I was having a conversation with one of my customers the other day about the rising costs of doing business in our industry.
My friend is a builder and I’m his exterior door and window supplier.
It’s been a great relationship that has spanned well over 10 years.
We consider each other friends; which is another reason we feel comfortable talking costs with each other.
His concern (as a builder) is over the rising prices of materials and labor, my products included.
In all honesty I told him how almost all my costs have gone up as well; even my Contractor’s Insurance went up nearly 10 percent with zero claims in over a dozen years.
It’s a bad sign of the times for sure.