Once found mainly in health clubs and gyms, saunas are now increasingly common in homes. Whether selling them as stand-alone units or packaged with a cold plunge, it’s important to understand the features and benefits of this growing wellness category.
As the third-generation co-owner of Ultra Modern Pool & Patio in Wichita, Kansas, Kara Weed is working hard to grow the business and add two more stores in the next five years.
When Rita Rowlen’s father, Cecil Schniepp, started his swimming pool construction and retail business in 1954, his dream was to have all seven of his children in the business.
There was certainly a time when radio was the king of advertising; if you needed to get your business name out there, you turned to radio. Pretty much everyone had the radio on in the car, the house, at work and even out in the backyard. These days, there are countless ways for businesses to…
Doug RobinsonOwner, Virginia LeisureChesapeake, Virginia Prices are going up quickly. I sell four manufacturers’ hot tubs, and two of the four have had significant [freight] price increases. That makes it even more imperative that when we buy spas, we buy them by the truckload. If we buy them half truck and send them LTL…
Doug Robinson Owner, Virginia Leisure Chesapeake, Virginia Doug Robinson began his industry career in sales at Orlando’s Rec Warehouse in 1992, eventually becoming a regional manager and moving to Virginia Beach. As Rec Warehouse met financial difficulty, Robinson began to dream of being his own boss. He opened Virginia Leisure in Chesapeake, selling outdoor…
For the last 17 years, nearly 65 percent of all new jobs were created by small businesses, which 77 million Americans currently rely on for their paychecks. Local stores are so critical to the health of their communities, in fact, that neighborhoods with thriving independent business districts enjoy average home values that are 50 percent…