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Digital Exclusive: Four Distribution Disruptors in 2019

March 22, 2019

A deeper look into distribution opportunities reveals some real advantages for small to mid-size distributors that can be used not only to stay alive, but to thrive in this increasingly complex B2B marketplace.

Trimble, Microsoft Introduce Mixed Reality Hardhat with HoloLens 2

March 19, 2019

The Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2 is the first device created with the Microsoft HoloLens Customization Program and integrates the latest spatial computing technology into a certified solution for use with a hard hat for worker safety.

ICC and ICC-ES Sponsor Design and Construction Week

Digital Exclusive: Design-Build and Knowing What Your Clients Want

March 15, 2019

Now is the time to select strategic partners and understand what your clients really want in a design-build project.

Construction Survey: Labor Shortage Means Missed Deadlines

March 12, 2019

Contractors agree that the best way to increase the skilled workforce in U.S. construction is to increase enrollment in technical schools and vocational training.

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Essential Partners

General Plumbing Supply enters a new market with a designer-oriented showroom.

March 7, 2019

Stephanie Azran

General Plumbing Supply enters a new market with a designer-oriented showroom.

Plumbing & Showrooms

Top Five Fresh Looks for 2019

Fabulous finishes and designer details are on-trend in the kitchen and bath.

March 5, 2019

Linda Jennings

A new year is the perfect time to take a second look at your design space and refresh with some trending ideas that will inject new energy and excitement.

The McNeeley View

Capitalism “In Defense of…”

Definition: “An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned, and the operations are funded by profits.”

March 5, 2019

Don McNeeley

Capitalism is admittedly an imperfect system when judged by an absolute comparative criteria; that is, to a theoretical abstract. However, on a relative comparative criteria; that is, in relation to existing alternatives, it is the best game in town, or in effect, the best the world has to offer.

PVF Updates

PVF Market Overview

Examining the various business sectors to see what is in store for 2019.

March 5, 2019

Stephen Letko

The oil and gas energy sectors will again be the prime movers in 2019 for continued growth in the PVF industry.

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Goaling for Sales and Gross Margin

Define specific, measurable, realistic and time-based goals that you can achieve in small increments.

March 5, 2019

Discouragingly, recent studies show that only 64 percent of such resolutions last longer than the first month and only 46 percent last longer than six months.