When I was growing up, I remember reading a survey that definitively stated: “The typical American family has two-and-a-half children.†Despite never having met a half-child, that number stuck in my mind. Recently, the market research department at BNP Media (Stone World's parent company) conducted a groundbreaking survey of stone fabricators to determine the most prevalent industry trends. In a way, I suppose, we were looking to determine what makes a “typical†stone fabricator.
Here's what we found about the “typical†stone fabrication shop: