Barrett KilmerBarrett Kilmer, has been on the editorial staff of AQUA magazine since 2000. He has a B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and currently lives in Madison, Wisc.RetailState Of The Industry: Retail Still on the ReboundThe portable spa and aboveground pool dealer base is wildly diverse in terms of store size, geographic reach and gross sales. The biggest of these stores sells the lion’s share of units, and nowhere is this more pronounced than with aboveground dealers. In that segment, the top five percent of dealers sold as much as the other 95 percent combined. Among those who sold spas, the top eight percent sold half the spas, and brought the average-per-store figure up.May 8, 2012HomeNew Dates For Mid America ShowThe 2013 Mid America Show will be held Monday, Jan. 21 to Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Ill. Exhibitor move-in will take place on Monday and the show floor will be open Tuesday and Wednesday of that week.May 1, 2012HomeIndia's 2nd WAVES Pool & Spa Expo Inks Deals With Hayward and HornerXpressThe second WAVES Expo, India’s only pool and spa trade show, is on track to triple in size in 2012, thanks in part to Hayward and several other U.S. companies that have signed deals for booth space, organizers say. The 2nd WAVES Pool Spa Bath Int’l Expo will be held Sept. 6-8, at the new India Expo Centre & Mart, in Greater Noida, Delhi, with educational conferences taking place Sept. 6-7.April 26, 2012HomeBusiness Briefs: SeaKlear, Bullfrog, Zodiac, Premier PoolsHaloSource, parent company of the SeaKlear brand of premium water treatment products for pools and spas, has promoted Rick Lockett to president and general ...April 24, 2012ServiceSPEC Kills Bad Tax Bill, But Another LoomsThe California Spa And Pool Industry Education Council (SPEC) has prevailed in its efforts to protect the state’s pool service professionals from a law requiring them to collect sales tax for their services.April 19, 2012HomeVGB Deadline ExtendedThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently extended the deadline for compliance with the Virginia Graeme Baker Act’s interpretation of an “unblockable drain” from May 28, 2012, to May 23, 2013.April 19, 2012HomeSeveral Big Exhibitors Return To IPSPE Show In 2012With the Int’l Pool | Spa | Patio Expo still more than half a year away, show organizers are trumpeting the return of the “Big 3” equipment manufacturers — Pentair, Hayward and Zodiac — to this year’s show.April 12, 2012SpasOregon's Sue Rogers Talks About The Hot Tub IndustryIn February, Oregon Hot Tub was awarded the Locksin Thompson Dealer of the Year award by Hot Spring Spas. The company was selected from more than 700 ...April 10, 2012RetailTwo Hot Tub Manufacturers Turn To Rotationally Molded SpasNear the end of 2011, acrylic spa giant Watkins Manufacturing announced that it had acquired the assets of American Hydrotherapy Systems (AHS), makers of the ...April 4, 2012HomeBusiness Briefs: SeaKlear, Pen Fab, Plastimayd, Tara Liners, DeltaUV, Evosus• SeaKlear has hired Martin Coles as the company’s new CEO. Coles has worked in many Fortune 500 corporations, most recently at Starbucks, where he served as president of Starbucks Coffee International and COO of Starbucks Coffee Company. In that role, he was responsible for all aspects of the company's global operations across 51 countries. Prior to that, he served as president and CEO of the Reebok brand and has held senior executive positions at Nike and Pepsi Cola Bottling US.March 29, 2012Previous PagePage 9 of 28Next PageTop StoriesBuilderSmall Business With a Big ImpactA Wisconsin sauna builder is making big moves in his local community and beyond, for the good of expanding his small business and promoting the healing benefits of sauna.Builder2025 Awards of Excellence: Gold WinnersLegislationPump Motors, Heaters, and Controls Face Legislative ChangeBuilderDesigning Rooftop and Podium Deck Pools and SpasSponsored ContentAUTOMATE TO DOMINATE: Meet Your Competitive Edge
