Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I would probably say the market’s going to be, at best, flat, maybe even a little bit down,” said Dick Quinlan, VP of sales and marketing, Wellmade. I think it’s going to be a tough first half of the year,” noted Yon Hinkle, VP of product management, resilient, AHF Products. “We Units might be flat.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 20, 2024

Since then, the brand has evolved from a supplier of traditional laminate products to what is now a provider of waterproof laminate, rigid core/SPC, glue-down LVT and even moldings. I graduated college in 2019 and I joined [my father] almost immediately,” Ron Dardashti told Floor Covering News. The styles are nice neutral colors, too.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 5, 2019

With trade shows, like the upcoming Coverings 2019: The Global Tile & Stone Experience , we’re always looking to recruit new tile collections to round out our roster. If these tiles don’t win you over, you’re sure to find your personal favorite by using our website filter: Wood-Look Porcelain Products.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Valencia, Spain—Tile of Spain manufacturers returned to Spain earlier this month to bring their latest products and innovations to Cevisama, the International Fair for Ceramic Tiles and Bathroom Furnishings. Calming colors. It’s not just colors and patterns making waves in 2020. Three dimensional details.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 23, 2023

H ardwood may very well be the most aspirational flooring product (next to stone or ceramic tile). To that end, hardwood suppliers across the board are leveraging emerging innovations designed to enhance both the visual characteristics as well as the performance attributes of the product.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

By Megan Salzano—T he booming flooring industry is chock-full of high-style and innovative products aimed at tapping the unprecedented growth in demand that began in 2020. increase in sales in 2020 vs. 2019. billion in sales. billion in sales. Glue-down/flexible products don’t require transition profiles.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Hicks, having just crunched the numbers, said attendance for Surfaces 2023 was up “10%- 11%” over 2019 and 2020—the last shows prior to the full onslaught of COVID-19. Hicks said sales for the 2024 show are already encouraging, with many exhibitors interested in booking larger spaces. 24-26, a Wednesday- Friday format.

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 24, 2019

The fashion industry often influences retailers; did you see our post about the 2019 PANTONE Color of the Year ? Our Prime Collection , is a machine-made ceramic wall tile with a soft undulating surface that makes it feel like a hand-made product. AC’s Weathered Wood Collection, featuring the color Blanc in white.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2019

Living Coral, Pantone’s 2019 Color of the Year, is a warm and cheerful color that’s perfect for accessorizing your home. We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. . Image: Pantone. Image: Wayfair.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

D alton —For those who seek alternative options to the largest flooring manufacturers, retailers need to look no further than The Dixie Group, which, through its four brands—DH Floors, Masland, Fabrica and TRUCOR—offers an assortment of products from mid to high end that can satisfy any consumer’s style and performance preferences.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

In the second quarter of 2020, residential carpet sales plummeted 23% in volume and 27.4% When all the numbers were crunched for 2020, FCNews research shows overall carpet sales fell 12.5% billion in 2019. Total area rug sales fell an estimated 2% to $2.576 billion in 2020, according to industry estimates.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 3, 2021

Still, the consensus among flooring executives was that Main Street was down nearly 10% overall in 2020 vs. 2019—not as steep as corporate and some other commercial segments, but certainly not on par with the performance of residential. “We For that reason, it has amassed a large sales force around the Aladdin Main Street line. “My

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Dalton—Happy Feet International is expanding its offerings to include new products from Welspun Flooring where a portion of every Welspun sale will go toward the Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF). The new products are available now through Happy Feet International at happyfeetinternational.com.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

FCNews research showed the category generated $6.589 billion in sales in 2020 —an industry-leading 21.3% increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion. From my perspective, the industry is up for the year,” explained Ed Sanchez, vice president of product management, resilient, Mohawk.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 26, 2018

With tools for homeowners, architects, contractors and distributors (that’s us) alike, Laticrete is a great resource for tile installation products and learning. Architectural Ceramics stocks a few of their products, a popular seller for example, is their grout. Here, the Jura Beige color mimics what was used is the space.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

He has helped push the industry toward greater innovative advancements that made products better. The technologies that we have licensed throughout the years have helped manufacturers produce flooring products that are more durable, longer lasting and require less maintenance than traditional materials.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Not only is the product particularly unique, but it comes with a set of dos and don’ts consumers are often unaware of or afraid to deal with. To be successful with the category, retailers are tasked with educating themselves and the consumer on its pros and cons in order to facilitate a successful sale and installation. Sustainability.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

FCNews’ fourth annual Industry Disrupters issue features innovative players and thinkers who are changing the game in terms of product enhancements, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. AHF Products. Cali Floors. Disrupting through distribution. From takeover target to blazing the acquisition trail.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

