Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Distributors have played a critical role in the flooring ecosystem. Historically speaking, distributors have played a critical role in the flooring ecosystem. FCNews asked distribution executives for their views: On distribution circa 2025… Bob Weiss, CEO, All Tile. Eric Parrish, president, Midwest Floors.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2024

“Overlooking the Rockies and offering unparalleled opportunities for even greater retail success, Edge Summit 2025 promises to be exceptional,” said Kelli Widdifield, Mohawk’s senior vice president of marketing. The post Registration for Mohawk Edge Summit 2024 opens soon appeared first on Floor Covering News. Learn more here.

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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. Mosaic floors and backsplashes are hugely popular today. Natural stone can etch and stain, so stick to using the material in unique ways vs. whole house floor installations.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Waregem, Belgium—Unilin Technologies has introduced a PFAS-free formulation for waterproof coatings, aligning with forthcoming bans on harmful chemicals such as PFAS (fluorine) in products in the EU and US market, starting in 2025.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 25, 2022

—Milliken & Company published its fourth annual sustainability report, a key reporting component in the company’s progress toward its 2025 sustainability goals. In 2019, Milliken laid out 12 sustainability goals, focused on its people, its products and the planet. Notably, Milliken also said it increased the diversity of its U.S.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Armstrong Flooring released the company’s first third-party assured, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-compliant sustainability report. Third-party certification of 99% of products to low or no volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and content standards. Lancaster, Pa.—Armstrong Full report here.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 16, 2024

Presenters: Nicole Meier, director of branding, Ultrafabrics; Kimberle Frost, color and textile development, Ultrafabrics; Jill Seale, founder, Jill Seale Studio; Tannese Williams, product manager of fashion, home and interiors, Pantone. Tuesday, June 11, 2024 CEU: Trends impacting 2025 and beyond 10:00 a.m. To register, head here.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

Dalton—It has been 12 years since Piet Dossche turned the flooring industry upside down when he launched WPC in the United States and soon after its SPC iteration, all under the “waterproof” umbrella. International Flooring Co. But equally important, how the brand will be different than everything they saw on the show floor. “It

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 2, 2023

Through future-forward programming and with hundreds of exhibitors, the NeoCon show floors will offer an immersive display of what designers and specifiers should consider when creating a better built environment—from generational design, ESG prioritization, to technology integration and global perspectives.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 23, 2024

Since many of them will already be employed by 2025 and 2026, your company’s best chance to find new employees or poach from a competitor will be in 2024. Alan Beaulieu, president, ITR Economics B uild your product knowledge There are so many products and specifications today. Promote a brand, not just a product.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Carpet One Floor & Home, Flooring America, Flooring Canada, The Floor Trader and International Design Guild members will take part in an exciting lineup of events, including a keynote from real estate magnate and ABC’s “Shark Tank” Barbara Corcoran. appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 29, 2024

—It has been billed as “the Surfaces of the Northeast,” and for many retailers located in New England, upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania, NRF Distributors’ New England Flooring Market (NEFM) is indeed their signature flooring event of the season. 1 is I love NRF’s service and their wide variety of products.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 20, 2023

The flooring industry has its share of disrupters seeking to change the rules of competition simply by doing things differently. Floor Covering News’ Industry Disrupters 2023 issue features players large and small who are intent on shaking thing up. Think Amazon, Facebook and Uber.) ChatGPT Smith.ai

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2022

While ITR Economics attests to the fact that first quarter gross domestic production (GDP) was down 0.36% from the fourth quarter of ’21, the firm believes there were mitigating circumstances. industrial production keeps on rising. industrial production and to thousands of other data series that span most industries and most economies.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2023

The consensus among the major resilient flooring suppliers is that once the dust clears, 2023 will see resilient sales down mid-to-high single digits. “A It’s likely that they’re still above 2019 levels for a lot of products but we could continue to see deflation depending on what happens with the economy.”

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2022

and hello to selling products and growing digital communities. As social media platforms move more into the e-commerce space, it makes sense to invest in creators who are driving engagement, growing engaged communities and promoting products. use Instagram to discover new brands and products. Social media has evolved.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one is expecting floor covering distributors to post banner sales numbers for 2023—certainly not in an environment marked by high inflation and a slumping new home construction market. If you’re on the non-residential side of the street, you’re going to be doing very well in 2024 but you’re going to see some pain in 2025.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 20, 2023

M ore evidence that things are not as bad out there as others might have you believe: The Abbey/ Floors to Go convention in Nashville last week drew near record attendance. The good news for the flooring industry, being tied into housing and residential remodel, is we are usually first in and first out. ITR is projecting a 0.3%

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 16, 2024

We are forecasting more rapid growth in 2025 with still lower mortgage rates and a persistent housing shortfall.” The housing market, a major driver of residential flooring sales, appears to have passed peak mortgage rates. The projected housing market upswing is welcome news to the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2024

Those were just of the main findings of a wide-ranging keynote presentation delivered by Lauren Saidel-Baker, economist with ITR Economics, in her address to commercial flooring contractors in attendance at the recent Fuse Alliance conference here earlier this month. I expect cooling for the rest of this year and a mild pullback in 2025.”

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 24, 2024

That was the main thrust of a pair of informative economic keynote presentations delivered by ITR Economics last fall during the North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors+ North American Building Materials Distribution Association (NAFCD+NBMDA) conference. Outlook on U.S. Lowering interest rates will help.

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