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Your window into retail Edition 64. February/March/April 2025 X5 graphs: Average order value Average lead times Average leads Average sales Average conversion rates Introduction The Business Pilot Barometer offers a monthly analysis of the key trends defining window and door retail. It draws on...

In the year that Tiger Woods won his first PGA championship, the EU introduced the Euro, and the London Eye was first unveiled to the public, five new starters began their career at HOPPE...

Leads 2 Trade is set to provide installers with a sales closing tool they claim will double their turnover and send their sales conversion rates through the roof.  Following the launch of a trial and...

Stellar Aluminium has achieved the QUALICOAT Seaside specification, an even more demanding standard than the traditional QUALICOAT award. As such, it joins an exclusive group of fewer than 20 UK companies that hold this...

Sternfenster, one of the UK’s leading trade fabricators, has continued to strengthen its production capabilities with the installation of a new welder and cleaner, from Urban. Urban’s state-of-the-art AKS6600 eight-head welding machine and SV 800...

Deceuninck has committed to shake-up aluminium window and door supply, creating a single point of service, technical support and contact for delivery for its aluminium and PVC-U businesses. The move, which brings Decalu by Deceuninck...

Morley Glass has signed to extend its ‘pivotal’ sponsorship of the Leeds Knights ice hockey team for at least the next two years. The company will continue to be “Title Sponsors” of the team, officially...

Emplas has added the highly popular BRiTDOR Composite Door collection to its door offer – its’ second new composite door launch this year, and the third in its composite range. Available in a wide range...

Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) and GAI (the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers) have recently been informed by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) that they are aware of cases where external panic...

VEKA plc has unveiled VEKA Edge, an exclusive customer portal designed to transform marketing support for VEKA Partners. The new platform promises to revolutionise how fabricators and installers access essential marketing resources, solidifying VEKA’s...