Floor Covering News

APRIL 24, 2023

This colorful little anecdote illustrates a valuable lesson in modern retailing: Every person who enters the retail showroom is a potential client. But it can be easy to write someone off based on an initial judgement and not give the full effort on a sales pitch. We market to the better products, and that’s what people come in for.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. Las Vegas—Six manufacturers were voted best of class in the 2020 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest sponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). RI DIGITAL. You can feel the difference.”. T ECHNOLOGY.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. And freight expenses once product reached these shores were through the roof. To further illustrate the impact of price increases, the average selling price of all floor- ing in 2020 was $1.21. With that, the U.S.

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Tile of Spain USA

MARCH 23, 2023

This year’s annual event, the first to take place since 2020, was held from February 27 – March 3, 2023 at Feria Valencia, located in Valencia’s center city. The Spanish tile industry surpassed expectations with overall sales increasing by 16.2% since last year. since 2021.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2020

Chicago — In keeping with Domotex USA’s 2020 trade show theme “The World At Your Feet” attendees will discover floor covering trendsetters from around the globe. India-based SRI Color System, a multipurpose wool and textile color reference system, returns to Domotex USA in 2020 to showcase its yarns and color boxes primarily to U.S.-based

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

By Ken Ryan—For many flooring retailers, 2021 represented their best sales year ever , and it’s no wonder as the product pipeline continued to deliver innovative offerings that were in high demand. Following are some of the top must-have product introductions of 2021, along with their key selling points. Create Flooring: Lofts.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

No longer content with beiges and grays, consumers today are demanding more color choices in their carpet. Following are some of the standout carpet innovations of 2020. We’re able to design impressively clean visuals that enhance colors vividly with great intensity. Visually, the carpets end up looking like handwoven products.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

6/13, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 14. Many economists expect that trend to carry over into 2020. Further impacting new housing sales were a labor shortage within the construction trade and rising interest rates. This decline in rates caused existing home sales and new home sales to rebound,” Dietz observed. “In

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

February 2/10, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 16. By most accounts, TISE 2020 was another successful event in the annals of Surfaces history. We are so excited to be able to celebrate another incredible event with the industry for TISE 2020,” said Dana Hicks, TISE show director. Vendors step up their game in a big way. By FCNews staff.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2024

In this role, Tippett will assume sales responsibility and reporting for Stanton’s hard surface business. “We’re thrilled to have Deb join the Stanton team and confident that her experience, leadership and passion for the business, coupled with Stanton’s seasoned, hardworking sales team, will accomplish the goals set forth.” .

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Architectural Ceramics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Product pictured above: 1. Stellar handmade ceramic, Radicchio colored glaze; 4. Stellar handmade ceramic, Spice Market colored glaze; 5. Euphoria handmade ceramic, in Mystic shape, Ruby Sky colored glaze; 6. Product pictured above: 1. Product pictured above: 1. Product pictured above: 1.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2022

What is not unprecedented is the trailblazing resilient category, which continued its wild ride in 2021 with another year of major growth in both resilient flooring sales and volume—again led mostly by the red-hot rigid core subsegment of LVT. increase over 2020’s revised $6.463 billion. increase from 5.357 billion square feet in 2020.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

March 2/9, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 18. The main takeaway here was our members came with a renewed sense of optimism for 2020,” Kevin Logue, co-COO and vice president of marketing, told FCNews. Alliance Flooring’s goal for 2020 was to bring in 20 new members; it was already at the halfway mark by the end of February. By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2020

Over the past few years, carpet manufacturers have migrated to solution-dyed (SD) products in response to consumer demand for multiple colors and greater performance, whether it is stain and soil resistance or protection against fading. Their purchase is driven by color, comfort and value.”. By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

By Megan Salzano While 2020 was anything but ordinary, there was one thing the flooring industry could count on: the continued popularity of the resilient category. It will come as no surprise that resilient—led mostly by the rigid core/SPC sub-segments —once again registered gains while many other flooring categories in 2020 did not.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Across all flooring categories suppliers are ramping up their domestic production to meet the needs of their customer base and consumers across the country. AHF Products, for example, has one of the most robust domestic production operations as any supplier in the industry. Daltile’s Dickson plant.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We’re thrilled to have Jamann join Stanton and confident that his expertise, leadership and passion for the business, coupled with Stanton’s seasoned, hard-working sales team will accomplish this goal.” Prior to TDG, Stepp was the director of marketing and product management for CORETec, both before and after Shaw’s acquisition.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2022

T he comeback that was predicted in 2020 after ceramic flooring sales experienced its first downward trajectory in several years was right on point as 2021 saw vast improvement across the board. ceramic tile category saw high single-digit growth in 2021 compared to 2020. FCNews research shows ceramic experienced an 8.2%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. Multi-family housing activity in 2019 can be best be described as lackluster, especially compared to the sales seen on the single- family side of the business. The dips and turns that contributed to softness last year is expected to continue for at least the first half of 2020, observers say.

