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Forte hires Grim as director of sales

August 31, 2018

Industry veteran charged with ensuring group growth initiatives and increasing sales among members.

Forte Group Conference centers on shareholders and vendors

The 2018 Forte Group Conference was held Feb. 26 - March 1.

Mike Miazga

April 16, 2018

Major initiative centers on shareholders and vendors working in tandem as new era of decorative plumbing and hardware group begins.

New Forte CEO Cindy Hall talks about creating value

Hall’s experience with Forté began Aug. 1 at the group’s summer conference in Chicago.

Nadia Askar

November 8, 2017

Cindy Hall is the Forté buying group’s first CEO.

Fredric Lucas, CEO of Prima Ressource, offers Forté summer meeting attendees advice

The art of the sale discussed at Forté summer meeting

Keeping your business successful.

Nadia Askar

September 18, 2017

Forté summer meeting loaded with educational opportunities.

Forte buying group emphasizes young leaders group

Forte buying group is embracing tomorrow.

Mike Miazga

April 11, 2017

Forte decorative plumbing and hardware buying group continues to emphasize young leaders program.

Warren (left) and Howard Frankel at the 2016 Forte

Forte shareholders emphasize preferred vendor relationship

Eye on the prize at Forte.

Mike Miazga

April 14, 2016

Forte shareholders emphasize preferred vendor relationships in continually changing marketplace.

Supply House Times On the Road: 2015 Forte summer meeting

Engage and connect with Forte Buying Group.

Mike Miazga

September 16, 2015

Forte summer meeting focuses on intensive sales training course.

Forte buying group reveals new sales training program at annual conference

The training will take place in July at Forte’s summer meeting in Chicago.

Mike Miazga

March 23, 2015

The Forte buying group revealed at its late February conference in Indian Wells, Calif., that it will introduce a new sales training opportunity for sales professionals and principals of Forte shareholder businesses.

Supply House Times Profile: Forte’s Doug Hermance

Forte President Doug Hermance likes where the decorative plumbing and hardware industry is headed.

Mike Miazga

March 12, 2014

Supply House Times recently interviewed Forte President Doug Hermance at the decorative plumbing and hardware buying group’s 2014 conference at Trump National Doral outside Miami. Hermance is the president of Houston-based Westheimer Plumbing & Hardware, which features two showroom locations (Houston and The Woodlands) and a warehouse operations center.