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Enhancing Security Provides Replacement Dealers an Edge
Windows with Laminated Glass Provide Multiple Benefits Attractive to Homeowners
Homeowners will do most anything to keep their family members and hard-earned possessions safe. They appreciate the enhanced aesthetics and lower utility bills that today’s attractive and energy-efficient windows offer, but a home that’s considered safe and secure gives them total peace of mind. Today, dealers can meet this need with replacement windows incorporating laminated glass. ... more » Feeling Risky?
Window Dealers Expand into Sunrooms
Demand for larger additions and more four season rooms increasing opportunities
Selling and installing one sunroom could equate to the profit of replacing 150 to 200 windows. Got your attention?Many homeowners are staying put in their current dwellings, perhaps in part due to current market conditions. Three- and four-season sunrooms add additional living space to their homes at a fraction of the price and time as a traditional stick-built addition. As a result, sunrooms are ... more » What's in Today's Builder Package
2007 Supply Chain Study examines what’s being sold along with windows and doors in the new construction market
Today’s builders buy windows and doors from a variety of sources. They often buy those windows and doors together with other products and services. With our 2007 Supply Chain Study, Window & Door set out to get a better handle on what builders want and expect today—and how various channels within the industry are looking to cater to their needs.The following report presents ... more » Does Being Unethical Pay?
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Walking Into Entry Doors
Window manufacturers and retailers adding entry doors to round out product offering and increase sales
Entry doors, unfortunately, may have a bad reputation among “window” people. They may be perceived as difficult to order, tricky to install and perhaps too costly a product to roll into a window order. But, traditional window retailers and even manufacturers are taking a second look at entry doors as a potential profit center. Not offering a “whole house” package, some ... more » What Replacement Dealers Want from a Window
Focus group suggests quality, reliability and simplicity are highest priorities
Quality, reliability, “nothing that will lead to callbacks.” That’s what replacement dealers want from a window supplier, according to a recent focus group sponsored by Window & Door and Mikron Industries. While energy efficiency is important, “it’s sort of a given,” noted one participant. “If it doesn’t have an Energy Star label, nobody’s ... more » Is There a Toyota in the Future of the Top 100?
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A stimulus program for replacement windows and doors…
Right now, there’s much talk about the need to bail out U.S. automakers. Those in favor say actions are necessary to save the economy from falling into... »
Our annual rankings of the 100 largest manufacturers in North America, based on sales volumes. The industry's unofficial scorecard, the list is divided into 10 sales range categories, providing facts, figures and recaps of important developments at major players in the residential window and door business. »
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