Mike Miazga

National Kitchen & Bath Association President John Morgan has a message for those heading to New Orleans April 19-21 for the 2013 http://www.kbis.com/ Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. Embrace the present and the future.

Luxury Products Group is in its fourth year of existence as a luxury kitchen and bath products buying group under the Omni Corporate Services umbrella. LPG started in 2010 with 92 members and now boasts a roster of more than 240 member locations.

“You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.”

John Drewry and Mike Priesmeyer had a simple reason for founding Houston-based master distributor Energy Metals eight years ago.

What did we do without cell phones and the Internet? That thought crossed my mind New Year’s Eve night while out to dinner with family. I observed a gentleman to my left perpetually engrossed in his smartphone despite a female companion and another couple seated with him at the table.

When I was in high school a good friend turned me on to a quirky radio program called “Swap Shop.” The premise of the show was people calling in to buy, sell and trade hard-to-find items. A quick Internet search reveals the call-in show still exists on a radio station in Florida.

One of my cousins is a weather aficionado. He had a weather-only radio growing up, can give you the definition of barometric pressure, and he really goes off the charts with enthusiasm when watches and warnings are issued in northern Illinois.

Retired Shell Oil Co. President John Hofmeister took leadership at the highest levels in the United States to task.

Commitments to customer and employee excellence take Coburn’s to new heights.