Happy new year from all of us at PoolPro. We appreciate your support in 2018, and hope 2019 is great for you personally and professionally.
We’ve never before done a themed issue of PoolPro, but we’re starting 2019 with an issue all about retail. If you don’t have a swimming pool retail store, don’t put the magazine down just yet: There are applications for pool businesses that don’t now — nor ever want to — have a store.
My favorite story this issue is about inventory turns. If you’re a service or repair company, you know all too well how inventory can quickly suck up cash if you’re not paying attention. This is a great time of year to go through your warehouse and clear out dead inventory that you haven’t moved.
If you do not have a store but would like one (or more) eventually, we talk to several companies that went from service only to adding retail — and one that knows it’s not the right move for them.
Our other retail topics include dress codes, grand openings and merchandising.
Also, don’t miss our first article in a series on servicing high-end pools. In each 2019 issue, we talk to builders about what they wish service companies knew about keeping their top projects in top shape.
Best,
Megan Kendrick, publisher
