By K. Schipper
Even if you believe granite is the greatest countertop material on earth, you’re sure to run into a few potential clients who don’t think the world revolves around Santa Cecelia.
A couple of years ago, you might’ve called them heathens and shooed them out of the showroom. However, in today’s economy, customers are a prized commodity … whatever surface they desire.
By Tom McNall Last month I brought out the logic behind don’t buy everything being sold, especially with the general negativity about the “R” word. But, staying on the subject of being cautious about...
NUREMBERG, Germany – Stone+tec, the biennial event focusing on European stone and fabrication technology, will welcome some 40,000 visitors here from May 20-23.
CHICAGO – Coverings 2009 rolls into America’s Midwestern hub this month, taking the stage for what should be an interesting second act.
Only three countries – besides one-shot wonders like Caribbean islands with a single-wire saw – managed to get a lift in U.S. dimensional-stone export figures for the first month of this year. China is one; anybody guessing the other two is peeking down the column.
When economic times look bad – and, right now, it’s sliding into ugliness – travel isn’t the first thing on the list with your business … unless you’re planning to skip town with a bag full of loot and a one-way ticket to Obscurityville.
By Tom McNall
A plumber once told me his three cardinal rules: “Crap rolls downhill, payday is on Friday, and don’t chew your fingernails.” (I think that last one has something to do with the first.)
By K. Schipper
LA CROSSE, Wis. – People traveling south from this Mississippi River valley city may be surprised to see what appears to be a classic Italian church rising from the trees of a rolling hillside.
By Jason Nottestad A chip repair on a granite or engineered-stone countertop is one of the more-perplexing issues facing a fabricator, from both a customer-service and business perspective. While I’ve never found chip repair...
CHICAGO – A keynote report on the granite/radon controversy and an emphasis on the smart approach to the stone trade are part of the educational package for this year’s Coverings.