On Monday Pittsburgh Paints eliminated operations managers from their paint stores division costing 75 people their job.  Predictable...

It seems likely that in the three weeks since Sherwin-Williams chief executive Heidi Petz announced that her company would no longer match their employee’s 401(k) contributions that I have spoken to more Sherwin employees than the company’s chief executive.   But if she wants to know what they’re saying, she can read about it here.   Since that news broke I have been contacted by several hundred employees at Sherwin-Williams with titles ranging from Vice-Presidents in Cleve

Ranked by economic impact wage theft is the costliest crime in the United States totaling more than $50 billion in 2019, the most recent...

Last week Sherwin-Williams chief executive Heidi Petz  emailed her more than 60,000 employees to let them know that their company would...

A new college football season began on Saturday allowing me to distinguish between weekends and weekdays for the first time since my...

THE country's largest home improvement retailer Home Depot is losing market share in the DIY paint segment most likely to Ace Hardware,...

There’s a wide enough range of expectations amongst analysts following Sherwin-Williams to assume that at some point soon at-least half...

With my feet up on summer I had no reason to stress the drive from Stamford to Cranberry, Pennsylvania and the corporate headquarters of...

THE 400 employees of Pittsburgh Paints’ supply chain met with CEO Brian Carson last week in a town hall style event originally scheduled...

Heavy metal paladin Ozzy Osbourne died last week, more than 40-years after I warned him that he might.    Stuff this in Your Pocket   My...

On Thursday of last week independent Pittsburgh Paints retailers received an email from representatives at that company announcing a 5.8%...

Conducting a survey of dealer sentiment and creating a document summarizing my findings were the final outputs before summer months...

Whether you navigated to this page via my LinkedIn profile , a Google search of my name or by typing this blog’s URL directly into your...

For the second time this year employees at Pittsburgh Paints have experienced mass layoffs losing as many as 100 coworkers last week...

Last week Benjamin Moore laid off 50 employees bringing to 60 the total number rif’ed by Montvale in the last two-months, likely...

My father was not bothered by the disrepair he allowed his paint store to fall into over his 30-years behind the counter.  Irresponsible...

Under the nom de plume of Silence Dogood founding father Benjamin Franklin helped establish the modern advice column, a Dear Abby for...

I spent much of last week surveying independent paint retailers on sentiments towards their brands, leaving Pittsburgh Paints CEO Brian...

Last week Billy Joel cancelled all live performances after being diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus , a condition of the brain...

In 2001 when Berkshire Hathaway purchased Benjamin Moore Warren Buffet promised independent retailers that THE brand would forever...