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If there’s one thing Americans are known for it’s their national pride, and that includes products manufactured and made in the United States.

In the third edition of the Bath & Kitchen Pro eBook you’ll find both residential and commercial product and design trends, showroom display trends, economic indicators and more!

Last year it came to light that the PHCC National Association had negotiated a discount program for its contractor members with one of its supplier members, Home Depot/HD Supply. Since then, ASA and HARDI members have worked closely with the PHCC chapter and national leadership to express the wholesale distributor community’s concerns and issues with any national trade association prioritizing one supplier member over others. 

The Collins Companies announced an agreement to acquire Washburn- Garfield Corporation, a supplier of industrial and commercial pipe, valves, and fittings in Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as their subsidiary, Waites Co., a distributor of abrasives and cutting tools in that market.

Canadian wildfires heavily impacted air quality throughout the United States. Jon Douglas, director of Johnson Controls’ Healthy Building Services and Solutions, offers advice everyone can use to protect indoor air quality (IAQ) when outdoor conditions become extreme.

Chief Editor Natalie Forster talks with three industry marketing gurus from various areas of the supply chain.

In the first two seasons, We Supply America executive producer and host Dirk Beveridge traveled over 31,000 miles getting to know 59 distributors, their frontline employees and the history of their businesses along the way.

A report issued in April 2023 by Beyond Plastics, a project with the mission to “… end plastic pollution everywhere…,” falsely claims that the use of PVC and CPVC pipe in drinking water system pose a significant health and environmental hazard.

During last year’s We Supply America tour, I met a young man by the name of Matt Daniel. Matt is the branch manager for Eastern Industrial in Greenville, South Carolina. Before Eastern, he came from a broken culture where he was just a number. But at Eastern Industrial, he was more than that. He was part of a family.

“Tempted by a robust Riverside, California home construction market in 1989, my wife Beverly and I set out to pursue the American Dream. We were convinced that by working hard, we could parlay a whole bunch of nothing into a little bit of something and were willing to risk all we owned,”