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Mark Lipton's Boycott Sherwin-WIlliams: Episode One $83.14 billion by Mark Lipton

Join me and Gary as we discuss plant-based coatings, including products available from Behr and Sherwin-Williams. And sustainability, as the coatings segment continues to work to reduce its carbon footprint.

Join me as I discuss artificial intelligence in paint, with industry veteran Gary Dandreaux. Already making its way into the labs, field, manufacturing and distribution facilities, paint geeks with natural intelligence should keep track of the artificial ones. You can start to do that here.

There have been more than 3,000 layoffs in paint over the last year with likely more to come. I go through them and detail what I know, including what I think I know about what comes next. Which is more than you think, and less than I do!

Plus, who's hiring. Because some paint companies still are.

A retrospective on my history with Benjamin Moore, including how I ended up working for that company's CEO, which nobody was expecting. And if you think I'm the type to hold back my criticism of Benjamin Moore because of that employment, it's only because you don't know the rest of THE story.

A source inside Pittsburgh's stores division gave me the best look behind that curtain since American Industrial Partners acquired the former architectural coatings division from PPG. I report what they shared, adding what I think it means. In case Brian Carson watches the video and wants to know what to do next. After that I hosted a no rules Q & A, which was the best of the three Q & A's I've recorded for this series.

I want to know what you think? And what other topics you would join me for if I covered them live. DM, text, email, don't be shy.

LIVE Wage Theft at Sherwin recorded 2/5/2026 by Mark Lipton

In my last podcast of the summer Steve and I finish our conversation about the condition of American cities including a discussion of the book Happy City by Charles Montgomery.

American cities continue to suffer from poor planning and decades of maintenance backlogs, so that most offer a degraded lifestyle by the standard of what is possible.

Will we fiddle while Rome burns?

Paint is not my only interest, though it's been the only topic I've podcasted about. Until now!

Over the last several years due to work and good fortune I've spent time in numerous major cities around the US and world. Noticing THE disparities, it's been on my mind to share that experiences with you.

If you're an American you might not want to hear it, though you need to.

The problems with US cities and our failing infrastructure are more than 60-years in the making, so if you think that I've gone political you'd be wrong. Spanning federal and state administrations of both parties the United States has failed to invest in needed upkeep and improvements.

And we are all responsible!

Because one episode on this topic was not enough! Part two of my survey with independent paint retailers, asking all THE questions Ben Carson and Dan Calkins want to know! Next week, something completely different.