PROSALES
PROSALES is written exclusively for dealers to help improve sales and service to pros. Distributed to 36,000 pro-oriented building-material dealers, distributors, home-center personnel, and wholesalers, it helps them run their operations more efficiently, and profitably.

ProSales Excellence Awards Master Works
This year's honorees are different in their respective categories but alike in what makes them the tops: a commitment to quality, service, and advancing their businesses with doses of cleverness and economy.

• Better by Design / Robert Bowden Inc.
• Inside Job / The Lumber Yard
• Charm's Star Attraction / Keim Lumber
• Memorable Deliveries / Franklin Building Supply
• Best Fit / Interstate + Lakeland Lumber
• A Large Slice of Service / The Remodeler's Choice
• All Jacked Up / JAY-K Lumber
• A Clear Winner / Truitt and White Lumber
• Access Round the Clock / Ridgefield Supply

Market Matters: Dead Cert
Green-certified wood may not be a hot sale, but it's picking up steam. Now may be time to get that chain-of-custody certificate.

ProWatch

Marching On
An employee stock ownership plan is one way to keep your company going when you decide to stop.

Number Crunchers
Check on your business with the latest tax, accounting software. (Slide Show)

Yard Notables

NLBMDA Briefings

Greetings from new chair Baalmann. Plus, the power of 'thank you.'

Product Monitor

Clear Trends
Impact ratings and replacement models make for winining windows.

Store Savvy
Set up your inventory to sell with these products.

Hot Finds
Tools & Hardware (Slideshow)

Editor's Notes

Returns

New Dimensions

Sell Sheet

Firing Line