As a design-build leader, take a break and refrain from adding or removing anything from your business for a few weeks. Use this time to observe and learn before making any decisions. Don't rush to add new products to your showroom. Take time to re-evaluate your business strategy and prepare for the future.

Adhesion is a collaboration between Infinity Drain, the manufacturer of architectural and decorative drains, and Gensler, a global architecture, design and planning firm, which served as product design consultant.

Introducing the top 20 most popular products based on page views at Supply House Times

Sandpiper Supply renovated its showroom and held a grand reopening in 2023. The upgrade includes more working displays and tech-advanced products. The new showroom is more functional, with a nicer flow and easier-to-navigate displays.

Do open houses truly justify the time, effort and money your team invests in them? And more importantly, are they effectively amplifying your brand's story?

Last month we talked about the importance of courting your designer market, and how to build a team supported strategy to take your good showroom brand out of its showrooms and win this business opportunity. Now to the next steps…

As a meeting with four designers about our products wrapped up, the conversation shifted from decorative hardware to this agency's discovery and specification process.

Highest income tier households are less sensitive to mortgage rates and continue investing in luxury kitchen and bath remodels. Only 14 percent of funding sources for kitchen and bath repair and remodel (R&R) projects were tied to rates for these households, with annual household income greater than $160,000.

I have been on the road, and it seems that showrooms not solely focused on the ultra-high-end market have experienced a decline in business. Generally, I am hearing statements like, "We are busy but down by 10% to 15%."

Every day, we receive promotional emails attempting to entice us to visit, shop and purchase branded products. Countless companies employ a "pushing, pushing, pushing" product approach, emphasizing style and price, hoping that one will motivate us to delve deeper. But, is that rare brand dive really enough? What are these mega brands are trying to “teach” us? The answer, my friends, lies at the bottom of email and on their home page. "Please visit our elegant store and let our talented design team help you create.”