Latest Articles in Retail Glass

  • G4: Industry insiders talk glass
    What will be your top business challenge this year and how do you plan to address it?
    January 12, 2009
    CommercialAlvaro Correa, project manager, West Tampa Glass, Fla.We are going to have a moderately slower year than last year. The residential market is zero, and we are seeing the commercial market in a similar light due to these economic times. We have to find other sources of revenue, with the market the way it is. The hospital market is moving, and we are finding success [in that segment]....

  • "As I see it"
    Readers weigh in on the economy and its effect on their business
    January 1, 2009
    If there is one positive thing about a recession, it’s that it makes you look for unprofitable elements of your business and take action.

  • Trends & analysis: Glass prices on the rise
    The cost of producing glass
    November 6, 2008
    Marked increases in the cost of inputs are leading glass producers to increase prices to recover costs and maintain margins. Unless the price of energy continues its recent downward trend, glass prices will be significantly higher in 2009 than they have been historically.

  • Trends & analysis: Making greens while going green
    Photovoltaic industry offers significant growth opportunities for glass companies
    September 16, 2008
    The PV industry is expected to see annual growth between 40 percent and 50 percent during the next several years. Glass manufacturers and processors will be required to serve a critical role in this developing industry. Click here for a free PDF download of this article.

  • Trends & analysis: The business cycle
    How do you manage each phase?
    September 16, 2008
    This chart shows the phases of the cycle and management objectives for each phase on a year-over-year basis. Click here for a free PDF of the chart.

  • Trends & analysis: Surviving the credit crunch
    What you should know
    September 12, 2008
    Read about the 10 ways to bring your company through the credit crunch. Track the consumer loan delinquency rate, decrease in money borrowed and increase in interest rates. Click here for a free PDF download of the article.

  • G4: Industry insiders talk glass
    Name three factors that have resulted in significant changes to your industry within the past five years.
    July 22, 2008
    Name three factors that have resulted in significant changes to your industry within the past five years.

  • 2007 Benchmark Study: A look into retailers' financial health
    Cost hikes offset volume, price increases for some retailers
    January 1, 2008
    Auto glass repair and replacement retailers anticipated net income would decline 3 percent in 2007, according to the 2007 National Glass Association Competitiveness Survey. The primary culprits: rising energy, fuel and insurance costs. Conducted by The MPI Group, Shaker Heights, Ohio, the survey provides a comprehensive view of the performance and business practices of 22 U.S. auto glass repair...

  • Shading in Glass
    Daylighting with hermetically sealed computer- controlled louvers between lites
    August 1, 2007
     It’s the middle of June in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale, Ariz., and the intense desert sun spurs the mercury’s climb to the 108-degree mark and beyond.  Roger Watson, vice president of sales and marketing for Saint-Gobain Glass Exprover NA, peers out one of two windows in the fluorescent-lit building he’s occupied since moving to Scottsdale three months ago....

  • The results are in!
    June 12, 2007
    You told us what you liked, and we’re giving you more Fabricator fuel surcharges, green glazing at the 2006 AIA convention and a shower door company buy-out were the top stories in e-glass weekly, June 14, 2006 ...
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