Last summer, Russ Long, owner of Golden State Pool Service in Fresno, Calif., received a call from a satisfied client.
When longtime Sacramento builder Aquarius Pools closed its doors last summer, it left 60 vessels unfinished — and wounded the Northern California pool industry’s reputation.
Families enjoy a variety of digital connections 24/7 these days. While the kids chat online, mom and dad conference via Bluetooth headsets.
On the open road, the rules are clear: Stop at red lights. Yield to pedestrians. Wear your seat belt. But sometimes the rules aren’t so cut and dried, especially in the pool and spa industry.
For 15 years, Jim Stone Jr.’s small retail store, Sunshine Pool Co. in Pembroke, Mass., sold the same brand of chemicals. Then two years ago, the manufacturer with whom he did business approached him and said that prices would be increasing by 30 percent.
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