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Home > Company Index > Consumer Products-Durables > Lawn & Garden Equip. & Small Tools & Accessories > Q.E.P. Co., Inc.
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Q.E.P. Co., Inc. |
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PROFILE |
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Q.E.P. keeps getting underfoot. The company makes and distributes specialty tools for do-it-yourselfers and professionals taking on flooring and other home-improvement tasks. It sells over 4,000 tools and related products, mainly for installing marble, carpet, ceramic tile, and drywall, under the O'Tool, QEP, and Roberts brand names. Q.E.P. makes about 50% of its products and acquires the rest from about 250 suppliers. Its customers include retailers and distributors to the home improvement, hardware, and construction trades in the US and about 50 other countries; Home Depot brings in about 35% of Q.E.P.'s sales. Founder and CEO Lewis Gould owns nearly half of Q.E.P., which has been growing through acquisitions.
COMPETITION |
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: February
2001 Sales (mil.): 112.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (0.6)%
Employees: 409
Revenue per employee: $276,039.12
KEY PEOPLE |
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Lewis Gould
CEO
Marc P. Applebaum
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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1081 Holland Dr.
Boca Raton, FL 33487
US
Phone: 561-994-5550
Fax: 561-241-2830
Online: Web Site
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