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Remodeling magazine's list of the biggest companies and fanchise organizations in the home improvement industry.
Incremental adjustments in critical financial benchmarks are less disruptive than drastic changes — and often more effective.
Most people reading the Cost vs. Value Report skip the fine print and go right to the data, leading to questions and misunderstandings. Here's some clarification.
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Which expenses do you expect to change most from 2008, and how will you offset them?
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Business metrics provide objective data for making decisions that help you achieve your business goals.
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Job costs — all of the expenses for materials, subcontractors, and labor — are the primary components of gross profit.
In 2007, the first full year of the housing downturn that continues to put a drag on the economy, many remodeling companies had a rough time. Not so, however, for most members of the Big50 Class of 2008. While those around them were experiencing revenue slides of 25% or more, most of this year's...
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How much volume should your project leads produce? I'm always reluctant to give a general answer because of the endless variables within companies, markets, and projects.
Three years ago, Kelvin and Susan Pierce (Big50 1993), owners of Commonwealth Home Remodelers, in Vienna, Va., decided to hire a full-time estimator for the company.
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Four years ago, Ocean Breeze Awnings and More in Surfside Beach, S.C., hit the $1 million gross revenue mark for the first time. CEO David Powers wanted to find out which neighborhoods were spending the most money with the company, so he studied his data.