Phillip M. Perry
How can you spark more sales in your retail store? These extra "nudges" will get your cash registers to ring more often. [More]
Phillip M. Perry
Happier workers can mean more money for your business. Check out these tips for boosting the positivity in your workplace. [More]
Scott Webb
Pool Corporation today reported third quarter sales growth of five percent, including 3 percent from its base business.
Overall, net sales for the quarter rose to $528 million, reflecting in part a th... [More]
AQUA Editors
Your September issue was a real eye-opener about our marketing. First of all, the cover showed a plain rectangle pool. This is an overlooked market — small, affordable pools are being ignored by... [More]
Kevin Woodhurst
Shopping like you are buying a car.
Swimming pools are custom construction projects and are built by many individual trades and pool contractors with different standards. All pools are not built the s... [More]
Phillip M. Perry
Looking to increase sales and profits this Christmas season? Set the stage now with a plan that exploits the full potential of gift cards.
Consider this: More than half of all consumers bought a... [More]
Scott Webb
Pentair has announced second quarter 2012 sales of $942 million, an increase of 3 percent from the prior year quarter.
"While the global macro environment remains challenging, we continue to see pocke... [More]
Scott Webb
Pool Corp. today reported results for the second quarter of 2012. Net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 increased 7 percent to $757.2 million, compared to $706.4 million in the second quarter ... [More]
Phillip M. Perry
Retailers can reduce the costs of their credit card merchant accounts by shopping for quality providers and vetting their contracts. Thanks to a more competitive marketplace merchant account providers... [More]
Scott Webb
Well, I'm glad that's over with. Economically, 2011 will be categorized along with the two or three before it under a single heading . . . help me here . . . malaise? . . . melancholy? . . . funk?
I s... [More]