In the spa industry, competitive analysis and market analysis help retailers learn business tactics from regional competitors as well as understand their market positioning and competitors’ strengths and weaknesses. With that knowledge, retailers can pick the best ways to grow.
Ah, retirement. It’s a bittersweet word for longtime business owners to think about. But how do owners leave a business they’ve dedicated decades to? Internal succession, selling to an employee, is one popular route.
Olympic Hot Tub is partnering with Behind the Badge Foundation for its eighth annual Honoring Heroes event.
Family businesses are economic pillars, but the death of a key family member can profoundly affect both the company and the family.
Olympic Hot Tub kicks off its 7th Annual Founder’s Event in October, which honors founders Alice Cunningham and Blair Osborn and their legacy of giving.
Since the explosive demand for spas started in 2020, many retailers grew their businesses enough that they needed to expand to multiple locations.
Don Riling, president of Olympic Hot Tub, has been named a 2023 Middle Market Fast 50 by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
After months of planning and construction, Olympic Hot Tub is opening its new Tacoma, Washington, location in July.
Racial and gender diversity in the workplace has been a priority for business owners in recent years and for good reason. A variety of perspectives and backgrounds stimulates innovative thinking and problem-solving; diverse workforces also tend to attract a wider and more varied customer base.
Olympic Hot Tub, based in Seattle, Washington, has announced its 7th annual Honoring Heroes event, which supports charities that serve military personnel, police officers, firefighters and teachers. The beneficiary of this year’s event is Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Joint Base Lewis-McChord Fisher House provides a comfortable, nurturing and secure home-like environment to the…
Robert Blair Osborn II died on October 29, 2022, at the age of 84. Robert, who typically went by his middle name Blair, helped found Olympic Hot Tub In 1977, along with his wife, Alice Cunningham, in Seattle, Washington, and was famously credited by the Seattle Times for introducing hot tubs to the Northwest. Osborn,…
Hot tub retailer Olympic Hot Tubs kicked off its sixth annual Founders Event throughout the month of October. The event honors company founders Alice Cunningham and Blair Osborn, and their legacy of giving. This year, Olympic Hot Tub raised funds for three organizations that provide emergency and/or affordable long-term housing for those in need: Compass…