Below are in-depth articles and reports on issues of concern to pro dealers.

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Download Builder Revolution Study (PDF - 299KB)
ProSales' exclusive survey reveals how builders select, purchase, and install products, and how they evaluate the value-added services offered by pro dealers.

Go to: PROSALES Cover Story, April 2004

Download Big Builder Study (PDF -300KB)
The findings cited in this Report are based on a survey sponsored by Hanley Wood on behalf of their publication BUILDER. Through the use of a mail survey representing domestic BUILDER recipients who work for firms that built at least 100 homes in 2003, the purpose of this research project was to provide the editors and advertisers with a profile of builders who work for the largest US residential builder firms.

Go to: PROWATCH article, April 2004

Download Reader Report (PDF -153KB)
The 2003 ProSales Reader Profile looks at dealers top concerns, future business strategies, and the importance of different customer groups, among other things.

Go to: PROSALES Cover Story, May 2004

Go to: PROSALES 100 Annual Report

ProSales' exclusive survey reveals how remodelers select, purchase, and install products, and how they evaluate the value-added services offered by pro dealers.

Go to: PROSALES Cover Story, September 2004

Industry experts weigh in on the results of Residential Supply Chain in Transition, a study conducted by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, and it's key long-term implications for the pro dealer market.

Go to: Winning Hand article, December 2004

Go to: Harvard Residential Supply Chain in Transition Study (www.jchs.harvard.edu) (PDF -167KB)

This exclusive ProSales study investigates how lumber and building materials dealers purchase products and incorporate brands and looks in-depth at the dynamically changing relationships in the upstream portion of the construction supply chain.

Go to: Article, April 2005

Download Buying & Selling Practices Study (PDF -306KB)

ProSales' annual listing of the nation's top lumber and building materials dealer ranked by sales to professionals and the aggregate results of the ProSales Annual Survey of Leading Construction Suppliers.

Go to: PROSALES 100