Mike Miazga: In Closing

Commentary from the editor of Supply House Times.

ARTICLES

From Success to Significance

Industry veteran Don Arnold makes a difference in Africa.
April 12, 2013
As I was driving to the store recently, a green-living commercial on the radio caught my attention.
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Brains behind the operation

Understanding neuroscience can boost sales.
March 12, 2013
“You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.”
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Quite a Site

New Supply House Times website aims to make your job easier.
February 8, 2013
What did we do without cell phones and the Internet? That thought crossed my mind New Year’s Eve night while out to dinner with family. I observed a gentleman to my left perpetually engrossed in his smartphone despite a female companion and another couple seated with him at the table.
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Fighting back

Legislation aims to curb metal theft.
January 2, 2013
When I was in high school a good friend turned me on to a quirky radio program called “Swap Shop.” The premise of the show was people calling in to buy, sell and trade hard-to-find items. A quick Internet search reveals the call-in show still exists on a radio station in Florida.
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Batten down the hatches

Is your company prepared for a weather catastrophe? 
December 1, 2012
One of my cousins is a weather aficionado. He had a weather-only radio growing up, can give you the definition of barometric pressure, and he really goes off the charts with enthusiasm when watches and warnings are issued in northern Illinois.
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Invest and invest some more

November 1, 2012
You know you’ve been traveling a lot when the airport parking lot shuttle driver recognizes you as you pull in, or when you start seeing the same flight attendants.


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Stop spraying and praying

October 1, 2012
Marketing to different generations can overcome your FOMO.
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The black book

September 1, 2012
I have a black book. Mine’s nothing like the one Fonzie in “Happy Days” used to carry around and it certainly bears no resemblance to the one former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is said to have kept. It’s probably closer to the NFL’s media directory, which is called the “Black Book.”


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New kids on the block

Generation Y is easier to understand than you think.
August 1, 2012
Southern Wholesalers Association convention in Panama City Beach, Fla., in late June. As Hira pointed out, to qualify for the Generation Y designation you need to have a birth year between the late 1970s and 1995. My early 1970s birth year bumps me back to the Generation X category (1964-1977).
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Garson Plumbing Supplies was a longtime fixture in the Bronx section of New York

A happy ending.
July 1, 2012
Noah Garson didn’t intend to get into the family plumbing and heating wholesale business. His father, Murray, and uncle, Irvin, started Garson Plumbing Supplies in 1947 after growing tired of working at the post office. They went to the local library and researched possible careers and found the plumbing supply field to be the most desirable.
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DEWALT media event at Stanley Black and Decker University

The DEWALT media event was hosted at the Stanley Black and Decker University in Towson, Md.
Photos by Mike Miazga

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