Supply Chain Connections

Jan 9 2009 9:16AM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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By Glenn Singer

As I am preparing my itinerary for the upcoming International Builders’ Show, I have had the opportunity to talk with many builders and manufacturers to confirm meetings in Las Vegas. For the most part, most of my conversations have been “upbeat” in that there was no talk about the glum and doom on the economy or the state of the new residential housing market. Instead, there has been a sense of optimism in my conversations. People are looking forward to 2009 and all that it will bring. They sense that 2009 will bring a change in the housing market and that later this year we will begin to see an upswing in activity.

This week I talked with builders in Vermont, Philadelphia and Seattle and was told that they had the most traffic last weekend that they have had in 12 months. My wife and I were vacationing in Seattle and last Saturday we went to several open houses and there was a lot of traffic at all of them.

I urge everyone to keep positive and begin preparing your individual business strategies for the turn around in the market in 2009. Happy New Year!!!