It’s now October and it looks to be an extremely busy month
on a few levels. The business climate is
very positive right now, and optimism may be at its highest level in several
years. So everyone is at varying levels
of “hectic” right now. Though I have to
admit that I can’t get the thought of “don’t repeat the mistakes of the past”
out of my mind. Hopefully lessons were
truly learned from years earlier.
Another feature this month is several trade shows- ironically all
happening at the same time towards the end of the month. The two main ones are Greenbuild in New
Orleans and glasstec in Germany. In my
estimation, Greenbuild has not been a good show for a while. The lack of floor traffic exacerbated by
minimal quality of said traffic is a big issue.
But since there is a hope of an Architect sighting at Greenbuild, people
will still exhibit and attend. Given the
way business is going right now, Greenbuild should have a good show, but we
will see and I’ll wait to hear from those who will be attending… Across the ocean in Germany is the largest
glass show in the world- glasstec. And
for the first time ever, I am attending.
From everything I have heard and read this show is beyond belief. I can’t wait to see it for myself and then
report back to all of you. If you are
going to glasstec, let me know, would be great to run into friendly faces while
navigating that monster of a multiple hall set up.
Elsewhere…
-- October also happens to be Breast Cancer Awareness Month and
while I despise the NFL’s blatant “Pinkwashing” of this effort, I do believe in
supporting it where I can and believe in its need. So it was very cool to see what the folks at
Dip-Tech are doing by creating a special breast cancer awareness sample for
their customers’ sample kits. It’s a
tremendous idea to cross their product with a noble charitable effort. Great idea to raise awareness in a truly
creative way.
-- Time for my ad of the month in Glass Magazine. The latest issue with focus on decorative,
was tremendous by the way. We have some
seriously talented companies in this industry.
Anyway, the ad award for the month goes to the gang GLG Canada for their
neat and informative piece on where their glass handling machines can fit into
the glass and glazing world. Very eye catching and well done!
-- The Glass Magazine Award winners were announced in that
issue as well and here’s a major congratulations to all of the winners. A
special shout out to Dan Pompeo who took the title in what I’d have to assume
to be a very competitive Best Salesperson category. I have known Dan for years and he’s a terrific
person all the way around. So happy for
him to get this award but also credit and props should go to his wife Stacey
who happens to be pretty awesome in her own right!
-- Mixed results on the various monthly forecasting
reports…
The Architectural Billings Index (ABI) continues to be
strong though down just a bit from the previous month. So far the past indicators of the ABI have
held true. The biggest months in 2013
were the July/August/September combo and that forecast held in the 9-12 month
window. But I know many of you will say
of this forecast that even a clock is right twice a day- did they just get
lucky? Possibly. I can’t rule that out, but for now I’ll take
it.
On the flip side McGraw Hill’s latest report showed a sharp decline
from the previous month though the analysts expected the decline given some of
the projects that were incorporated into the previous months totals. Still no one wants to see anything with the
word “decline” in it. Heading into the
winter months it will be very interesting to see how this all continues to
progress.
LINKS of the WEEK
-- Halloween is coming… have a costume yet? This could give you some ideas.
-- Could this be the future of the business suit? Maybe I’ll get one for my trip overseas. LOL
-- Hard to believe this suit has merit, but you never
know. Woman saying the whole Frozen
story was her idea.
VIDEO of the WEEK
If you happened to miss Derek Jeter’s final at bat at Yankee
Stadium, well you missed some serious goose bumps and an awesome moment. So here it is… and even if you saw it once-
very cool to see it again.
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