Every home improvement sales manager has watched the same scene play out at the kitchen table. The homeowner likes the product, trusts the presentation, and still hesitates. So the salesperson reaches for the one lever that feels safest in the moment: a discount. It closes the deal that day. It also quietly erodes the margin … Read more
Sales leaders have spent decades hiring for a trait nobody can actually define. Charisma, grit, that elusive natural closer instinct. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry through a proprietary 5-layer system, has been researching and analyzing more than 3,600 partners nationwide to find … Read more
Most homeowners walk into a window replacement conversation already convinced they need vinyl. It is the default, the familiar name, the option every big-box aisle pushes toward the register. Few of them stop to ask whether vinyl is actually built for a climate that swings from ten below to ninety degrees inside the same calendar … Read more
Contractors rarely see the fee. They see the deal close. They see the customer sign. What they do not always see, buried inside a dealer agreement or subtracted quietly from a funded amount, is exactly how much of that job’s margin just walked out the door in the form of financing costs nobody explained clearly … Read more
Most families do not know what to expect when a cremation provider offers to come to their home. That uncertainty, more than the subject matter itself, is often what keeps a family from calling anyone at all. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement and … Read more
Sales owners keep making the same expensive mistake. They hire good people, run them through product training, hand them a script, and wait for the numbers to move. When the numbers do not move, they hire again. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry … Read more
A homeowner in Denver typing the question into a search bar late at night, three quotes already sitting in the inbox, is usually asking one thing underneath all the others: can I trust this company with my house? That is the question Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies … Read more
LEWISVILLE, Texas — Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders, companies, and partners in home improvement through a five-layer proprietary ranking system, ranks Nick Zindel, President and CEO of ZINTEX Remodeling Group, No. 20 among the nation’s Top 100 CEOs for 2026, selected from a database of more than 7,600 qualified … Read more
Power100 is continuing its nationwide review of thousands of home improvement companies, studying the leadership, culture, community engagement, and homeowner experiences that help distinguish long-term industry leaders. One company being spotlighted during this ongoing review is All Around, a Minnesota exterior contractor serving residential, commercial, and multifamily properties across the Twin Cities metro and neighboring … Read more
Every contractor who has ever paid for sales training has asked the same question quietly, usually right before signing: what happens if this doesn’t work? Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry through a proprietary 5-layer system, went looking for the answer inside Grosso … Read more
