LPG EXPO 2020 brought attendees together to celebrate achievements and discuss key initiatives.

Recently, I interviewed the CEO of a distribution-based co-operative group. This gentleman is a longtime veteran of the distribution industry and has spent the last 20-plus years working to improve the relationships between his member distributors and their preferred suppliers.

Since 1954, Robinson Supply Co. has provided plumbing and HVAC products to contractors throughout New England. In 2019, the Robinson team marked 65 years as a plumbing and heating distributor. In order to comprehend this adventure, you must learn of the beginning of the voyage. 

I’ve always believed that most business owners are a single phone call away from extinction. Let’s spend some time today on what we can do to minimize the risk of ownership.

Succession planning can be a powerful and strategic tool that organizations and managers use to drive sustained performance. It is a long-term plan merging an employee’s career ambitions with an employer’s future talent needs.

In the mid-1940s, James Sanford Mitchell Sr. and Charlie Baker were two enterprising friends working for Crane Co., and on a mission to break out on their own to open a wholesale distribution company.

The Granite Group (TGG), a family-owned and -operated plumbing, heating, cooling, propane and PVF wholesale distributor based out of New England, announced the launch of its “My Granite Access” mobile app.

With 100 employees spanning six locations, Chino Hills, Calif.-based Western Water Works Supply Co., a distributor of pipe, valves and fittings for potable, waste and stormwater in southern California and Utah, is dedicated to providing “smooth-running jobs from start to finish.” 

Asking showroom people how they handle pricing can lead to some interesting conversations. Many showroom professionals use a flat discount-off-list habit that has been common for ages. For some reason, we think consumers know that 25 percent off list is the “right” price. But why? 

The annual Kitchen and Bath Industry Show and the International Builder Show are a spectacle of all things new and amazing in the kitchen/bath and building industry.