Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

Russia is a major exporter of natural gas to Europe, and the war has raised concerns about the stability of these supplies. In a nutshell, this is technology that enables shoppers to complete most of the transaction online—learn about products, visualize, order samples—and, eventually, buy in-store at their local dealer.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2024

Mapei has supported various sustainability-driven initiatives, as we know the importance of building with sustainable materials and the long-term positive impacts it will have on the environment. Sustainability is not merely about products—it’s a guiding principle that shapes every aspect of our operations.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2023

In terms of volume, the category grew at a slightly slower rate (4.5%), reaching roughly 1.098 billion square feet. laminate market was up about 5% in 2022.” But in terms of volume, laminate represented 5.6% Home Depot’s overall flooring sales were relatively flat, with Lowe’s up about 2%. in 2021 to about 15% last year.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

Heinold agreed it wasn’t just about the numbers but the vibrant energy being felt throughout the show floor. “As The previous Orlando show after the pandemic had limited attendance—people were still concerned about [meeting in person],” Patricia Acosta, corporate communications manager at MILEstone, told Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

rate in the ’90s, and most of the time inflation was about 2%. Commercial, which accounts for about 40% of all carpet sold, was up 11.2% The latter continued on the comeback trail, growing about 6% in dollars and 4.5% Back then it was about products like resilient tile and VCT. The high point was a 5.4%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

Back then it was about products like resilient tile and VCT. This category now represents 21% of the entire floor covering industry in terms of volume. One other thing about 2021’s performance: This was the first year in memory where every flooring category posted gains in both dollars and volume. increase in 2021.

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Architectural Ceramics

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Zoom-turkey, Facetime-stuffing and Skype-Dessert might be some terms you hear thrown around this year, and you won’t have to worry about the relatives taking all of the good leftovers for once. With Thanksgiving right around the corner of 2020, your plans might look a little bit different than years previously.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2022

Tarkett is focused on driving long-term, sustainable growth, while also delivering an exceptional customer experience,” said Jeff Fenwick, president, commercial business, Tarkett North America. “A A key component of that strategy is expansion in distribution. Sandifer, president and CEO, Cain & Bultman, Inc. “It

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2021

Tarkett is focused on driving long-term, sustainable growth, while also delivering an exceptional customer experience. Ohio Valley Flooring provides us with a great opportunity to advance in that regard, supporting our goals for long-term growth and exceptional customer service.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The sales industry is about two things: Trust and value. The former solves the customer’s initial pain points; the latter is solving evolving needs and maintaining a long-term relationship with the client and that is where you can find and extract real value. A strong sales strategy is critically important to any organization.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 15, 2021

T he resilient category has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years—in terms of both market popularity as well as sales. In fact, in many respects, the resilient category has carried the flooring industry forward in terms of overall growth. This trend is directly linked to the overall move toward hard surface.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This partnership between Tarkett and Tingle supports our focus on driving long-term, sustainable growth in the commercial and residential segments, while continuing to provide an outstanding customer experience in all markets we serve,” said Jeff Fenwick, president, commercial business, Tarkett North America.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2022

In terms of volume, the category accounted for 5.881 billion square feet (not including rubber) at the first point of sale, a 9.8% Over these last several years, resilient’s share of the market has more than doubled in terms of dollars and increased by nearly half in terms of volume. increase over 2020’s revised $6.463 billion.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Tell me about your career up until this point. After venturing outside the flooring industry for about a year with an IT company, I came back to the flooring industry at Mohawk with product development on their commercial team. Talk about that. Talk about short- and long-term goals.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On business conditions… “I am optimistic about the long-term success of our company because we fare well in periods of boom or bust.”. Once these short-term economic issues are under control, we expect demand to increase.”. Bob Weiss, All Tile, Elk Grove Village, Ill. Wally McAlexander, BPI, Memphis, Tenn.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2020

The meteoric rise of the resilient flooring category can be directly attributed to the performance of subcategories such as SPC and rigid core, which doubled in terms of volume and more than doubled in terms of dollars between 2018 and 2019. In terms of residential volume, SPC accounted for 33.4% of the LVT market, or 667.5

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Floor Covering News

JULY 26, 2023

With this new high-quality, turn-key facility, we look forward to a successful and long-term partnership with the Hollingsworth Companies and the City of Loudon.” The Huntington Business Park is located about 30 miles from downtown Knoxville, Tenn. on I-75 and seven miles from I-40.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

One of the important things about e-commerce is having inventory and filling orders, so it’s just a natural fit for us,” he said. “On Now with e-commerce, it completes a foundation that we can continue building from to achieve our long-term goals. We are going to be tough to beat.”

