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...

Were it not for the 1099's and W2's in the trash I might not have noticed that my daughter Miranda had been home to visit.    THE former...

In December of last year the private equity firm American Industrial Partners  completed an acquisition of the architectural coatings...

THE third largest city in a deep blue state my hometown of Stamford, Connecticut suffers a misfortune conspicuous in one-party rule:...

In the news last week were tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on all goods imported into the country.  Those taxes, plus...

Executives from Pittsburgh Paints gathered in Cabo San Lucas Mexico in March, assembling with the preeminent customers of their company...

If you are an independent paint or hardware retailer please click here before reading this week’s blog, thank you. It’s been more than...

After three-weeks on the road it was Netflix and chill with my fiancéeic last weekend, the longest traveling of my career forcing the...

There were layoffs at Pittsburgh Paints’ corporate headquarters last week, the end of anticipation for an unlucky few. Riffed were as...

Executives from American Industrial Partners gathered in Florida last week to meet the team at Pittsburgh Paints, including newly...

On the February 6th episode of Mad Money , the show’s host Jim Cramer  opined on the current share price of Sherwin-Williams stock; THE...

I spent Monday and Tuesday this week in Chicago, passing the hours in a boardroom strategizing a path for a client’s innovative new...