Prices & Demand
CHRIS BOWEN “I don’t know how if you’re in business, you’re BY JOE TRUSTY Photos: Nick Allen Photography
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not affected by these increases,” said Chris Bowen, “we’ve seen prices go up 60-80%.”
e had the opportunity to catch up with Chris Bowen and wanted to hear how he’s positioning for new growth. We also wanted to get a pulse on what he sees going on in the DFW market and his opinion on the status of the industry down in Dallas, Texas. As one of the top pool remodeling firms in town, Bowen has unique insight as to what is going on in the industry right now in his neck of the woods.
intends to focus more on pool remodeling and new pool construction. “We sold the service side of our business in August of this year,” said Bowen. He told us he had been struggling with rising chemical costs all year. This summer he decided to sell that division of his company.
This year however has been a challenging one for many. Bowen Pools clearly is no exception to the rule in terms of those impacted by rising prices. This summer, Bowen elected to make a major change in his business. He stated he
“We’ve had shortages and price increases on everything,” said Bowen, “Hopefully when that plant down in Louisiana comes back online prices will level out.”
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“We were definitely getting killed on the pricing side of it,” said Bowen in response to why he was motivated to sell his service company.
