198O National Home Center Show

The 1980 National Home CenterlHome Improvement Congress & Exposition has announced a slate of 57 industry leaders who will panel l2 seminar sessions during the fifth annual show March 2-5, at the Dallas Convention Center.

"The roster reads like a who's who of home center industry leaders representing all facts of this booming $34 billion industry," said George L. Milne, vice president of Vance Publishing Corp.

"The seminar panelists comprise a broad geographical cross-section of the industry," Bill Fishman, seminar director said. "We have

Home Genter Expands

The All American Home Center, Downey, Ca., thought to be the largest home center in the United States in terms of size and sales volume, is launching a major remodeling project.

A family operation, the 20 yearold company has 163,000 sq. ft. at one location and consumer sales reported to be in excess of $15 million a year.

According to Leonard Gertler, v.p., the flooring department will representatives of large chains and independents operating in major metropolitan areas as well as smalltown and rural markets," he said.

The seminars rlln the gamut of topics relevant to the industry including such basic subjects such as "New Trends in Merchandising" and "How to Merchandise Do-It-Yourself Kitchens Profitably." One seminar is especially devoted to wholesalers and manufacturers, another is devoted to rural and small town home centers, while a third is targeted for chief executives and owners.

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(l) Do your employees follow your orders mechanically with little enthusiasm ?

(2) Do your employees avoid giving you suggestions?

(3) Do your employees wait for you to tell them what to do?

(4) Do your employees do only routine operations when you are not present?

(5) Do you constantly complain that work does not go as you had planned ?

be expanded to 5,200 sq. ft. and relocated at the front of the store with a carpeting department added. The paint and wallpaper section also will be relocated near the entrance and expanded some 600 sq. ft.

Appliances, major and small, and electronics will be expanded in an I 1,000 sq. ft. area at the side of the store with a separate entrance. Target day for completion is March l.

(6) Do you find your daily work taking all your time with no opportunity to plan jobs?

(7) Are operations frequently upset by emergencies?

(8) Are you always preoccupied with details?

(9) Do smalljobs take too long?

(10) Do cliques cause unrest and friction among your workers?

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Northwest Hardwood Meet

(Continued from page 16) went to Blair Armitase. Diamond Wood Products, Eugene, Or.: Mike Armstrong, Centennial Forest Products, Portland, Or.t and Ed Mason, Great Western Lumber Co., Evenson, Wa. Retiring director Marv Noble was presented with a framed certificate for his work for NHA.

Speakers at the three day gathering, Nov. 8-10, included Jim Summerlin, president of Sumwood, Inc.. Los Angeles, who discussed

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Southeast Asian price factors and manufacturing capabilities.

'Noting the doubling of many prices in comparatively short periods, dark red Philippine mahogany, for example, and the tripling in teak prices in five years, Summerlin explained that Southeast Asia was now supplying increased quantities since the decline in supplies from Africa. Additionally, ocean freight costs are up due to oil price increases and a declining dollar. He said that many species were now sought after for their own qualities, rather than being considered as merely substitutes, as in the past. Ecology excesses also contribute to a declining supply, as Asians fear exhaustion of their forests. One year ago, Thailand, for example, banned teak exports as a move to protect their forest resources.

Manufacturing capabilities there are often far behind America, being hampered by weather extremes, lack of capital, roads and other facilities, including transport, and the absence of an ample supply of skilled labor.

A panel discussion on alder distribution followed that drew strons

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