Benchmarks
Alan Clark
Hot Springs, an hour's drive southwest of Little Rock, Ark., may be in a poor state and have just 40,000 residents, but it can boast of two arts festivals and that former President Bill Clinton grew up here. Alan Clark also defies stereotypes. While most LBM folks are early birds, Clark arrives at 11 a.m. and works into the night. His store has morphed from a lumberyard to a place where flooring provides 70% of the revenue. Here's how he keeps business bubbling.
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