I was talking about the current business situation with a colleague lately, and they came up with a very succinct way of solving the economic crisis, which I have decided to make the headline of this column. It sounds simplistic, but it is 100% on point. This statement is particularly relevant in the stone industry right now, and the positive results of our latest survey of stone fabricators will hopefully serve as a precursor to it actually happening. Our annual “Fabricator Market Forecast,” which begins on page 58 of this issue, has been conducted by the Market Research Department at BNP Media (Stone World’s parent company) for well more than a decade, and the feedback we received this year is more positive than it has been in years.
I strongly encourage you to read the full report on page 58, but here are some highlights: