddox said that the change made him more competitive with other furniture distributors and that, over time, A. Pomerantz benefited when it could bid on NBCUniversal furniture contracts.