Since I sold my showroom business in 1995, I have had the unique pleasure of working with dozens of wonderful plumbing wholesalers; some of the very largest and a number of smaller ones, as well.

Severe weather made another appearance at a major wholesale industry event. Back in April, tornadoes whipped through the Dallas-Ft. Worth area while WIT’s 2012 Distributor/Vendor Conference was going on just two miles away.

Modern Supply has announced that Debbie Johnson, former Sales Manager, has been promoted to Vice President.

At the 2012 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, Ferguson was the recipient of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s 2011 President’s Award.

Faced with tough questions from a TV reporter, four actions you should avoid are: 1) Making a stupid facial expression; 2) Trying to end the interview; 3) Staring into the camera like a deer in the headlights; and 4) Declaring, “No comment!”

A loose internal electrical connection of the spa heaters can overheat and ignite, posing a fire hazard. Watkins has received 31 reports of heaters on these spas overheating, five of which resulted in a fire.

Plastered throughout McCormick Place in Chicago was the slogan for the KBIS 2012 event: “Touch the Future.” With the pace companies are advancing technology in their kitchen and bathroom products the slogan for KBIS 2013 might be “A Touchless Future.”

Wisconsin-based First Supply made some history recently.

Bradley Corp. appointed Bryan Mullett to president.