Market Insights

Homeowners entering new life stages are responsible for the bulk of growth in the housing market.

In 1999, Bob Taylor achieved a feat accomplished by no other home improvement executive in the annals of business journalism.

He was compared with “Bonanza” character Adam Cartwright and U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush — in the same article.

We’ll explain later.

First things first: Do it Best Corp. CEO Bob Taylor is to be congratulated for his selection as the 2012 inductee of the Home Channel Hall of Fame.

It's almost unanimous: Family trumps business on Thanksgiving Day.

The 2017 Houzz Landscaping Trends Survey reports that homeowners seek differentiation. 

U.S. demand for decorative laminates is expected to grow 5.5% per year to 12.4 billion sq. ft. in 2015, a rebound from the declines of the 2005-to-2010 period, according to a study from the Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry market research firm.  

The monthly Global Port Tracker report, released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates, said that import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to be down 6.8% in February from the same month a year ago. However, volumes should show year-over-year increases through most of the remaining first half of 2012. 

“Secretary Paulson’s proposal for a $700 billion grant of power with no legislative oversight and...

Mixed reviews for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act spur a call to a action.