Freedom, is Not Free!
The nation’s second largest paint manufacturer PPG Industries, emailed professional painters (and me!) recently to share that their...
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Mark Lipton
- Nov 22
- 2 min
Of Course I Asked!
A paint dealer reached out recently asking a question which maintains a status among the most frequent I get asked. Though that does not...
Mark Lipton
- Nov 8
- 3 min
When the Walls Come Crumbling Down
Ask a random American where to get the best bagels and most will say New York City, where bagels have been elevated from nosh to food...
Mark Lipton
- Oct 31
- 3 min
They Have Pizza?
When I became a paint dealer in 1988 my father was already a member of a dealer-owned cooperative. Though not THE one which sent so many...
Mark Lipton
- Oct 25
- 2 min
Lowes Knows (Your) Pros!
If you tuned into college football last weekend you may be aware that THE Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Penn State Nittany Lions 20-12. ...
Mark Lipton
- Oct 18
- 1 min
Can You Keep It Brief?
It’s said that if you do what you love for a living, you’ll never work a day in your life. Which explains why a focus group for...
Mark Lipton
- Oct 11
- 2 min
A Good Dumpling
Later this month members of the AllPro cooperative will assemble in Denver for their annual fall stockholders meeting and trade show; the...
Mark Lipton
- Oct 4
- 2 min
Old Habits Die Hard!
It turns out that a smooth-driving German sedan my fiancéeic Gaetana gifted the family three-years ago came with some conditions unstated...
Mark Lipton
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Easy Money!
In an early August blog I mentioned a consulting job which has me working for an international manufacturer of paint applicators and...
Mark Lipton
- Sep 12
- 2 min
THE Paint Geeks!
By September 5th, 1989 the New York Yankees were sufficiently removed from playoff contention that THE team chose to use the season’s...
Mark Lipton
- Aug 30
- 2 min
You'll Miss Me!
On December 29th in 1970 President Richard Nixon signed the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act into law. Tricky Dick’s...
Mark Lipton
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Unnatural Disasters
The New York Yankees lost their eighth consecutive game last night, the feat cementing THE team’s grasp on last place in the American...
Mark Lipton
- Aug 16
- 3 min
The Sounds of Silence
The explosion at the Dow chemical plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana on July 14th was so powerful it registered on a seismometer located more...
Mark Lipton
- Aug 9
- 3 min
A Very Private Benjamin
In the 1980 hit movie Private Benjamin, actress Goldie Hawn plays Judy Benjamin, a young socialite with a dream of marrying well. Which,...
Mark Lipton
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Save THE Date!
Sherwin-Williams reported earnings last week; THE largest paint manufacturer in history announcing that sales had increased 6.3% during...
Mark Lipton
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Pass Me a Pen?
Among the most abiding memories of life as the son of a paint dealer, was the wad of bills omnipresent in my father’s front pant pocket....
Mark Lipton
- Jul 19
- 3 min
One Less Giant
Driving home from a day behind the counter of my father’s paint store just weeks into THE job, I glimpsed a warehouse with its door ajar....
Mark Lipton
- Jul 11
- 3 min
There's a Party Going On!
The New York Yankees stumbled into Major League Baseball’s All-Star break this week losing two of their final three-games before reaching...
Mark Lipton
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Get Some Sleep!
Rock and roll legend Steve Miller landed his big-old Jet Airliner in Connecticut last weekend; the Gangster of Love performing a...
Mark Lipton
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Happy Father'$ Day!
My 25-year-old daughter Miranda, the former Buck Wheat and only remaining reason for a Lipton Father’s Day celebration, invited me to...
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