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Updated for February on 02/08/12
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Weldbend and the Coulas family are synonymous Sixty years ago, James Coulas Sr. established what would become Weldbend as a surplus house in a tiny little space. An entrepreneur from an early age — he got his start selling produce from his wagon ... >> More |
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Grinbergs continue legacy of doing business with integrity With a combination of soft-spoken charm and business acumen, brothers Gyl and Roy Grinberg are building upon the legacy in PVF distribution that their father began 55 years ago with the founding of ... >> More |
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A quick look at 2012 through a young pair of 68-year-old eyes Hello, readers and friends. Welcome to my little corner of the PVF world! I realize some of my articles get rather long and drawn out at times, but for the most part I do that for the sake of the historical ... >> More |
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Good communication is essential to good business Getting your year off to a focused, running start is part of the agenda for this early and often slow time of the year. In most markets, the “construction season” hasn’t really started. (As I write this there are a ... >> More |
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Branding your showroom and the luxury products you sell I hope that you read my January 2012 showroom column which included “factually” charged optimism about this new year. Don’t get caught up in the negative toxicity that some of the news media spread. ... >> More |
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Best question yesterday = worst question today The other day I had a great Skype video catch-up with Simon Hazeldine, a good buddy of mine who lives in England. Simon is a well-known expert on selling and marketing, not only in the UK but in ... >> More |
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Is steel the harbinger of a major industrial surge in 2012? The U.S. steel industry has always been one of the most reliable indicators of what lies ahead for the American industrial sector. Having reached its peak of 150 million tons in 1950, steel production has ... >> More |