Business View Magazine Feb 2023

52 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 NATURAL SLATE NATURAL MARBLE FLAGSTONE TRAVERTINE 1125 N. King St #201 Honolulu Hi 96817 | Ph: 836-8181 | Fax: 836-8166 www.goldencabinetsstone.com Open Monday-Saturday | 8am-5pm | LIC #C-32320 and other countries in Asia. He is continuing to look for new product options for customers to choose from, not just in cabinetry but countertops, sinks, luxury vinyl flooring, tile, shower doors and panels, and more. Golden Cabinets and Stone’s professionals have finished thousands of renovation projects for customers. The team is dedicated to customers and strives to bring the best quality products and services at the lowest prices possible in the market. According to Cao, Golden Cabinets and Stone coordinate all project tasks to work around customer schedules, minimizing any discomfort that may come from a remodel. They can be assured that the company’s professional installation teams will leave their project complete and clean. This dedication to customer service and providing them with options is one of the many reasons that Golden Cabinets and Stone was named Hawaii’s Best in its sector as awarded by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper from 2018 –2022. The company also has more than a 4.5 cumulating rating on Yelp and Google. “We’re continuing to look for ways to expand and want to hire more (employees),” to help meet demand, Cao says. The supply chain challenges experienced in 2020-2021 were significant and slowed Golden Cabinets and Stone from completing some tasks simply because products were not always available. This was understandable with COVID factory shutdowns around the world, and slow shipping and transportation channels, Cao says. Fortunately, that changed for the better in 2022 when the supply chains opened back up, and foreign plants could reliably provide products on time. The biggest challenge Cao sees currently is a slowdown in the housing market and consumer spending, driven largely by inflation and higher interest rates.While demand is slowing a bit, the company remains busy because it supplies everyone –both the wholesale and retail markets.With a