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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. What’s trending 2020. Calming colors. It’s not just colors and patterns making waves in 2020.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

By Ken Ryan If not for an anomalously bad second quarter created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the carpet category may well have celebrated an upturn in 2020 after several mediocre years. In the second quarter of 2020, residential carpet sales plummeted 23% in volume and 27.4% in dollars, according to FCNews research.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Saint-Georges— Mirage , a hardwood flooring brand, announced its Fall 2020 Rebate Sale. The major hardwood flooring sale is taking place across the United States at all participating Mirage dealers from Oct. This offer is valid on all Mirage standard products, regardless of species, color or width.

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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

JUNE 28, 2022

When all the numbers were tabulated for 2021, FCNews research found that overall carpet sales grew 11.5% to $8.201 billion compared with $7.355 billion carpet sales in 2020. Residential carpet sales were up an astounding 17.2%. For context, in 2020, carpet-rugs represented 48.4% million starts in 2020.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

“With the residential flooring market seeing a quicker return to pre-COVID-19 trends than traditional commercial sectors, Main Street is well poised to capitalize on commercial flooring needs while leveraging its residential sales channels.”. In 2020, Pentz Commercial launched more than 20 new offerings across carpet and hard surfaces.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

While the rigid core segment has been locked in controversy for several years—first with the implementation of various tariffs and then with the UFLPA detentions of late—glue down came to the rescue of consumers in the period between 2020-2023. But really the value proposition is what differentiates it for certain applications.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

By Megan Salzano T he last year and a half has been anything but ordinary, and while the industry did struggle early on in 2020 due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has rebounded with a vengeance in 2021. FCNews research showed the category generated $6.589 billion in sales in 2020 —an industry-leading 21.3%

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Daltile’s new Defend is a distinct product line of high-performance ceramic tile featuring Microban technology, which will not wash off or wear away. suppliers are touting record-high sales in 2021 and expected ongoing growth as a result of changing consumer habits and a booming housing market —both spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 1, 2021

Forbo’s Marmoleum features a wide range of color, design and size options to create multiple looks. Forbo was founded with an expressed focus on linoleum flooring products. Forbo was founded with an expressed focus on linoleum flooring products. They keep coming out with new products even though they don’t have any competition.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 31, 2021

Both SPC and WPC flooring products are taking share from most other categories and, as such, suppliers are entering the sphere to get in on the action. Whether it be product design, go-to-market strategy or a combination of the two, these “new kids on the block” are proving themselves in a category dominated by seasoned suppliers.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2021

By Ken Ryan Alliance Flooring held its Connect ’21 Virtual Product Showcase March 15-17, an online event that brought together members and suppliers virtually for new product and merchandising introductions in advance of the upcoming selling season. The resolve to drive busines in 2020 was very inspiring.”.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Without these seemingly sundry products the installation would be incomplete and the flooring would likely fail. Perhaps the most design-savvy of flooring categories, tile is most particularly supported by grout and mortar products. Jay Samber, senior director installation products, Dal-Tile Corp., The result?

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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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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Flooring retailers say trusted brands like Invista’s Stainmaster are serving them well in 2020. The early stages of 2020 revealed the kind of promise the carpet industry had longed for: innovative new offerings breathing life into a segment that had been losing share to hard surfaces for more than a decade. By Ken Ryan. Seizing share.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 25, 2020

With its biennial Summit canceled this summer due to COVID-19, Alliance Flooring staged Connect 2020 , a virtual buying and networking event for members (see page 3). An educated sales professional can be the No. To that end, the association offers several educational products and programs available at special member discounts.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 25, 2021

The fact residential carpet grew by 13% in the 2020 fourth quarter, according to industry estimates, is no fluke. Carpet is making inroads as a fashion statement, and consumers are willing to step out of their comfort zones to invest in color and patterns, carpet executives say. Consumers are choosing accent colors.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 3, 2021

By Ken Ryan While the residential flooring market started to take off in the second half of 2020, fueled by the home renovation boom spurred by the COVID-19 shutdown, Main Street commercial was stuck in neutral as scores of restaurants, hair salons and other small shops closed for extended periods. Seizing opportunities.

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