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Bath & Kitchen Trends
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The latest technologies, colors, styles and designs in the bath and kitchen industry.

The BNP Media Plumbing Group has compiled the latest bath and kitchen market insights in the third edition of the Bath & Kitchen Pro eBook.

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Showroom Dollars & Sense | Jeffrey Valles

How does your showroom garden grow in your market?

November 10, 2023

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…


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Showroom Dollars & Sense | Jeffrey Valles

Did your showroom learn from the pandemic?

Designing and specifying processes have evolved.
Jeff Valles
October 9, 2023

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.


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Kitchen & Bath remodel demand hampered, but not for long

Mortgage rates, lower savings, home equity per household, and other housing market factors are impacting the industry.
Elisa Fernandez-Arias
August 25, 2023

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.


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Jeff Valles: Strengthen your network to thrive during downturns

Some showroom business slows, strength lies in networking investments.
Jeff Valles
July 10, 2023

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%."


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Jeff Valles: Prime time

Take your showroom consultants to the next level.
Jeff Valles
June 12, 2023

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.”


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Jeff Valles: Your AI is ready

It’s time to chat with your digital showroom consultant.
Jeff Valles
May 9, 2023

The plumbing supply industry and our showrooms, as well as many re-distribution businesses, are run ERP systems that are based on the IBM AS/400 or DOS. Both originated in the 1980s. We are an industry that looks to shave pennies to scale and limit our operational invest. We live by “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and so we have gone for a millennia. But, the possibility of having a knowledgable consultant in our pocket might just change the way we employ computers in all facets of business.


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Jeff Valles: Rethink your showroom layout

Separate working spaces from the showroom floor.
Jeff Valles
April 4, 2023

In the 1980s, homeowners, builders and designers would walk into these new-fangled decorative plumbing showrooms and be wowed by all the sparkle and style. And as pretty as it all looked, these design leaders had no idea exactly what they were looking at. Sure, they saw fancy faucets but they had no idea how to layout, buy and install a “decorative bathroom”. Prior to decorative showrooms all that was only handled by the plumber. Who was going to help them navigate this new world.


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Jeff Valles: Top three product trends from the KBIS floor

And some sleeper trends you may have missed.
Jeff Valles
March 14, 2023

COVID-19 may remain in the news but it did not stop people from attending the 2023 KBIS/IDS show in Las Vegas. In fact, early estimates set the attendance in excess of 100,000 enthusiasts. Now that’s a show!


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Sloan’s Touch-free Restroom of the Future

Case study: The restroom of the future is here

Technology enables an entirely hands-free restroom experience.
John Maltby
February 10, 2023

Prior to the 1980s, all restroom fixtures required manual operation —  an aspect that we have since learned coincides with a high exposure to germs and bacteria. In fact, manual faucet and toilet handles harbor anywhere between 107 to 17,976 germs per 10 square centimeters.

But more than 40 years later, touch-free products are now the norm in commercial restrooms, and since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public has greater awareness regarding the importance of hand hygiene.


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Showroom

State of the showroom

Showroom pros discuss latest design trends, customer expectations and state of showroom business.
Natalie Forster
Natalie Forster
February 7, 2023

The most recent National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) Market Outlook Report projects 2023 bath and kitchen revenue will reach $162.4 billion, a 14% decrease when compared to the previous year. With potential recessionary pressure, high mortgage rates and a cooling residential housing market, Supply House Times chatted with a few showroom professionals from around the country to gauge what’s expected in the 2023 showroom sector.


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Mike Emerson

Mike Emerson

Mike Emerson is a partner with Indian River Consulting Group. Mike has worked with hundreds of distributors and manufacturers of all sizes and within many lines of trade. Contact Mike at memerson@ircg.com, call 321-956-8617 or visit ircg.com.

 

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KBIS-IBS 2019—Day 2

Day 2 of this year’s KBIS-IBS show featured new innovations and a little bit of history.

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KBIS-IBS 2019—Day 1

Check out the latest from the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas.

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Supply House Times' Top 20 Products of 2018

Congratulations to those products on this year’s list. These are based on the number of pageviews on supplyht.com.

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Supply House Times Young Executives 20

We present this year’s Young Executives Top 20!

Young talents continue to make an impact in our industry. From counter sales to marketing to management, up-and-coming leaders are growing by the day. Supply House Times once again asked our industry partners to identify some of these rising stars. The result is the fourth annual Supply House Times Young Execs 20.

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A pictorial look at Supply House Times' travels in the early part of 2015

Industry events are in full swing. Here’s a pictorial look at Supply House Times’ travels in the early part of 2015.

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Kohler November 2012

The November 2012 Kohler Editors Conference was held in Kohler, Wis.
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KBIS 2012

KBIS 2012 was held at the McCormick Place in Chicago in April.
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Forte Buying Group Feb 2012

The February 2012 Forte Buying Group meeting was held in La Jolla, Calif.
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