Whether it’s solving day-to-day problems or plotting long-term growth, spa retailers have a lot of priorities but chief among them is workplace safety.
As everyone in the industry is acutely aware, the demand for hot tubs is not as superheated as it was during the pandemic.
Marquis Hot Tubs, based in Independence, Oregon, announced last week that it would be moving the manufacturing of its acrylic hot tubs to Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquis, along with Las Vegas-based Artesian Spas, was purchased by Monomoy Capital in 2021, followed by Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Nordic Hot Tubs in 2022. Artesian and Marquis will now share the manufacturing space currently occupied by Artesian.
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