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Waiting For The Sunrise

Barrett Kilmer
Customers are eager for solar products — but is the pool industry meeting their needs? Here, we go inside the world of solar products and see how they could change the industry. [More]

Back to the Big Easy: PSP Moves to New Orleans

Barrett Kilmer
After four consecutive years at Mandalay Bay, the International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo will leave Las Vegas for New Orleans, a city that last played host to the show nearly ... [More]

Coast Spas Group's Don Elkington Talks About The Hot Tub Industry

Barrett Kilmer
Don Elkington is president of the Coast Spas Group, a Canadian manufacturer once known for adding televisions to its tubs, but now better known as a leader in international hot tub sales. AQUA reached... [More]

Time To Write My Own Retail Story

Barrett Kilmer
Journalists are always taught not to bury the lead, so I’ll get it out of the way now. After more than 12 years, I’m leaving AQUA to work with my wife at the coffee shop we opened eight ye... [More]

Business Briefs: Dyna-Tech, Cal Spas

Barrett Kilmer
• Cal Spas recently announced the launch of its new Genesis Spa Series, a line of rotomolded hot tubs that will be available to its dealer network beginning in 2013. “We updated our popular... [More]

Two Hot Tub Retailers On Going Green

Barrett Kilmer
Pool and spa retailers who want to present their products and business practices as eco-friendly face an uphill battle given what many of the products they sell are made of, and how they’re made to work. It’s an often-frustrating battle... [More]

Business Briefs: BioLab and Filbur Manufacturing

Barrett Kilmer
BioLab, Lawrenceville, Ga., recently announced two promotions within its North America Pool & Spa Pro Division. Scott Newton, who has served as Brand Manager for the past ... [More]

Merlin's Magic

Barrett Kilmer
T.J. Moreland is business development manager for Merlin Industries in Hamilton, N.J., a diversified company that makes vinyl liners, safety pool covers, spa covers — and even its own electricity... [More]

NSPF Awards $17,000 In Scholarships And Fellowships

Barrett Kilmer
Nine university students have been awarded a total of $17,000 in scholarships and fellowships by the National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) Board of Directors for the year 2012-2013. The board has f... [More]

APSP Releases Water-Management Talking Points

Barrett Kilmer
It’s been a dry and hot summer for most of the United States. In much of the nation's midsection and the South, vast swaths are under either “severe” or “extreme” drought... [More]

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