In an ongoing effort to monetize their investment the new owners of Pittsburgh Paints offer their assets for sale to anyone with...

It’s been nearly two-months since American Industrial Partners completed their acquisition of PPG’s $2 billion architectural coatings...

Had I made a list of my top-ten most widely read blogs at the end of 2023 each post would have shared the same subject, Benjamin Moore...

My mother’s passing more than five-months ago left a hole in my heart to deep for spackles, and a calendar containing a similar void.  ...

While independent paint and hardware retailers continue to gain share , in other segments independents businesses falter.  THE fallout of...

A list of the ten-most honest United States Presidents has Abe Lincoln, Jimmy Carter and George Washington respectively in the top...

In 1989 PPG acquired Olympic Stain for $134 million in cash, more than $340 million once adjusted for inflation .    In 2013 the paint...

My daughter Miranda, the former Buck Wheat of these pages, arrived in Stamford last week thankful for a father willing to discuss the...

Earlier this month Sherwin-Williams reported earnings for the third quarter of the year, the company failing to reach their own revenue...

Since PPG announced their divestiture from the architectural coatings segment my devices and LinkedIn profile have been abuzz with...

Sherwin-Williams announced their earnings last week reporting a meager .7% increase in revenue for the third quarter of 2024, middling...

With World Series ticket prices ascending beyond the responsible , I had planned to enjoy this season’s Fall Classic from the sports bars...

Independent PPG paint retailers breathed a collective sigh of relief last week when the company announced the sale of their beleaguered...

In August of 1989 baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti announced that, “One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of...

In an October 2023 blog I shared that an international manufacturer of paint applicators and sundries had hired me to help them...

THE paint industry seems dominated by the likes of Home Depot and Sherwin-Williams, companies which spend a combined $1.5 billion in...

For the nation’s largest college football programs the first weeks of the season are spent playing one-sided contests against small...

A month prior to announcing that they had hired investment firm Goldman Sachs to “assist in the review of strategic alternatives” for...

In February the country’s second largest coatings manufacturer PPG announced a review of “strategic alternatives” for its architectural...

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...