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Try Before 'They' Buy

With sales and public interest on the rise, a sauna manufacturer unveils a large new showroom.

A look inside Almost Heaven's showroom.

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Industry Spotlight: LG Electronics

LG Electronics

Advances in compressor technology are helping manufacturers move beyond the traditional capacity range of residential pool heat pumps, creating new possibilities for larger pools, faster heating and cooling, and a broader range of applications.

Industry Spotlight: LG Electronics

June 2016 New Spa and Pool Products

Water treatments, spas, rail goods and more — these new products have the industry talking this summer. Check 'em out!

Oop 616 Aq Tile

Prevent Fraud with Proper Cash Drawer Management

Employee fraud or embezzlement often takes place at the cash drawer. Good management procedures can stop it.

Single Family Home Sales Jump

New, single-family home sales shot up 16 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 619,000.

What Should You Do When Customers Haggle?

Should you go with a low-ball offer, hold fast on your price or make a concession to win the sale?

Haggling is like a tug of war between you and your customer. What should you do?

David Strategy #6: Creating Remarkable Customer Experiences

These are the qualities customers value about their local businesses — could your customers say the same things about you?

Pools and Spas: Appreciating the Familiar

While some builders wow with over-the-top designs, others show even the simplest pools can be beautiful.

Michael Logsdon's simple, round pool.

VacuSeal Signs License Agreement with Watkins Wellness

The owners of Hot Tub Products (Wallingford, Conn.), has signed a license agreement with Watkins Wellness (Vista, Calif.), allowing them to manufacture VacuSeal covers for it line of swim spas.

POOLCORP Promotes Postoll

POOLCORP, the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment and related backyard products, announced the promotion of Rick Postoll to vice president and general manager.

Haviland Employees Grow Mustaches to Support Local Hospital

Haviland Pool & Spa Products, makers of ProTeam, SpaPure and Salt Support pool and water treatment products, set up an in-house challenge to raise money for cancer treatments at Mercy St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich. The inaugural competition was created by the team at Haviland; called the Havastache competition, there were 11 employees who competed to grow the perfect mustache over a 30-day period, raising pledges for donations to the hospital’s fight against cancer.

California Eases Water Conservation Restrictions

Regulators in the Golden State dramatically reverse stance on statewide conservation measures.

Christen Mertes Joins S.R. Smith Team

S.R. Smith has named Christen Mertes to a newly formed commercial sales position. Prior to joining S.R. Smith, Mertes served as an aquatics industry inside sales & project estimator with 10 years’ experience in the commercial swimming pool industry.

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