The Pool & Spa Show
PoolPro has compiled the best events, seminars and booths for service professionals to visit at the Pool & Spa Show.
Another Show Packed Full of Education and Networking in Las Vegas
PoolPro has compiled the best events, seminars and booths for pool professionals to visit at the PSP Expo.
BioLab Hires New Director of Sales for NC Brands after Industry Veteran Retires
BioLab, maker of NC Brands water treatment products like Natural Chemistry, SeaKlear, Coral Seas and Pro Series, is pleased to announce it has hired RJ Wetzel as director of sales for its NC Brands business. He will replace Jay Bertschy, an NC Brands veteran, who will retire in April 2023 after an incredible career with…
Blast From the Past
Retailers continue to get creative with their displays, finding new ways to engage customers despite the craziness of 2020. Baker Pool & Spa in Chesterfield, Missouri, is no exception. As restrictions lifted and the company prepared to welcome customers back, store manager Josh Davis tasked his team with finding fun ways to engage clients. To…
Natural Chemistry offers Pro Series live virtual training
Natural Chemistry is launching a new Pro Series educational platform for the 2021 training season. The live online training is provided by the company’s education manager and available immediately. Interested pool pros simply visit the new Pro Series Pool website (ProSeriesPool.com) and select Schedule Training. Choose your preferred date and time, and include as much…
ProSeries app available from NC Brands
Natural Chemistry now offers the ProSeries app that provides complete water analysis and storage of customer information in the palm of the hand. Created to help pool and spa professionals determine a customized water treatment plan for specific problems including algae, cloudy water, staining, phosphate issues, scum and foaming, the app also allows professionals to…
BioLab Announces Winner of NC Pool Cleanup Challenge
Matthew Barclay, owner of Blue Moose Pools in Phoenix, Arizona, is the $6,000 first prize winner of NC Brands’ (now BioLab) 2019 Pool Cleanup Challenge, in which pool professionals entered their most compelling and creative ‘swamp to clear’ experiences. Barclay won for the treatment of a green swimming pool with Yellow Out before shock treatment…
Natural Chemistry Launches New Product Display Program
Natural Chemistry launched the “3-D Merchandising Program” (Dealer, Distributor, Display) designed to support dealers and distributors. The program is focused on providing dealers high-end retail displays and up to $300 in product vouchers with every rack ordered. Distributors benefit by having dealers purchase product with the NC Brands vouchers. “Our goal was to create a…
Banishing the Swamp Monster
When Tony Lawrence, owner of TLC Pools in La Mesa, California, gets a call from potential customers, he says it’s typically because they have a pool algae problem and have tried everything with no results. “They normally call me at their wits’ end,” Lawrence says. “They can hardly believe it when I say, ‘Trust me,…
New Products from NC Brands
NC Brands, maker of Natural Chemistry and SeaKlear branded water treatment products, is offering its dealers a free test kit designed to test for phosphates in pool water that comes with a color chart, test tube vial and 100 tests for quick, accurate test results. Any qualifying dealers who purchase either Natural Chemistry or SeaKlear…
BioLab Acquires NC Brands
Announced at the end of January, KIK Custom Products Inc., the parent company of BioLab, Inc. (makers of BioGuard and SpaGuard), acquired NC Brands L.P. NC Brands manufactures specialty chemicals and related products for recreational pools and spas in North America and uses naturally-based enzyme technology in pool and spa water care. “The acquisition of…
Pick a Side
Everyone has a preference in competitive markets: Burger King versus McDonald’s, Walmart versus Amazon — and in this industry, the brand of pool equipment you install and the sanitizer you recommend to customers. In the world of chlorine versus bromine, the competition is likewise fierce. What’s the difference? You can’t have a good matchup without…