Industrial Tough

摘要

Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., has been a tough market since the economic downturn. Foreclosures, mortgage delinquencies, construction halts and job losses have given the metropolitan area the dubious distinction of being one of the most financially depressed in the United States. Independent paint retailers who succeed in this market have had to be tougher still. It takes wits, instincts and guts—three qualities that Ron and R.T. Sylvester have in spades.