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High-end materials a tougher sell, but State Roofing surviving increased competition in Seattle market with smart business practices
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| Research |
While some remodelers are realizing benefits from the stimulus package, most say it has had no effect on their business, according to the latest Professional Remodeler research.
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| The Leading Edge |
What percentage of leads should a remodeler close and how do you reach that close ratio? Two leading remodelers offer their advice.
Employees need to be involved in crafting a company's mission if they are going to truly buy into it.
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| Editorial |
We are in a transition period between two historical eras. We're in the waning days of the Industrial Revolution and the start of a new age. We don't have the perspective to know what to name this new age, but many have taken to calling it the Information Age. You're likely wondering what that has to do with remodeling.
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| Executive Insight |
Wendy A. Jordan answers remodelers most difficult questions and reports them in Executive Insight
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| Fireplaces |
While gas-burning products continue to represent the largest number of fireplace products shipped to retailers in the U.S. (1,017,000), pellet stoves and inserts and other biomass-burning fireplaces saw a 161 percent spike in shipments (141,000) in 2008. The figures, posted by the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association (HPBA), also show that fireplaces are a $5 billion—a-year industry.
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| Insulation |
The "U.S. Foamed Plastic Demand" report from market research firm Freedonia Group says spray-foam insulation in residential homes will grow 2.8 percent annually. Slightly better growth is expected for foamed flexible urethane products instead of their rigid counterparts through 2013, says Corinne Gangloff, media relations director for Freedonia.
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| The Leading Edge |
Using abandoned phone numbers can help remodelers pick up business from companies that have closed down
Faced with a shortfall of new business, remodelers have been obliged to make cuts in staff, pay and benefits and bring work in house that used to be outsourced.
The new lead paint regulations are set to take effect April 22, 2010, and that will mean a big change in the way many remodelers do business.
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