Member Roundtables: Another Opportunity to Connect at DPHA CONNECT 2020!
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This has been a challenging year for all of us without much opportunity to connect! Join your fellow DPHA peers for a Zoom meeting with breakouts of non-competing members to discuss the leading strategies and struggles your business has endured and what the future of our industry looks like. One of the strengths DPHA members offer one another is community, these roundtables will be a powerful brain share amongst peers and help offer growth and new ideas for 2021. Choose from a roundtable within your segment or a roundtable with mixed segments - dealers, reps, manufacturers and professional members.
Roundtables are being held on Thursday, October 22nd from 11:00am - 12:30pm est. This is only open to members registered for DPHA CONNECT 2020, and registration for the roundtables will only be approved once we receive your CONNECT registration.
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New Member Spotlight: Meet DADOquartz by FC Bathrooms
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DADOquartz® is the most luxurious bathroomware material since 1998. It is created from quartz ore and Southern African earth minerals. The significant difference of DADOquartz® lies in the details. We use superior resins as binding agents for a more consistent and stronger result, and to allow for higher quartz concentrations. Simply put, DADOquartz® is next-level luxury!
What began as a small family business in 1998, conquered the bathware market with their authentic, creative and innovative approach to design and manufacturing. Their hand-crafted bathtubs and basins have been featured in deluxe hotels and resorts globally and have been selected by the most experienced and skilled architects and designers from all around the world.
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Sales Tips and Industry Thoughts
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19 Years Later: Remembering 9-11.
DPHA takes time today to remember the 3,000 lives lost during the events that took place nineteen years ago today. The impact of this catastrophic event is still being felt today throughout the economic effects, subsequent illnesses and residual physical and psychological damage of all of those near and dear to New York City. Today is meant to be a day of reflection and remembrance of what that day represented and the community and banding together our country provided in days and months following the attack. We are feeling much of the same emotions throughout 2020 and with community and sharing our stories with our peers, we will get through another major historical moment in our timelines together.
DPHA’s own New York bred Kymberly Glazer shares with us her September 11th memories. Keep the stories alive and how these moments in history have shaped you. “On September 11th, 2001 I was a sophomore in college at Colorado State University It was very early in the morning and my phone was ringing off the hook...
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The Updated Outlook for Kitchen and Bath from NKBA.
The optimistic prediction at the start of the year, like most everything else that has occurred in 2020, took a dramatic about face when sheltering in place orders were issued in the middle of March. Word from DPHA showrooms is that they are busy, some having record months since COVID began. The National Kitchen & Bath Association publishes an industry outlook each year, and recently updated its outlook to account for the impact of COVID-19. The updated study found the following according to a recent article in Kitchen & Bath Business.
- 11% of planned kitchen and bath remodeling projects as of mid-April were cancelled or postponed because of the virus
- Spending on kitchens fell 25%, master bath dropped 18% and second baths dipped 14%
- Spending on medium and larger K&B renovation projects is expected to drop by 22%, while spending on smaller projects is expected to fall by 14%
- Projects that continued saw reliance on designers at 25% compared to 38% before COVID-19...
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DPHA Wednesday Webinar: THE INTERNET, ROUND 2.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
2 PM EDT
Our discussion about the Internet on August 5th was so successful that we will be continuing it in September! If you missed Part 1, you can access it with the link below. We will drive deeper into the challenges with selling against Amazon and other large online retailers and what our dealers and manufacturers can do about it. We will also discuss reps roles in growing ecommerce, and will talk about showrooms entering the ecommerce market. Join Noah Taft of California Faucets, Daniel Chinitz of Creative Bath Sales, Adam Waller of DDI System and John Parks of Parks Decorative Hardware and Plumbing for this riveting discussion!
If you have questions you want to pose to the panel, topics you would love to see us cover, or are interested in participating in a panel, email us! Missed a DPHA Webinar? Our #DPHAWednesdayWebinars can be found on the members' only side of our website here.
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Americh Launches Urban Bath Apron Storage.
The Urban Bath Apron from Americh provides hidden storage for shampoo bottles, bubble bath, loofahs, rubber duckies and more! The 3 1/2" deep x 36" long stainless steel shelf is hidden behind a panel on the apron. The panel opens smoothly on hydraulic arms and closes securely with a magnet. The shelf is also removable for cleaning!
The Urban Bath Apron is available on baths with add-on skirts for a list price of $895. It is not currently available on the seamless skirt category.
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Add a Touch of Flair to Your Kitchen Sink with Mountain's Duet Finishes.
The Duet Finish Collection from Mountain Plumbing highlights elements of your kitchen design to give a truly balanced and unique look. To add to and enhance the details of these finely crafted accessories and parts, the secondary finish makes the piece pop when set against the Matte Black background.
Combining their modern Matte Black finish with four complementary colors (Brushed Nickel, Polished Chrome, Polished Nickel, Champagne Bronze), specific details of each part stand out.
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Newport Brass Introduces New Finish: Midnight Chrome.
Newport Brass has launched a unique and original new finish: Midnight Chrome. Featuring a blackish blue tint over a chrome base, this new offering is a specially engineered artisan finish for a modern take on classic chrome.
Midnight chrome brings an element of sophistication to what the industry knows of chrome; the finish takes on slightly different hues depending on the light. This new finish brings the total number of available finishes from Newport Brass to 28. Midnight Chrome includes a 10-year finish warranty and is available on all Newport Brass products.
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House of Rohl Launches A Closer Look Academy: First Webinar is September 15th.
House of Rohl proudly presents A Closer Look
Academy. Just as they see the potential in stone
and clay, brass and steel, to be poured and casted,
glazed, fired, and transformed into the finest of
fixtures, they also see our collective potential to transform houses to homes by elevating your unique design style.
Join House of Rohl on their quest to curate the best; the best products, the best designs and most importantly, the best people. There are stories in every detail and the closer you look, the more you’ll see your own story of a life well crafted.
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Kymberly B Glazer
Director of Marketing & Sales
Decorative Plumbing and Hardware Association (DPHA)
504.475.8111
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