THE IDEAL BLUEPRINT

Vital tips for successful showroom planning… The ideal blueprint for a successful showroom will focus attention on your main profit-making selling points, displayed in a way that moves the customer around the store. Take time to add-in obvious and clearly separated product areas such as chemicals and water treatment. A designated section on heating and […]

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Comeback Kids

Above ground pools were the come back kids of 2013 as both temperatures and sales soared to levels not seen for almost a decade. With sustained summer sunshine throughout July and August, 2013 turned out to be a vintage year for above ground pools.

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French Connection Reaps Global Rewards

They promoted it as the event you cannot afford to miss. Lyon Piscine and Aqualie 2012, two benchmark exhibitions for swimming pool and spa professionals certainly lived up to that billing. Simply put, the Lyon exhibition event is the biggest and most important global show for the combined pool and spa sectors. It brings together 600 exhibitors, 1,000 brands from 90 countries and in the region of 18,000 visitors to Lyon. Traditionally, the first opportunity to see new developments in Europe, the combined Piscine and Aqualie 2012 events are also an exceptional opportunity to explore the latest key trends in the pool and spa markets.

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Home Pool Market Is Hostage To Fortune

The residential pool market once again found itself a hostage to fortune with disappointing weather being blamed for a difficult summer season for most. Chemical sales were significantly down for most as well as seasonal sales of lines such as above ground pools and toys and games. The UK experienced the latest in a run […]

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