Megan Kendrick

Joined April 24, 2020

Articles 83

We’ve kicked it into high gear

By Megan Kendrick
I haven’t been this excited about an issue of the magazine in awhile. This is our second iteration of what we’re calling our “Power Women” feature where we highlight some of the amazing women leaders in our industry. It was such a hit last year that we’ll probably do it every year until you beg…

How Chlorine Became a Hot Commodity During the Pandemic

By Megan Kendrick
With all the COVID-19-induced supply chain stress over the last few years, few products were affected as greatly as chlorine. You may think you know the story of how we ended up with steep price increases and a historic shortage, but this series of unfortunate events includes far more than a fire, followed by a…

Inside NPP

By Megan Kendrick
A day with NPP to see just what consolidation will mean for the industry One of the weird things I didn’t realize would happen after I bought the magazine is that occasionally I’d get calls from private equity firms searching for insights into the pool industry. Typically, they’d reach out, we’d chat on the phone…

This Issue Was More Than a Year in the Making

By Megan Kendrick
This edition of PoolPro is a bit of a departure for us, as we’ve always featured a pool professional’s smiling face on our cover from the our At the Shop photo shoot. As you can see from this issue, we’ve tried something new.  It’s been more than a year since I approached Terry Arko, content…

Help Us Serve You, and the Industry, Even Better

By Megan Kendrick
We’ve launched a huge renewal campaign for PoolPro — and I would greatly appreciate your participation. You can always pick up a free bimonthly copy of PoolPro at SCP Distributors and Superior Pool Products’ locations, but now you can also have a free subscription mailed directly to you — just fill out this form. Additionally,…

Commemorating the Human Cost of COVID

By Megan Kendrick
First of all, can I just mention how happy our cover this issue makes me? What a bunch of joyous people — and how cool that we’ve got three generations represented from Klenswite Pools. At PoolPro, we do our best to be a positive voice for the industry, but I thought it was important to…

We’ve Made It This Far

By Megan Kendrick
When I first bought the magazine, I had grand ideas for new products and changes I wanted to make right away. About five months into ownership, though, I realized they were unrealistic in the timeframe I had envisioned. I’ve since realized that changes in business, at least in ours, look more like this: Create goal,…

What’s Our Biggest Threat?

By Megan Kendrick
In 2018 we wrote an article about running a stress test on your business (January/February 2018 “How Low Can You Go”). That article posited that if sales stopped or slowed tremendously, there were certain actions you’d need to take to survive. The last couple of years have shown us that threats to small business are…

Pool Nation Grows

By Megan Kendrick
The guys from Pool Nation are tired of answering one question about their business: “ ‘How profitable is it? How are you gonna make money off it?’ ” says founder Edgar De Jesus. As hard as it may be to believe, De Jesus and his partners John Chakalis, co-owner of J&J Flawless Pools in the…