The June 2022 Producer Price Index (PPI) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows mostly slight increases in pricing from May 2022 but continued substantial increases in prices from the same period in 2021. In June, the monthly PPI for flat glass in the commodity category rose 0.1% from the previous month and […]

With the same challenges carrying over from 2020, you might expect door and window sales to suffer, but not so. Despite labor shortages and supply chain issues, the industry’s best sold more than ever in 2021—averaging more than 30% increases over the prior year. “We grew 50% last year organically, from $40.5M to 65.9M,” says […]

Over the past two years, the pandemic has been no match for the U.S. fenestration industry and the broader residential construction/renovation market as a whole. 2022 is shaping out in similar fashion. New Construction New single family construction starts, a key indicator of door and window demand in new construction, recorded a second-straight year of […]