Electronic Business Solutions - October 2007
What product in your store right now generates the highest profit margin? Do you know your best selling carpet style?
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What product in your store right now generates the highest profit margin? Do you know your best selling carpet style?
A ten step formula has been instrumental in Frank DiFiglia’s success in building a 20,000 square foot showroom in Howell, New Jersey into a $5 million business.
In the last issue I reported that Home Depot got lucky because I thought it managed to sell HD Supply before the credit markets collapsed. But I was wrong.
One of the first decisions a wood floor customer has to make is between a site finished and factory finished floor.
Regardless of the obstacles, the greening of the carpet industry has become an unstoppable force.
The first carpet tile was made 50 years ago by a small Dutch company called Heuga.
It probably comes as no surprise that the slump in the housing market has sent sales of laminate plummeting in the last year, with the biggest drop-off in the first half of this year.
Most retailers probably wouldn’t make huge changes to their business when sales are strong.
In a recent meeting in Houston, I gathered with a group of key dealers to discuss issues that impacted their success.
If you read July’s feature, The 2007 Retail Survey, you know that there aren’t a whole lot of optimistic retailers out there these days, except maybe in the Pacific Northwest.