Issue Contents

April 2009

Column

Business Doesn't Change Unless You Do!

Columnist Doug Dwyer talks about how remodelers can improve their business.

Creating Clients for Life

Remodeling firm sales teams should focus on consultative approaches to sales. Here's why.

How to Handle The Ups and Downs

Here are ideas that remodelers can use to help spirt their business through the downturn.

Supply Chain Begins with You

Building product manufacturers and suppliers have turned their focus to remodelers to help drive sales

Feature

Atlanta Hit Hard by Downturn

Atlanta was recently named the third-emptiest city in the country by Forbes (behind only Las Vegas and Detroit), based on Atlanta's rising homeowner and rental vacancy rates. Here's what that means for remodelers.

Business Results Survey: Labor

Labor is top expense for remodelers

Business Results Survey: Repeats and Referrals

Repeats and referrals dominate in the remodeling industry

Business Results Survey: Revenues

Remodeling revenues take a plunge

Business Results Survey: Sales

Remodeling companies are running small sales operations

Business Results Survey: Shrinking Jobs

Job size and price of the remodeling job shrank in 2008

Business Results Survey: Workforce

Small workforce is the norm for remodelers

Designing a European Spa in suburban Atlanta

Home Rebuilders delivers a luxury bathroom solution

Examining the remodeling market crash

Our annual Business Results study reveals the depth of the downturn

Reclaiming the family remodeling business

Five years after he sold Airoom, Michael Klein is back to take the helm again

News

Green-Powered Cabinetry

FSC-certified and with low- or no-VOC binders and glues, Neil Kelly Cabinets were green before green was cool.

Trade Secrets: Using tax credits to market your remodeling firm

Here are a few examples of how remodeling firms are using green tax credits to market their firms and satisfy customers

Product Review

Product Preview

QA

How to Run a Remodeling Seminar for Consumers

Consumer seminars are a win-win for any remodeling company. They serve to educate your potential clients, familiarize homeowners with your company and act as a marketing tool. Here's how.

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Reference Library

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15 design trends for kitchens & baths

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Project Spotlight: Kitchen countered

Normandy Remodeling converts confined kitchen into sprawling galley.

5 bathroom design trends for 2013

Each year, the National Kitchen and Bath Association surveys its members to identify the latest...

6 kitchen design trends for 2013

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