Plumbing operators use acquisitions of small shops as platforms to grow

In a Season 1 recap, a plumbing operator describes an acquisition-led growth strategy: researching markets, sending letters to small companies, and acquiring established small shops to use as a platform to expand, having completed two or three acquisitions.

“And then basically we just go in there and we either start from scratch or we acquire something and use that as a platform for us to grow.”

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