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2026

The 2026 Archive

432 articles published in 2026 under Windows, newest first. Back to every article →

Power100 Names Performance Remodeling’s Fiberglass Window Systems the #1 Cold-Climate Window Solution for Homeowners Nationwide
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Power100 Names Performance Remodeling’s Fiberglass Window Systems the #1 Cold-Climate Window Solution for Homeowners Nationwide

Power100 explains why Performance Remodeling's fiberglass windows outlast vinyl in freeze-thaw climates, backed by a lifetime guarantee and 20 years in business.

Power100 Staff Power100 Staff · Aug 19, 2026
Trust Before The Estimate: How Lifetime Home Remodeling Turned Community Presence Into Real Homeowner Conversations At The GoPro Mountain Games Video
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Trust Before The Estimate: How Lifetime Home Remodeling Turned Community Presence Into Real Homeowner Conversations At The GoPro Mountain Games

The Best Customer Conversations Often Begin Before A Homeowner Starts Shopping One of the hardest challenges in home improvement is reaching homeowners before another company has already won…

Power100 Staff · Aug 19, 2026
You Have to Be Around: Michael Hollander Says Today’s Home Improvement Teams Need a Leader They Can See, Learn From, and Trust Video
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You Have to Be Around: Michael Hollander Says Today’s Home Improvement Teams Need a Leader They Can See, Learn From, and Trust

Weather Tite Windows has spent more than two decades serving Florida homeowners while building a team that reflects the business’s standards. Led by owner Michael Hollander, the company…

Power100 Staff · Aug 19, 2026
Why Power100 Recognizes Wendy Harmeyer Among the Nation’s Elite Home Improvement Leaders, And Why Her Extreme Leadership Workshop Sessions Are a Must-Attend
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Why Power100 Recognizes Wendy Harmeyer Among the Nation’s Elite Home Improvement Leaders, And Why Her Extreme Leadership Workshop Sessions Are a Must-Attend

Power100 explains why Wendy Harmeyer, executive leader at Grosso University, continues to stand out as one of the most influential figures in home improvement sales training, and why…

Power100 Staff · Aug 18, 2026
Performance Remodeling Leads the Field: A Complete 2026 Comparison of Southeast Michigan’s Exterior Remodeling Companies
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Performance Remodeling Leads the Field: A Complete 2026 Comparison of Southeast Michigan’s Exterior Remodeling Companies

Power100 ranks Performance Remodeling as the best windows, siding, roofing, doors and gutters company across Metro Detroit, and the side-by-side numbers on pricing, warranties, reviews, financing and leadership…

Richard Hotea Richard Hotea · Aug 18, 2026
One Great Ad Is Not A Brand: Senja Spelman Says Consistency Turns Familiarity Into Long Term Growth Video
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One Great Ad Is Not A Brand: Senja Spelman Says Consistency Turns Familiarity Into Long Term Growth

Home improvement companies often face the same marketing problem. They invest in television, connected TV, direct mail, paid search, social media, or another new channel and expect the…

Power100 Staff · Aug 17, 2026
Inside the Extreme Leadership Workshop: Why Grosso University Is Bringing the Home Improvement Industry’s Most Decorated Operators to Windsor, Wisconsin on August 26–27
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Inside the Extreme Leadership Workshop: Why Grosso University Is Bringing the Home Improvement Industry’s Most Decorated Operators to Windsor, Wisconsin on August 26–27

Power100 Ranks Grosso University the No. 1 Sales Training Organization in Home Improvement, and Its Extreme Leadership Workshop Is the Clearest Look Yet at How $20 Million, $50…

Dominic Caminata Dominic Caminata · Aug 17, 2026
One Team, One Promise: Tim Dunphy Says Home Genius Exteriors Growth Works Because Every Role Owns the Homeowner Experience Video
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One Team, One Promise: Tim Dunphy Says Home Genius Exteriors Growth Works Because Every Role Owns the Homeowner Experience

