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SR Panel: Freight

Posted on February 6, 2019 by SR Editorial

How our panelists see rising freight costs Doug RobinsonOwner, Virginia LeisureChesapeake, Virginia Prices are going up quickly. I sell four manufacturers’ hot tubs, and two of the four have had significant [freight] price increases. That makes it even more imperative that when we buy spas, we buy them by

Posted in Current Issue, Departments, Insiders Doug Robinson, Rita Rowlen, truck driver shortage, Ultra Modern Pool & Patio, virginia leisure

Meet the 2019 SR Panel

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Editorial Staff

Doug Robinson Owner, Virginia Leisure Chesapeake, Virginia Doug Robinson began his industry career in sales at Orlando’s Rec Warehouse in 1992, eventually becoming a regional manager and moving to Virginia Beach. As Rec Warehouse met financial difficulty, Robinson began to dream of being his own boss. He opened Virginia

Posted in Current Issue, Departments, Insiders BonaVista Leisurescapes, Brian Wasik, Doug Robinson, insider information, Jennifer Gannon, Rita Rowlen, SpaRetailer, sparetailer panelists, Spas of Montana, Ultra Modern Pool & Patio, virginia leisure

SR Panel: Accessory Success — and Failure

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Editorial Staff

Retailers share the secondary items that were a hit and others that flopped Rohan Mehta Arctic Spas Durham co-owner Whitby, Ontario We sold trampolines, and they were amazing. We had enough showroom to have a couple on display; we kept an inventory in our warehouse that customers could pick

Posted in Current Issue, Departments, Insiders accessories market, artic spas durham, backyard living, best hot tubs, Bill Renter, eric casssidy, ro mehta, Valley Pools & Spas

SR Panel: Systems Roundup

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Editorial Staff

Software that helps our panelists keep everything running Rene Huston Patio Pleasures Pools & Spas Owner/Vice President of Finance, Sales and Marketing We use Evosus. Before investing in Evosus, we used a very basic POS software but we outgrew it. Evosus seems to serve us well based on our business size.

Posted in Departments, Insiders Bill Renter, Brian Quint, business software, Evosus, Google, Rene Huston

SR Panel: Bold Ideas

Posted on June 6, 2018 by SpaRetailer

A panelist shares two crazy marketing schemes from the past Brian Quint Aqua Quip president and CEO Nine in Seattle/Tacoma metro Hot Tub TV There was a time where anybody with any viable business plan could get a half-hour show on public-access television. I remember two ladies who did an

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