Another One Bites THE Dust!
In an October 2023 blog I shared that an international manufacturer of paint applicators and sundries had hired me to help them...
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Mark Lipton
Sep 182 min
I'm Emphatic!!
THE paint industry seems dominated by the likes of Home Depot and Sherwin-Williams, companies which spend a combined $1.5 billion in...
Mark Lipton
Sep 102 min
Revenge of THE Nerds!
For the nation’s largest college football programs the first weeks of the season are spent playing one-sided contests against small...
Mark Lipton
Sep 43 min
You Forgot One!
A month prior to announcing that they had hired investment firm Goldman Sachs to “assist in the review of strategic alternatives” for...
Mark Lipton
Aug 282 min
I Must Be In the Front Row!
In February the country’s second largest coatings manufacturer PPG announced a review of “strategic alternatives” for its architectural...
Mark Lipton
Aug 212 min
What I Don't Know
It was my mother who first put the pen in my hand, insisting I write my feelings down rather than speak them. That effort either abiding...
Mark Lipton
Aug 72 min
I Won't Be Happy About It!
My content channels generate extensive data about you such as how frequently you visit my pages, what kind of device you’re using as well...
Mark Lipton
Jul 302 min
Let Them Spit!
THE country’s largest paint maker Sherwin-Williams announced their second-quarter financial results last week, the company reporting that...
Mark Lipton
Jul 242 min
Should I Do Diners?
If there was no more to the Connecticut food scene than just the country’s best pizza that alone would be enough, though #ctfoodies know...
Mark Lipton
Jul 162 min
That's a Stretch!
In February PPG chief executive Tim Knavish announced plans to “review strategic alternatives” for the company’s $1.8 billion...
Mark Lipton
Jul 32 min
Because I Told You To!
On my podcast this week I’m joined by Tony Cox, the president of HIS Coatings in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. HIS is the first of three...
Mark Lipton
Jun 253 min
Say Hey!
The greatest baseball player to ever live died last week, Willie Mays was 93. Among history’s most feared hitters, Mays was one of only...
Mark Lipton
Jun 193 min
Practicing What I Preach
On my podcast this week I introduced you to three paint executives. Seeing opportunity in the demise of Kelly-Moore, each led their...
Mark Lipton
Jun 112 min
They're Trending!
Market research giant J.D. Power released the results of their 2024 Paint Satisfaction Study recently and for the second year in a row...
Mark Lipton
Jun 52 min
THE Opportunists!
In 2022 readers of Conde Nast Traveler named Bologna Italy as the planet’s food capital. And now you can add deli capital to that city’s...
Mark Lipton
May 132 min
A Tear for Every Dollar
My daughter Miranda made the trek from Brooklyn to Stamford recently, THE 26-year-old former Buck Wheat of these pages seeking a home...
Mark Lipton
May 83 min
My Old Kentucky Home
Last week the Kentucky Derby proved faithful to its sobriquet when the race ended in three-way photo finish for the first time in its...
Mark Lipton
May 13 min
Again, Connecticut!
My adopted home state of Connecticut is often derided by residents of the remaining New England states, many of whom experience...
Mark Lipton
Apr 172 min
He Proved it All night!
On September 16th of 2022 rock-n-roll icon Bruce Springsteen was scheduled to play a concert at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino. THE...
Mark Lipton
Apr 103 min
Sustainable Living!
When the University of Connecticut secured the number one overall seed in this year’s March Madness tournament I donned my Huskie hoodie...
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