Leveraging Facebook
These days small-business owners are aware that Facebook is an option for advertising, but many don’t take advantage of, or…
Outsourcing Options
Outsourcing spa delivery and installation is a multifaceted decision for retailers. Beyond the obvious — making sure the product arrives…
Outdoor GreatRoom: Shining Bright
The Outdoor GreatRoom Company, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of outdoor living products, has launched an upgrade to its Crystal Fire burner….
Bullfrog Spas: A Seat for Every Body
At this year’s Pool | Spa | Patio Expo, Bullfrog Spas is once again showing off a new hot tub…
Making Retail Easier
For 25 years, Global Shop, a huge visual merchandising and store design trade show held each June in the Chicago…
Show Time
Retail Stars, one of your — and our — favorite features, is once again upon us. This year, you’ll learn…
All-in-One Business Services
It’s the dream — one piece of software that will manage all the nuances of a hot tub and swimming pool…
Perfect Pairing
In warm seasons and climates, the backyard is the place to be for grilling with family, playing yard games and…
MAAX Spas: Double Dip
Chris Bolte, president of Agean Bath and Spa in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, says he was one the first dealers…
Selling With One Foot Out the Door?
We cover various backyard living products all year, but this issue is devoted to everything you may sell besides a…
Buying Time
Jim OrncePettis Pools & Patio, sales and training managerHilton & East Rochester, New York “Since we operate in the Northeast,…
Everything But Hot Tubs
Doug RobinsonOwner, Virginia LeisureChesapeake, Virginia We carry Breezesta patio furniture. Another retailer was carrying it down in south Florida,…