These features include educational insights, new and staple hardwood products and a spotlight featuring one of the Coalition’s members. Despite the intense competition from alternative hard surfaces, wood flooring still ranks high among the most aspirational flooring products on the market today. DID YOU KNOW. SELLING TIPS.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

While Indusparquet has been producing hardwood for 50 years, its products really landed along these shores back in 2006, when it was the major supplier to BR-111, the company that created the demand for exotic species such as Brazilian cherry. sales and marketing. But 100% of the solid products they sold were made by us—everything.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

From the abundance of news products, tools and merchandisers on the show floor—to the bevy of educational sessions in the meeting rooms—there were more than enough enticements to get retailers to make the trip. “The Exhibitors’ spaces were packed with opportunities to demo and touch and feel products.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

September 2/9, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 6. While the tile market is under pressure from the realistic visuals and waterproof technologies of resilient product lines, porcelain is taking its market share back through innovative new products. By Megan Salzano. parent company of the Daltile brand. “If

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

During that time, she was instrumental in the initial launch of several product lines and managed Mannington’s Surfaces presence for over eight years. She was—and continues to be—on the frontline of customer engagements, leveraging flooring industry knowledge with her sales skills. Penny Carnino. Carole Cross.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

To blend with hard surface in the home, mills are developing visuals that tie in with wood or vinyl, often with color as the differentiator. He described 2019 as a good year for carpet, growing from 43% of its overall material sales to 46%. “I No wonder car- pet sales increased for us.”. Bismarck, N.D.,

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. Some of the roles include accounting, logistics, product development, marketing, HR, sales and operations. director of sales, O’Krent Floors. CEO, Johnson Hardwood.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

October 14/21, 2019: Volume 35/Issue 8. As the resilient category continues to expand into various subsegments, flooring dealers have had to stay abreast of where each product—once installed—will truly thrive. For instance, areas with direct sunlight could benefit from an SPC product. By Lindsay Gonzalez.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

Daltile’s Defend tile line features Microban technology to attract consumers looking for healthy, clean floor products. By Megan Salzano Ceramic tile is one of only two truly aspirational product categories available in flooring today—hardwood being the other. Know your tile products and sell them. That’s compared to the 17.8%

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 11, 2021

Now is the time to delve deeper than ever into consumers’ rapidly shifting preferences and priorities and to develop new products, services and even business models to meet those needs. – Dan Natkin, vice president, residential products, Mannington Mills. We have to have products that are manufactured and used in the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2021

When the dust cleared and all the numbers were counted, total industry sales fell just short of 2019’s numbers at $22.951 billion, a decline of 0.5%. Coincidentally, that was the growth percentage in 2019, so all this industry did was give back the gains of one year ago. from 2019 compared to the previous year’s decline of 3.1%.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Wood products from Allstate Flooring undergo a special process to create unique visual appeal. As an example, the Legacy Flooring Collection was started in March 2019 and has grown significantly over the past several years. To that point, its flagship products from the Avaron and Brentwood Hills lines are unique in several ways.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 2, 2020

December 23/30, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 13. Retail sales associates should, however, never overlook the add-on sale. However, while these products usually boast high profit margins, many RSAs are often faced with a barrier to success. “If Kraig Coxon, owner, Pennwood Products, put it simply. By Megan Salzano.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. decline to 2.403 from 2.491 billion square feet in 2019. vs. May 2019. of volume.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 18, 2022

sales, Mercier. Mirage Hardwood Floors manufactures products across four different platforms. Several of these suppliers—many of which are household names in the flooring industry—are renown for producing some of the highest quality hardwood flooring products available, as many of their retailer and distributor partners attest.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

BelleLuxe, from the Karastan collection of high-end hardwood launched in 2019, was designed to appeal to the discerning consumer. Wider, longer boards help make the visual of the ‘fifth wall’ more dimensionally proportionate,” said Bob Fish, vice president and general manager of retail sales for Cali. By Reginald Tucker.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Hydropel, infused with proprietary technology to resist water for up to 36 hours, earned a Good Design award for 2019. When Brian Carson took the reins as president and CEO of AHF Products in February 2019, he announced “very aggressive plans” for the company that had been spun off from Armstrong Flooring the year prior.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

And freight expenses once product reached these shores were through the roof. Back then it was about products like resilient tile and VCT. SPC/rigid core, the product known to consumers as water- proof, was responsible for a revival of many other segments. decline in volume in 2019; 4.6% decline in volume in 2019; 4.6%

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

By Reginald Tucker W hen it comes to summing up what’s hot vs. what’s not in hardwood flooring today, there are several factors to consider beyond just color, stain or style. Designers and consumers can’t seem to get enough of white oak,” said Sara Babinski, senior design manager, AHF Products. “It It’s just a great off color.”.

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