As Pettis Pools & Patio celebrates its 60th year in business, owner John Napodano reflects on its founders and the companys success. As a veteran of the hot tub industry, Napodano talks about the imp

Recently featured in the Stores section of SpaRetailer, Chris Ogden, general manager of Time Machine Hot Tubs, is our podcast guest. Ogden began selling spas in 1999 and now heads one of the most uniq

Southern Leisure Spas & Patio was supposed to be a pool supply store that grew into a pool remodeling and construction company. However, owner Cole Taylor pivoted once he saw that it was the hot tubs

Ravi Kurani grew up in the pool and spa industry his parents owned a supply store in southern California. Kurani went on to get a mechanical engineering degree and then an MBA. It was actually a pro

Amanda Annis, president of Ohio Pools & Spas, didnt want anything to do with the family business. But now shes all in and shares her thoughts on everything from employee reviews, selling used hot tu

Merchant Cost Consulting is every small business owners dream. They do the work and you dont pay them a dime unless they deliver and in this case they are delivering pretty significant savings in

It took Isotec International many years to perfect a polyurethane that could replace the typical polyester resin used to back hot tubs. Acrylobond not only offers to same strength as polyester resin,

Rick Harvey, director of sales (Pool Division) at KIK Consumer Product/Biolab Inc. is the current chair of the PHTA’s WAVE Young Professionals Network. Megan, who is the WAVE vice-chair, and Rick sit

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. Read more about the compa

As a local business you surely have filled out your Google My Business listing, gathered as many reviews as you can and have even done some paid advertising to get your company at the top of local sea