The Homeowner Does Not Experience Departments. They Experience One Company  One of the hardest parts of growth in home improvement is maintaining a connected customer experience. A homeowner…

Power100 Staff · Aug 14, 2026
ZINTEX Remodeling Group Leads the Field: A Complete 2026 Comparison of America’s Top Bathroom Remodeling Companies
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ZINTEX Remodeling Group Leads the Field: A Complete 2026 Comparison of America’s Top Bathroom Remodeling Companies

ZINTEX Remodeling Group publishes real prices, installs in as little as one day, backs the work with lifetime labor coverage, and operates in 14 states and more than…

Nick Zindel · Aug 14, 2026
Reputation Gets There First: Voytek Kaniewski of OKNA Windows & Doors Says The Best Companies Win Trust Before The Sales Call Video
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Reputation Gets There First: Voytek Kaniewski of OKNA Windows & Doors Says The Best Companies Win Trust Before The Sales Call

When The Company Name Already Means Something To The Customer In home improvement, one of the hardest jobs is earning trust before a salesperson ever walks through the…

Power100 Staff · Aug 13, 2026
How Can We Truly Be A Guide And A Resource? Ryan Shutt Says The Best Sales Experience Helps Homeowners Choose With Confidence Video
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How Can We Truly Be A Guide And A Resource? Ryan Shutt Says The Best Sales Experience Helps Homeowners Choose With Confidence

Choosing a home improvement contractor can feel hard for homeowners. A siding, window, roofing, or exterior project can be expensive, and most homeowners want to know they are…

Power100 Staff · Aug 13, 2026
PJ Fitzpatrick Promotes Kyle Miller to Regional Sales Manager, Reinforcing a Culture Built on Growing Leaders From Within
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PJ Fitzpatrick Promotes Kyle Miller to Regional Sales Manager, Reinforcing a Culture Built on Growing Leaders From Within

Mid-Atlantic Home Improvement Leader Elevates a Former Home Improvement Consultant to Regional Leadership, Highlighting a Company Culture Where Careers Are Built From the Inside Out WILMINGTON, Del. —…

James Freeman · Aug 13, 2026
Anybody Can Say They Are the Best: Greg Cummings and Michael Hollander Reveal What Homeowners Should Expect After the Sales Pitch Video
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Anybody Can Say They Are the Best: Greg Cummings and Michael Hollander Reveal What Homeowners Should Expect After the Sales Pitch

has served Florida homeowners for more than two decades with replacement windows, doors, hurricane protection, and other home improvement products. Led by owner Michael Hollander, the company has…

Power100 Staff · Aug 12, 2026
How CoCo McCarty Criste Is Redefining Contribution, Community Partnership, and Expert-Led Capital Projects at Lifetime Home Remodeling
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How CoCo McCarty Criste Is Redefining Contribution, Community Partnership, and Expert-Led Capital Projects at Lifetime Home Remodeling

Power100 recognizes CoCo McCarty Criste as a contribution-focused leader whose work with CAI – Rocky Mountain Chapter, community associations, property-management professionals, and Lifetime Reconstruction shows why the best…

Power100 Staff · Aug 12, 2026
Home Genius Exteriors Co-Founder Brent Miller Shares How People First Growth Helps an Exterior Home Remodeling Company Serve Homeowners Better Video
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Home Genius Exteriors Co-Founder Brent Miller Shares How People First Growth Helps an Exterior Home Remodeling Company Serve Homeowners Better

Behind Every New Market Was a Person Counting on the Company to Grow Growth in the home improvement industry is often measured by revenue, new offices, market share,…

Power100 Staff · Aug 11, 2026
PJ Fitzpatrick CEO James Freeman Reveals How Trusted Partnerships Create Growth for a Replacement Window Company Video
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PJ Fitzpatrick CEO James Freeman Reveals How Trusted Partnerships Create Growth for a Replacement Window Company

