Retailer to Retailer: Jim Wolcott
In the most current edition of “Retailer to Retailer,” we introduce you to PDRA Board Member Jim Wolcott, Sioux City Paint & Decorating, Sioux City, Iowa. Learn a bit about his background and his work with the PDRA Board in the Q&A interview, below:
Q: Can you provide a bit of background about you and your [...]Continue reading
Benjamin Moore Annnounces Alliance With Orchard Supply Hardware
Via Press Release:
Benjamin Moore & Co., the country’s leading premium paint manufacturer and a Berkshire Hathaway company, and Orchard Supply Hardware, a California-based home improvement retailer, have formed a strategic alliance that will yield distribution of the revered 129-year-old paint brand through the chain’s stores statewide. Currently, Orchard has 87 stores with plans to add [...]Continue reading
Creativity on Display
There are few things more attention-grabbing in a paint and decorating center than a creative, well-executed display. As part of PDRA’s “Retailer to Retailer” initiative, here are the thoughts from two retailers about how they do their store displays and their display philosophies.
Stockton’s Paint of Bellingham, Wash., uses a variety of ever-changing displays, with owner [...]Continue reading
Excerpt from new “Retailer to Retailer”
The first edition of “Retailer to Retailer” makes its debut in Paint & Decorating Retailer’s January 2012 issue. This is a feature in which you, the retailer, share your thoughts, advice, wisdom and experience with other retailers in the industry. Each edition of “Retailer to Retailer” will include advice for retailers on how to succeed [...]Continue reading
Excerpt from new “Retailer to Retailer”
The first edition of “Retailer to Retailer” makes its debut in Paint & Decorating Retailer’s January 2012 issue. This is a feature in which you, the retailer, share your thoughts, advice, wisdom and experience with other retailers in the industry. Each edition of “Retailer to Retailer” will include advice for retailers on how to succeed [...]Continue reading
AkzoNobel Names 2012 Color Of The Year
AkzoNobel, the world’s largest paint manufacturer, has named Terra Cotta Rose, a blushing, lively and juicy red as its 2012 Color of the Year.
Migrating from a citrus yellow, the 2011 Color of the Year, AkzoNobel’s color experts believe that color trends overall are “progressing into something more confident and robust” as we head into 2012, [...]Continue reading
AkzoNobel Names 2012 Color Of The Year
AkzoNobel, the world’s largest paint manufacturer, has named Terra Cotta Rose, a blushing, lively and juicy red as its 2012 Color of the Year.
Migrating from a citrus yellow, the 2011 Color of the Year, AkzoNobel’s color experts believe that color trends overall are “progressing into something more confident and robust” as we head into 2012, [...]Continue reading
Paint & Decorating Stores Experience Tiny Sales Increase
Posted by Diane Capuano
The sales picture for independent paint and decorating stores was relatively flat, with reports indicating growth of less than 1 percentage point in the third quarter. A 0.4 uptick in sales is still better than a negative figure, however. And on an even more positive note, the average independent paint and decorating [...]Continue reading
Introducing “Retailer to Retailer”
Posted by: Diane Capuano
“Retailer To Retailer” is Paint & Decorating Retailer magazine’s new reader initiative that puts you, the paint store owner, manager or employee, front and center as part of our editorial coverage. In each issue, readers will provide their greatest ideas, anecdotes and advice to other readers about such vital topics of the [...]Continue reading
Despite Big Black Friday, Consumers in a Frugal Mood for Holidays
Via Press Release
U.S. households are expected to spend an average of $497 on gifts this holiday season, The Conference Board reported early this month. Only 7 percent of consumers said they plan to spend more on holiday gifts this year, while approximately 40 percent plan on spending less than last year.
The survey of holiday gift [...]Continue reading