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

Lasting Traditions by Robbins About the product: Robbins Lasting Traditions is both timeless and traditional. Vinyl Legends by Cali About the product: This premium LVP offers extra-broad dimensions with a natural beauty and plank thickness reminiscent of hardwood. Rose Carpets & Flooring, Burlington, Mass.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Daltile’s lead product designer, Laura Grilli, has termed a key trend for 2021 as “Eudaimonia.” Thinking about the tile industry, this is the trend of wood, marble and stone looks such as those found in Daltile’s soon-to-launch new Transio, Enlite and Perpetuo porcelain tile collections.”.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

America’s Floor Source, they continue to thrill; They bought Reliant Solutions and are now about $200 ’mil. XGS bought Pacific Coast…to service customers out West; For short-term storage or shipping, they truly are the best. Big props for shaving both your heads—to Jason & Sam O’Krent.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

In terms of volume, the category accounted for 5.455 billion square feet (not including rubber) at the first point of sale, a 19.5% Over these last several years, resilient’s share of the market has more than doubled in terms of dollars and increased by nearly half in terms of volume. increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

This will take a long-term approach in vocational schools and training.” A long-term approach is exactly what the tile industry is moving toward with significant progress being made by many stakeholders in the industry. Much of this is part of a long-term objective. The issue is the cost and time of installation.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 6, 2022

“As a family-owned company driven by American manufacturing, we’ve long cared about the people and communities we touch and making sure we try to do the right thing,” said Shane Totten, commercial director of sustainability, Mannington Commercial. This initiative is at the heart of that philosophy.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2022

In terms of pricing, Revolution Mills is not the cheapest in the market, nor the most expensive. Pappas, the veteran mill executive, said the most compelling thing about the carpet is the performance. As he explained, “You never have to worry about this product and the way it’s built—both the gauge and the twist level.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 5, 2022

supports our focus on driving long-term, sustainable growth in the commercial and residential segments, while also enabling us to continue to provide an outstanding customer experience in all the markets we serve.”. We are very excited about our new partnership with Tarkett,” said John Sher, president, Adleta.

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Realstone

JANUARY 21, 2024

It’s not just about choosing a color; it’s about creating an atmosphere. Always consider the long-term maintenance when choosing your backsplash material. Is it easy to maintain a colorful backsplash? About the Author    Kerry Dillon     Kerry is based in the Metro Detroit area. 

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Realstone

JANUARY 12, 2024

It’s not just about choosing a color; it’s about creating an atmosphere. Always consider the long-term maintenance when choosing your backsplash material. Is it easy to maintain a colorful backsplash? About the Author    Kerry Dillon     Kerry is based in the Metro Detroit area. 

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

When retailers explain to a potential buyer about the benefits of buying hardwood, you might hear them use the expression, ‘A tree has no repeats.’ We did a substantial amount of business with Lux last year—about a quarter of a million dollars. I wanted to get as close to that as we could with our new EIR line.” Never had a back order.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2023

Nuckols, president, residential division, The Dixie Group “This is a collection of nine stories in which Gladwell draws upon history, psychology and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think about the world around us. Wright Flooring “On average I read/listen to about 40 books a year.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Meanwhile, confidence in the market for new multifamily housing was in negative territory for the third quarter, according to results from a newly released Multifamily Market Survey (MMS), which measures builder and developer sentiment about current production conditions in the apartment and condo market.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

Shifting back to the positive side, the industry continued its growth curve in terms of dollars, albeit ever so slightly, a journey that began in 2010. For the record, the industry was up about 4.6% Another thing to keep in mind about the numbers: Ten years ago, FCNews included cove base and accessories in its rubber flooring numbers.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 6, 2023

What about those who are still importing? Another challenge that we talked about this time last year was the shortage of truck drivers. One would assume that the longer this goes on, the better situation would be in terms of addressing the labor issue? Another challenge we talked about last year was the rising cost of fuel.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Twitter and Facebook, among others, said they would embrace remote work long term. Months into a pandemic that rapidly reshaped how companies operate, an increasing number of executives now say that remote work, while necessary for safety much of this year, is not their preferred long-term solution once the coronavirus crisis passes.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

Just five years ago, for example, carpet/rugs made up 60% of the flooring industry in terms of volume. With the color being an inherent part of the fiber itself, solution-dyed products have greater performance in terms of resistance to stains and soiling. of the overall 18.969 billion square-foot flooring market in 2020. Commercial.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2023

The segment posted astronomical gains over the last several years, beating out every other flooring category in terms of growth as it nabbed share from carpet, hardwood, ceramic and laminate. Then, about three, four years ago, we started seeing an influx of thinner, less-expensive material (that’s the nice terminology) enter the market.”.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2021

It is becoming obvious that resilient is cannibalizing dollars from just about every other flooring category, all of which were either down slightly or significantly in both dollars and volume, with the exception of laminate, which very quietly is making the greatest comeback since Lazarus. For the record, the industry was up about 0.4%

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