Swims & Sweeps
Clay Sherwood, owner of Swims & Sweeps, remembers walking through neighborhoods with his top hat on in the late ’80s,…
Spa Store of Plymouth
Michael Miller had a problem. One of the commercial buildings he owned had lost its biggest tenant, Spa Store of…
Paradise Pool & Spa
Starting a new business because your old one burnt to the ground is not what you’d call an auspicious start….
Olympic Hot Tub
in 1977, Alice Cunningham and her husband, Blair Osborn, left good jobs to start Olympic Hot Tub Company. Cunningham says…
Mermaid Pools & Hot Tubs
Our SR columnist Dave Riley reported in a recent column that 28 percent of hot tub business sales are to…
Combined Pool & Spa
“IF THERE’S A BETTER way of doing something, we’re going to do it,” says Tom Junck, co-owner of Combined Pool…
Premiere Hot Tubs
WHEN BILL MEYER, owner of Premiere Hot Tubs in Austin, Tex., talks about his focus on closing sales, he wants…
Halcyon Spas
MOST WOULD AGREE that 56 is not all that old, but Duane Hunt, owner of Halcyon Spas in Regina, Saskatchewan,…
Viscount Pools, Spas and Billiards
IMAGINE RECOVERING FROM THIS: It’s the spring of 2009 and you just spent $25,000 on a two-week radio campaign. In…
Swim Fitness
WHEN THE FOLKS AT MASTER SPAS convinced Joe Stone to jump back into the hot tub industry, he knew the…
Pristine Pools and Spas
IN MAY OF 2010, Pristine Pools and Spas moved into a 20,000-square-foot showroom, 18,000 square feet larger than where it…
Fun Outdoor Living
WHEN MONEY IS TIGHT, it can be tempting to slash the marketing budget first. But for Fun Outdoor Living, that…