by Lindsey Thompson | Jan 9, 2024 | Operational Insights
When retired pastor Rick Graves purchased a paint store in 2016, he had no idea it would lead to him meeting, falling in love with and marrying his wife Janet. Graves moved to Waupaca, Wisconsin, where The Paint Store had been operating for over 20 years, after his...
by Lindsey Thompson | Jan 8, 2024 | Operational Insights
At Hadlock’s House of Paint, which has three locations in Rochester, New York, the winter months can be a little slow. Paint specialist and social media coordinator Todd Gonzalez says Rochester is notorious for cold, snowy winters so exterior sales are slow to...
by Lindsey Thompson | Jan 8, 2024 | Operational Insights
For Ashley Peterson, owner of Blue Mist Paint & Flooring in Spartanburg, South Carolina, hosting Converse University for a design course was a full-circle moment. Growing up 20 minutes from Converse University, Peterson would tell her mom she wanted to go there...
by Lindsey Thompson | Jan 5, 2024 | Operational Insights
Simple but highly effective, the cash register checklist at Triboro Paint Center has boosted add-on sales and added another layer of customer service to the operation, which has three stores in Warwick, Rhode Island, and North Attleborough and Foxboro, Massachusetts....
by Lindsey Thompson | Jan 4, 2024 | Operational Insights
What others might call saturated, John McKenna calls success. John and his brother Buddy McKenna are the owners of The Paint Shoppes, a five-store operation in the Providence, Rhode Island, area. The state is home to 1 million residents with Providence’s population...
