Throwback Thursday is a regular weekly feature in which we dip into the archives of the Hardlines Weekly Report.
In our Sept. 1, 2014, issue we reported that Merit Distribution Group of Spartanburg, N.C., was acquiring Dynamic Paint Products, a 40-year-old Mississauga, Ont.-based distributor and manufacturer of paint sundries.
Dynamic, which was known for years as Mumby and Associates, was started out of a residential garage in 1974 by Bert Mumby, a paint tool salesman with an entrepreneurial spirit. James Mumby, Bert’s son, bought the business from his parents in 1992 and grew it into a full-line manufacturer and distributor of paint accessories, exporting to 10 countries including Australia, Poland, and the United States. Merit folded Dynamic into its Lancaster distribution business, which ships paint sundries worldwide.
