In 2018, York, Pennsylvania–based Fox Pools will celebrate 60 years in business. The Fox Pool Group supplies package pools, liners as well as acrylic spas, steps and benches for backyard construction. The manufacturer is one of the oldest makers of vinyl-liner package pools and still works with some of its early builders.
Automatic pool-cover installation and service company Cover Care has honored its technicians who have each installed 2,000 to 3,000 automatic covers. The technicians were given a silver speciality coin to signify their achievement. “We have career technicians who have installed so many covers that we wanted to honor them for their service,” says Tom Callahan,…
NC Brands has hired Shaun Mulhall as its southeastern regional manager, which covers north to middle Georgia as well as central Alabama. Mulhall has more than 30 years of industry experience ranging from pool construction and service to sales and management. “We are excited to have Shaun join our team as he brings a wealth…
Katherine Emswiler has been promoted to marketing coordinator at Fox Pools. Emswiler has been with the company for four years in a customer service position. “Katherine is an invaluable member of our team and a favorite representative to our dealers,” says Eric Gohn, vice president of sales and marketing at Fox Pools. “Katherine will continue…
Give your company a stress test Some people would call me a planner. I like to have everything mapped out from work tasks and family vacations to weekend projects around the house. I’ve got my life organized in various spreadsheets and other planning tools. I take comfort in having an idea of what is supposed to…
Dan Cunningham gets paid to expect the worst. The companies that rely on his business analysis services are grateful for his insistence that troubled times are never far off. Why? Because history has proven him right, and in Cunningham’s experience, misplaced optimism is a business killer. “The biggest mistake people make is overextending themselves when…
Swimmers and the environment bring all sorts of things into the pool with them: skin oils, dirt, sunscreen, bird waste, debris, bacteria — you name it, it’s probably in the pool water. As a service professional, you see the worst of it in poorly functioning pool filters, water chemistry frustrations and the cumbersome ring that…
For Brian Quint of Seattle-based Aqua Quip, the regional labor pool has talent, high expectations and plenty of options. Washington state, after all, is home to global juggernauts like Microsoft, Starbucks and Amazon, all of which are famous for generous benefits packages and employee-centric work cultures. But if Quint’s company sells hot tubs, swim spas,…
2017 was an extraordinarily active year for hurricanes and flooding in America. Texas-based risk insurance specialist Jeannette Blanton-Monnat of Blanton Insurance focuses on coverage for the construction trade. “Everybody lives and works in a flood plain,” Blanton-Monnat says. “The difference is how likely a flood will impact where your home or business is located. That’s…
Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Instagram — the internet is crawling with social interaction between consumers and businesses. With so many platforms available, it can be hard to determine whether one is a viable option for your showroom over another. Instagram’s 700 million active monthly users make it a force to be reckoned with, and moreso…
Technology has invaded the equipment market, and many service firms are finding better efficiency — and an increase in customer satisfaction and loyalty — through the use of automatic pool cleaners. The team at All Seasons Pools, Spas & Outdoor Living in Orland Park, Illinois, handles just about everything. In addition to a brick-and-mortar retail…
[This product has been discontinued by Hayward as of December 20, 2021] We’d discussed writing a story on ConnectedYard’s pHin product for awhile, so when they got in touch and offered to let us test it*, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to see if it lived up to the company’s claims. Our publisher,…