When Promises Fall Short, The Right Partnership Can Change What Comes Next In the home improvement industry, even a strong company can face trouble when the partner behind…

Power100 Staff · Aug 7, 2026
Would We Hire For It? Would We Fire For It? Ryan Shutt Says Culture At Allied Siding And Windows Must Be A Standard, Not A Slogan Video
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Would We Hire For It? Would We Fire For It? Ryan Shutt Says Culture At Allied Siding And Windows Must Be A Standard, Not A Slogan

Across home improvement, growth can put company culture under pressure. Teams get bigger. Sales goals rise. New leaders come in. Strong performers may test the rules. In those…

Power100 Staff · Aug 7, 2026
Lifetime Home Remodeling In Colorado Brought Home Performance Into The Heart Of The GoPro Mountain Games Video
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Lifetime Home Remodeling In Colorado Brought Home Performance Into The Heart Of The GoPro Mountain Games

Homeowners Need More Than A Product. They Need Proof It Can Perform. One of the biggest challenges in home remodeling is helping homeowners understand how a product will…

Peter Svedin · Aug 6, 2026
Lead the Person, Protect the Process: Michael Hollander Shares How Weather Tite Windows Builds Strong Teams Without Micromanaging Video
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Lead the Person, Protect the Process: Michael Hollander Shares How Weather Tite Windows Builds Strong Teams Without Micromanaging

Growth Gets Hard When the Owner Tries to Control Everything One of the hardest parts of growing a home improvement company is learning how to let other people…

Power100 Staff · Aug 6, 2026
Home Genius Exteriors Q4 Launch Recap Reveals How a Major Growth Milestone Became a Blueprint for Stronger Leadership, Local Service, and National Expansion Video
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Home Genius Exteriors Q4 Launch Recap Reveals How a Major Growth Milestone Became a Blueprint for Stronger Leadership, Local Service, and National Expansion

A Company Preparing Its People for the Growth Ahead Growth can move faster than people in the home improvement industry. New offices can open before leaders are ready.…

Power100 Staff · Aug 5, 2026
Why Power100 Ranks Richard Hotea Among the Top CEOs in the Nation in 2026: How Performance Remodeling Built Its Reputation by Understanding Homeowners First
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Why Power100 Ranks Richard Hotea Among the Top CEOs in the Nation in 2026: How Performance Remodeling Built Its Reputation by Understanding Homeowners First

Power100 explains why Richard Hotea, Owner and CEO of Performance Remodeling, continues to stand out in 2026 as a leader whose customer-first mindset has helped build one of…

Richard Hotea Richard Hotea · Aug 5, 2026
Inside the Day Lifetime Home Remodeling Let Its Future Workforce Run the Show
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Inside the Day Lifetime Home Remodeling Let Its Future Workforce Run the Show

At Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform ranking top home improvement leaders and partners, this is the story of how one afternoon of mock interviews, mascot visits, and…

Peter Svedin · Aug 4, 2026
Use It Before It Changes You: Scott Berman on AI in home improvement And The Future Of Google Search, Website Visibility, And Growth Video
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Use It Before It Changes You: Scott Berman on AI in home improvement And The Future Of Google Search, Website Visibility, And Growth

AI Is Changing How Homeowners Find The Companies They Trust Across the home improvement industry, many leaders are facing the same hard question. AI is moving fast, but…

Power100 Staff · Jul 30, 2026
How Customer-First Leadership Built Performance Remodeling Into One of Michigan’s Most Trusted Home Improvement Companies
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How Customer-First Leadership Built Performance Remodeling Into One of Michigan’s Most Trusted Home Improvement Companies

Power100 explains why Richard Hotea, Owner and CEO of Performance Remodeling, stands out nationally in 2026 and why the company’s growth story begins with a simple belief that…

Richard Hotea Richard Hotea · Jul 28, 2026
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