By Emerson Schwartzkopf
MADRID – “My driving, I hope I don’t scare you with it,” said the taxi driver, doing a high-speed weave through at least three lanes as we head down the main access road from Barajas airport to the center of the Spanish capital. “You are Americans, right?”
By Mark Lauzon
Ever had a customer ask you; “How many time per year do I need to seal my granite countertops?”
DALLAS – StonExpo will head east with a new event next spring. Hanley Wood Exhibitions will hold StonExpo East on March 23-25 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The event will take...
OMAHA, Neb. – The first U.S.-based granite-distribution center for the Brazilian Consortium of Stones (BCS) got off to a roaring start Feb. 22 with its grand opening in this Missouri River city. Nebraska Lt....
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Michael Pelehach is the new CEO of Braxton-Bragg Corp., following the retirement of company co-founder Doug Slocum. Pelehach moved into the top position of the stone-industry-products distributor on April 17. He...
COLD SPRING, Minn. – The Natural Stone Council (NSC) gave its support early last month to fund participation in, and raise awareness of, the environmentally-friendly Green Building Movement. “Stone is a natural product, and...
ITASCA, Ill. – Lawrence Halprin, FASLA, is the honoree of the 2006 James Daniel Bybee Prize from the Building Stone Institute (BSI). Halprin, a renowned San Francisco-based landscape architect, was selected for the award...
• Alpha Professional Tools® adds Oscar Soltero to the Oakland, N.J.-based company’s sales team. He will be responsible for Northern California and the Reno/Lake Tahoe area of Nevada. • Vince Pompo joins Ceramic Tile...
By K. Schipper
ST. LOUIS – It’s not exactly the Sistine Chapel, but when the new Busch Stadium opened here on April 10, Gabe Drueke could rightly point with pride at his medallions embedded in the structure’s façade.
By Hasan Kursad Devecioglu
Direct mail is a powerful tool, enabling you and your organization to pinpoint your customers and make customized offers. Using e-mail for your direct marketing cuts out one expensive part: the paper.