SpaRetailer

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The Voice of the Hot Tub Industry

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sparetailer.com

Latest episode

May 20, 2026

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Episodes

Episode #72, Building a Greener Hot Tub, with Forest Knight of Isotec 30.03.2022

It took Isotec International many years to perfect a polyurethane that could replace the typical polyester resin used to back...

Episode #71, Monomoy Buys Marquis, with Jim Johnston 17.03.2022

On January 25, Monomoy Capital Partners announced its acquisition of both Artesian Spas and Marquis. (Read more about the acquisition(s) here.)...

Episode #70, The PHTA WAVE Young Professionals Network with Rick Harvey 03.03.2022

Rick Harvey, director of sales (Pool Division) at KIK Consumer Product/Biolab Inc. is the current chair of the PHTA’s WAVE...

Episode #69, Re-release Selling Hot Tubs (Locally) Online with Gunnar Graven 16.02.2022

Gunnar Graven is the second generation in his family at the helm of Steepleton in Louisville, Kentucky, but the fourth...

Episode #68, Get the Google Guarantee with Lorne Sederoff of SearchKings 02.02.2022

As a local business you surely have filled out your Google My Business listing, gathered as many reviews as you...

Episode #67, the Acrylic Repair Pros with Multi-Tech 03.11.2021

For more than a decade Multi-Tech Products has been supplying acrylic repair materials to the hot tub and bath industries,...

Episode #66, Support the Hot Tub Industry with Steve and Tracine 20.10.2021

The International Hot Tub Association has been working to protect the hot tub industry since 2008. Now part of the...

Episode #65, Selling Hot Tubs (Locally) Online with Gunnar Graven 06.10.2021

Gunnar Graven is the second generation in his family at the helm of Steepleton in Louisville, Kentucky, but the fourth...

Episode #64, When a Marketer Starts Selling Swim Spas with Ben Poggemiller 22.09.2021

Ben Poggemiller is back on The SpaRetailer Podcast to share what his company has been doing to sell swim spas....

Episode #63, NASCAR and Hot Tubs with Ryan Truex 08.09.2021

Truex as his “hot tub salesman” alter-ego. This episode’s guest is NASCAR racer Ryan Truex. Truex drives the #40 Chevrolet...

Episode #62, So What Exactly IS Happening in the Chemical Industry, with Alicia and Andrea from BioLab 26.05.2021

In addition to the supply and demand stress that everyone in the industry has felt, BioLab had the added challenge...

Episode #61, Learning from the Past, Building for the Future with David Carleton 05.05.2021

No matter how good or bad you were at marketing and promoting your pool and spa business in 2020, most...

Episode #60, BOPIS and Other Retail Trends to Try with Ted Lawrence from Poolcorp 21.04.2021

Ted Lawrence, the corporate category retail manager at Poolcorp, brings a global perspective to hot tub and swimming pool retail...

Episode #59, More Supply Chain Woes with Bob Confer 07.04.2021

If you’ve learned more about the global supply chain in the last year than ever before, you’re not alone. Today...

Episode #58, Commercial Real Estate and COVID, with Brian Quint 24.03.2021

We’re talking about expansion again. Obviously, it’s a weird and interesting time to think about adding a new location. On...

Episode #57, From the Ashes with the Michels from Backyard Leisure 10.03.2021

Have you ever gotten so frustrated with your business that you threatened to “burn it down?” Earl and Josh Michels...

Episode #56, Helping Retailers through Forced Change with Ted Lawrence from Poolcorp 24.02.2021

Ted Lawrence, the corporate category retail manager at Poolcorp, brings a global perspective to hot tub and swimming pool retail...

Episode #55 from Hot Tubs Direct to an Automatic Cover Lifter with Andy Tournas 10.02.2021

Andy Tournas, founder of ThermoSpas, Hot Tub Products and the International Hot Tub Association, joins us on the podcast today...

Episode #54, The Long Game with Ben Poggemiller 27.01.2021

Ben Poggemiller from Urban Life Pools & Hot Tubs joins us again to share what’s changed in his business since...

Episode #53, A Two-Year Building Project, Opening During Covid, with Ronak Shah 13.01.2021

(left to right) Neal Patel, COO; Nimisha Patel, CIO; Zena Shah, CFO and HR director; Ronak Shah, president and CEO...

Episode #52, The Rep Life with Dennis Gentek, Jacuzzi/Sundance 30.12.2020

Dennis Gentek has pretty much seen it all in the hot tub industry. His 32-year career in the industry, spent...

Episode #51, Design with a Purpose, with Vic Walker and Allen Kalkomey from CMP 16.12.2020

Allen Kalkomey We’ve all become keenly aware of supply chains in 2020 — from toilet paper, to groceries, to all the...

Episode #50, The PHTA’s Strategic Action Plan, with Sabeena Hickman 02.12.2020

When Sabeena Hickman joined the newly formed PHTA in the fall of 2019, she thought she knew what her biggest...

Episode #49, Surviving a Pandemic as an OEM with Jerry Greer from Core Covers 18.11.2020

How he went from being a wild kid, to a star Yellow Pages salesman, to hot tub industry entrepreneur. For...

Episode #48, Two Drinks with the Legend 04.11.2020

Neither Jeff nor Megan were able to enjoy the libations during this conversation between two industry legends. Haviland graciously recorded...

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