When the news broke earlier this year that industry veteran and Hall of Famer, Peter Spirer had purchased Max Windsor Floors it was greeted with surprise by many, and wonder by some. Why would this 82-year-old senior statesman of the flooring industry take on the stress of a business in a highly competitive industry sector, when the economy is still nothing to write home about and at a time in life when golf, shuffleboard and gin rummy are more popular pastimes for men his age?
Being an old friend of Spirer, and somewhat mystified myself, I recently tracked him down as he was preparing to leave for Max Windsor’s new West Coast operation in Commerce, Calif.