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ASA members only webinar: Economic update with Dr. Chris Kuehl

Return of inflation? What it might mean for the construction sector.

March 15, 2021

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl returns with his monthly ASA economic update webinar.

Bruce Merrifield: Minnow division and data-free beliefs

Don’t waste time and resources on the wrong customers.

Bruce Merrifield

March 12, 2021

Customer-profitability analytics provide many insights for distributors. A common opportunity is an accumulated sea of small, unprofitable accounts: Minnows!

MRC Global announces new President and CEO

March 11, 2021

MRC Global announced the appointment of Rob Saltiel as president and chief executive officer and as a member of the company's board of directors effective as of March 15, 2021, succeeding Andrew Lane, who previously announced his retirement plans.

ASA Washington weekly update

The House and Senate are in session this week.

March 10, 2021

With the passage of the American Rescue Plan, attention will turn to several Democratic initiatives, including a new infrastructure bill.

Viega donates press tools for Texas relief

Donated tools part of company drive to help repair and replace plumbing systems damaged in freeze.

March 10, 2021

Viega has donated 10 press tools to help restore plumbing to Texans affected by last month’s killer freeze.

Beyond 20 years

Well-planned hydronic systems offer lasting value.

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

March 10, 2021

Fifty years from now I doubt I will be predicting anything, and yet, hydronic heating, in some form, will hopefully still exist.

Jeff Valles: The fast follower model

If a similar showroom opened in your market, would it make a sound?

Jeff Valles

March 8, 2021

My takeaway from the barrage of stories analyzing the Reddit group that banded together to create noise in the stock industry is that this time, the group hit the market at the right time with the right story and, it seems, most of the people walked away with a profit.

ASA joins appeal on DOE rule to change showerhead water-flow limit

New standard would allow 2.5 gallons per minute on each showerhead nozzle.

March 8, 2021

ASA recently joined the Alliance for Water Efficiency in its appeal to the United States Department of Energy related to allowable flow-rate changes for multi-head showers, and the subsequent negative affects it will have on business operations for ASA members, as well as the overall negative water-efficiency consequences that will result.

Help defend against America’s distracted driving epidemic

Nate Oland

March 8, 2021

Would you ever agree to drive the length of a football field with your eyes closed?

Ferguson announces additional listing of shares on New York Stock Exchange

March 8, 2021

Ferguson announced the completion of its additional U.S. listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Ferguson will retain its premium listing on the London Stock Exchange and inclusion in the FTSE 100 index, and its ordinary shares will trade on both exchanges under the ticker symbol: FERG.