CONNECT. EDUCATE. ELEVATE.
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This Tuesday, February 25th, is Fat Tuesday! Many of you will be coming to New Orleans this fall for our annual conference, so we wanted to tell you a bit about "Nawlins'" favorite holiday. Traditionally, Mardi Gras is the Christian feasting period before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras, also known as Carnival Season, starts 12 days after Christmas, and continues through Fat Tuesday. It is filled with parades, balls and King Cake, a delicious pastry that most bakeries will only make during Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras has been celebrated in New Orleans for over 300 years! Click below to read a great article about the history of Mardi Gras that Town & Country published last year.
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DPHA Members' Blog - February 21, 2020
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How to Keep Your Renovation From Busting Your Budget
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Despite the endless access to online renovation information, it’s not easy to accurately budget for a new bath. For example, if you visited the Houzz.com website to search for farmhouse sinks, your search would deliver more than 77,000 responses, with prices ranging from $150 to more than $5,000. How could anyone know which farmhouse sink would be the perfect fit among 77,000+ options, and which sink represents the best value? Budgeting is made even more difficult by...
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Sales Tips and Industry Thoughts
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Getting to Know Your Customers: Thoughts from Fellow Sarah Jenkinson.
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One of the biggest questions that most of us need to know when helping a client pick out their bathroom and kitchen fixtures is their budget. However, most clients are nervous about giving this information or they low ball the amount as they are sure that you are going to try and up-sell them. So how do we find out this information, while at the same time building trust with the client? We also need to make the experience fun. Renovating or building a house is stressful, and it is part of our responsibility to help ease the stress and make it fun.
Here are some questions to help you capture information on budget and style without directly asking about budget, and to break the ice to make your transactions a friendly relationship...
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Amazon Moves into Luxury.
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On the surface, Amazon’s reported entre into ultra-luxury products does not make a lot of sense. The company’s business model is to provide the quickest route from wanting to getting, and many luxury manufacturers have demonized Amazon for its unwillingness to address counterfeiting and copyright infringement among its third-party suppliers.
The Business of Fashion
reported that Amazon has been operating a site called SRSNL since September. SRSNL offers products from Rick Owens, Versace, Burberry, Bottega Veneta, Prada, Alexander McQueen, Gucci and Stain Laurent, and is expected to launch in the first half of this year. Each of the 12 luxury brands will control how their products are featured on the site, select the products that will be available, and set pricing using the same platform used in department stores...
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DPHA would love your feedback! In this section of Connections, we will be asking for your opinion on a different topic each week. Let your voice be heard!
Last week we asked what you thought about the new Connections, and it seems most of you love it! Thank you!
This week we want to know:
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Have you ever been to New Orleans for Mardi Gras?
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Stylish Slopes and Curves Enhance the Shower Experience.
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MTI Baths has expanded its line of shower bases to include a first-of-its-kind offering from the brand – a base with gentle curves and slopes. This shower base is distinguished by the soft, organic transitions that smoothly flow from all corners and sides into the floor of the shower pan.
The base is crafted of extremely durable continuous cross-linked cast acrylic that is reinforced with an impressive multi-layered backing for added strength. As part of MTI’s popular Designer Collection, the 6030IFM model includes a stainless steel or white powder-coated drain cover and can be optionally equipped with MTI’s Radiance
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integrated shower floor heating system.
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Top Knobs Introduces Ellis, a Collection of Decorative Hardware that Exudes Southern Sophistication.
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Top Knobs introduces the Ellis Collection. Influenced by the opulent and intricate architecture of Savannah, GA, Ellis includes five series of delicately detailed knobs, pulls and appliance pulls. The collections includes 274 pieces throughout five series; Telfair, Hartridge, Julian, Davenport, and Ellis. Cabinet pulls and knobs are available in various sizes, and 12” and 18” Appliance pulls are available in all 5 series.
All hardware in the Ellis collection is available in Ash Gray, Brushed Satin Nickel, Flat Black, Honey Bronze, Polished Chrome and Polished Nickel.
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hansgrohe Launches Rainfinity and Axor Edge at KBIS.
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For users seeking the perfect showering experience, hansgrohe provides a fully catered Rainfinity showering system. This system is driven by a unique RainSelect four function thermostatic shower mixer and supported by a space maximizing handshower holder and shelf, all in Matte White. The RainSelect shower trim controls it all, featuring generously sized mechanical buttons that can be engaged with a satisfying click. Not only does it control the various Rainfinity showerhead spray modes, it can also turn the system on/off, as well as control volume and temperature.
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The AXOR Edge collection is a masterpiece composed of several cube-like structures with ultraprecise lines, unique grooves, and textures. The design is created with the use of diamonds, to make it a one-of-kind center piece for the bathroom. The collection comes in Chrome and 12 AXOR FinishPlus finishes, which are rendered through treatment in a PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) chamber in the AXOR production plant. The resulting finishes, such as Brushed Black Chrome and Polished Red Gold, are highly scratch-resistant and long lasting.
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THE ODIN KITCHEN COLLECTION:
Customizable elements across new kitchen suite provide a new level of design versatility.
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The Odin Kitchen Collection by Brizo represents an exquisite multiplicity, with a streamlined silhouette that takes on new distinction across a broad spectrum of finishes, handle options and spout configurations. Named after a figure from Norse mythology, the Odin Kitchen Collection channels an elegantly balanced Scandinavian aesthetic.
The Odin Kitchen Collection is the first Brizo kitchen suite where the handles are sold separately, allowing each faucet to take on a tailored look with a metal or teak handle in a matching finish, or a custom split-finish. The full suite also coordinates seamlessly with the new Brizo instant hot and beverage faucets to complete the kitchen space.
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Ultra Design Center Recognized as LPG Showroom of the Year.
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Congratulations to DPHA Member Ultra Design Center on being recognized as Luxury Product Group's Showroom of the Year!
Ultra Design Center took on 2019 in a big way. They moved into a spectacular 13,000-square-foot showroom on the third floor of the International Design Collection Building in Denver. They entered the lighting category. They added several new luxury lines, and they promoted two staff members to management positions.
Ultra offers a full range of decorative bath, plumbing, kitchen, hardware and lighting products to customers throughout Colorado and parts of Wyoming.
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Kymberly B Weiner
Director of Marketing & Sales
Decorative Plumbing and Hardware Association (DPHA)
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