The door and window industry is entering its traditional busy season. Things tend to heat up in the summer, with an influx of new orders…
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Remodeling to Remain Strong Despite Key Obstacles
The residential remodeling market grew to more than $600 billion in 2022, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Things then took a slight turn…
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FGIA Revs Up in Montreal, Tackling Environmental Issues and New Standards
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) looked to accelerate new standards and initiatives this week in Montreal, leaning into that city’s status as a…
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‘They Hear Us.’ WDMA Unifies Manufacturers in Washington
The Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) held its Spring Meeting and Legislative Conference this week in Washington, D.C., where manufacturers looked to influence lawmakers…
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Harvard Housing Study Shows Markets Cooling
Results of the State of the Nation’s Housing 2023 study, conducted by the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University, show what many…
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Employee Training: Building Back Lost Knowledge
Over the last few years, our industry has lost too many valuable employees. This is due to two major factors. One is the Great Resignation.…
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More Transportation Issues? One of Nation’s Largest Freight Carriers Shutters
The transportation of door and window-related products could face another obstacle following the news that Yellow, the third-largest less-than-truckload carrier by revenue, has ceased operations.…
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White House Points to Two Years of Building Stronger Supply Chains
The Biden Administration released an update regarding the state of the building industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis that…
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Small Business Owners are Confident in their Operations, Less Confident in US Economy
MetLife and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released their Small Business Index (SBI) recently, finding that while small business owners have declining confidence in the…
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Latest Jobs Report Shows Zero Sum for Manufacturing
While releasing his budget for fiscal year 2024, President Joe Biden announced that, under his leadership, the economy has added more than 12 million jobs,…