The SpaRetailer Podcast

Latest Episodes
Episode #65, Selling Hot Tubs (Locally) Online with Gunnar Graven
Gunnar Graven is the second generation in his family at the helm of Steepleton in Louisville, Kentucky, but the fourth generation overall to run the business founded in 1908. Graven has turned his com
Episode #64, When a Marketer Starts Selling Swim Spas with Ben Poggemiller
Ben Poggemiller is back on The SpaRetailer Podcast to share what his company has been doing to sell swim spas. Before 2021, there hadn’t been much of a focus on swim spas at Urban Life Pools & Hot Tub
Episode #63, NASCAR and Hot Tubs with Ryan Truex
This episode’s guest is NASCAR racer Ryan Truex. Truex drives the #40 Chevrolet for Niece Motorsports, emblazoned with Marquis logos. As a Marquis brand ambassador, Truex has done lots of fun promotio
Episode #62, So What Exactly IS Happening in the Chemical Industry, with Alicia and Andrea from BioLab
In addition to the supply and demand stress that everyone in the industry has felt, BioLab had the added challenge of a factory fire. Hurricane Laura caused a fire that destroyed its plant that manufa
Episode #61, Learning from the Past, Building for the Future with David Carleton
No matter how good or bad you were at marketing and promoting your pool and spa business in 2020, most of the dealers and manufacturers listening to this podcast had a significant increase in sales in
Episode #60, BOPIS and Other Retail Trends to Try with Ted Lawrence from Poolcorp
Ted Lawrence, the corporate category retail manager at Poolcorp, brings a global perspective to hot tub and swimming pool retail and supply chain. We talk about setting up buy-online-pick-up-in-store
Episode #59, More Supply Chain Woes with Bob Confer
If you’ve learned more about the global supply chain in the last year than ever before, you’re not alone. Today we’re talking to Bob Confer from Confer Plastics in North Tonawanda, New York. Confer su
Episode #58, Commercial Real Estate and COVID, with Brian Quint
We’re talking about expansion again. Obviously, it’s a weird and interesting time to think about adding a new location. On the one hand, there are some amazing commercial real estate opportunities out
Episode #57, From the Ashes with the Michels from Backyard Leisure
Have you ever gotten so frustrated with your business that you threatened to “burn it down?” Earl and Josh Michels from Backyard Leisure don’t recommend it. When a fire destroyed their flagship locati
Episode #56, Helping Retailers through Forced Change with Ted Lawrence from Poolcorp
Ted Lawrence, the corporate category retail manager at Poolcorp, brings a global perspective to hot tub and swimming pool retail and supply chain. Lawrence talks about the successful changes he saw re