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Don’t be a ‘best-kept secret’

A couple weeks ago I visited my son Joe at college. We were headed for dinner at one of the national chain restaurants that encircle the campus and discussing how very few people, in our industry and in ... >> More

Increase sales volume, profits and speed up the product ...

One of the best showroom selling tools is the Pre-Printed Showroom Long Quotation Forms. This form is used by most of the successful plumbing wholesalers and DPH-type showrooms across ... >> More

Listening to the right customers

When I was managing a large facility in Denver, I would get all sorts of goofy product requests from the sales team. Since Denver was a new territory for our company, the sales team was not steeped in ... >> More

America’s entrepreneurship makes U.S. industry unique

Despite a preponderance of obstacles facing the pipe-valve-fittings sector, as well as other aspects of America’s business and industry, the manufacturers, distributors, end-users, mechanical contractors. ... >> More