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The Wholesaler

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October 2021

Volume: 76
Edition: 10

This year, The Granite Group celebrates its 50th anniversary. With the company’s drive for team member engagement and empowerment, TGG invests in employees for their success, which in turn grows the company. Pictured above is President and CEO Bill Condron (second from left) surrounded by team members, who, along with all TGG employees, embody the company’s dynamic people-first culture. 

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The Granite Group

The Granite Group celebrates a half-century of service and teamwork that define the company and its culture.
October 5, 2021
Ruth Mitchell
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Kevin Condron grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. While attending the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, he met a local woman named Clare Kennedy and they later married in 1968.


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2021 PHCP Millennials On The Move

Spotlighting 10 young professionals in the plumbing, heating, cooling, and piping industry
September 1, 2021
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Project Growth Accelerates, But Headwinds Remain

As of July, spending in North America was up 16 percent from a year earlier. In the United States alone, spending was up 18.7 percent.
October 5, 2021
Brian Ford
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This year has been a follow-up to the global slowdown and economic recession brought about in 2020 by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. 


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Go on the Offensive

Tradition and complacency are poor foundations for strategy.
October 5, 2021
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Over the past several years, B2B customers have been changing how and where they source products. 


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Q&A with Spencer Brown, Director of Sales, Pfister

Faucet company launches ‘American Plumber Stories,’ to highlight plumbers throughout the US.
September 3, 2021
Steve Smith
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Pfister launched its ‘American Plumber Stories’ that features plumbers throughout the US.


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High-Efficiency Water Heating for a (Nearly) Post-COVID World

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated some of the shifts already in motion toward higher-efficiency water heating equipment.
July 2, 2021
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When the coronavirus pandemic led to greater hot water usage (and higher energy bills), it accelerated some of the shifts already in motion toward higher-efficiency water heating equipment.
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Q&A with David Brakenwagen, CEO of Leonard Valve

Making installers, specifiers and distributors jobs easier is where the biggest opportunities are for the plumbing manufacturer.
September 3, 2021
Steve Smith
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For more than a century, Leonard Valve Co. has supplied stakeholders in the plumbing industry with mixing valve technology for numerous commercial applications.


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Inventory Management

Stop Struggling and Start Prioritizing Mental Health

One of the best things senior leaderships can do right now is address the languishing state of the employee base.
October 5, 2021
Jason Bader
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If I can sum up my collective emotion over the past several months, I would describe it in one word — meh.


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The Beschloss Perspective

U.S. Banks Expect Big Profits Ahead

Banks are reporting second-quarter earnings 40 percent higher than the same period a year ago.
October 5, 2021
Morris Beschloss
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While the economic recovery maintains growing profits, major U.S. banks anticipate one of their biggest profit years ahead — such as major players J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. and Citigroup. 


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PVF Market Overview

Price Increases, Supply Chain Woes Continue to Plague PVF Industry

U.S. manufacturers face a backlog that has been growing all year, with core capital goods orders climbing to a record high of $231 billion.
October 5, 2021
Stephen Letko
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October marks the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2021 with the PVF industry continuing to deal with many uncertainties. 


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Plumbing & Showrooms

A Bold Infusion of Modern Color

Fresh hues bring new energy to kitchen and bath spaces.
October 5, 2021
Linda Jennings
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Show your love for color with the newest kitchen and bath fixtures decked out in attention-grabbing shades and finishes. 


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Showroom Excellence

Hope

Your employees are drowning in the waters of supply delays and rude customers. Offer them a helping hand and a reason to keep swimming.
October 5, 2021
Jeff MacDowell
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Right now, besides sourcing product, finding and keeping employees is one of the largest problems we face.


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Performance Management

Business Reinvention: Distribution on the Cusp of Metamorphosis

We all need healthy cycles of planned renewal because consistency ultimately builds a culture of reinvention.
October 5, 2021
Howard Coleman
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You know, for me, the last 18-plus months have felt like a science fiction movie. Hasn’t it? 


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