Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

About 90% of the product comes from Asia, thus making it the segment most impacted by supply chain disruptions. And as prices on SPC skyrocketed, the delta between the latter and lower-end hardwood and ceramic narrowed, making them more attractive options. Residential ceramic was up 11%. Lowe’s reported flooring sales of $4.95

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Many people have asked us about how the newly implemented Chinese tariffs will affect the tile and flooring industry. Keep in mind most importers, like Architectural Ceramics, imported excess stock to get through this transition. for unglazed ceramic 10% for unglazed porcelain 8.5% for glazed ceramic and porcelain 2.7%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Las Vegas—I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, has introduced True Grout on SPC/rigid core tiles and planks. This increased resilience outperforms both v-groove and traditional ceramic grouts in terms of wear and tear. Europe and Asia-Pacific. Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

B arcelona , S pain — Unilin Technologies, the IP and technology arm of Mohawk Industries, and its digital printing partner Barberán recently hosted an open house here where the two companies showcased the technical aspects of digital printing for the flooring industry, particularly for SPC and laminate. When is an innovation successful?

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 31, 2020

Hamont, Belgium—I4F has entered into an exclusive patent partnership with Quickstyle Industries, giving I4F the sole licensing rights for Quickstyle’s grout patent family in all major markets worldwide, including the United States, Europe and Asia/Pacific. “We The post I4F partners with Quickstyle appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The tiles used below are Ice Cream Pink Mix 14 from Hup Kiong (Asia), though some lovely squat substitutes are Fish Scale Pink from Otto Tile & Design (UK) and Small Moroccan Fish Scales in 309E Grapefruit from Mercury Mosaics (USA). Mix lovely light pink floors with equally lovely pastel colours. Zellige Vintage Rose. Fan of Pink.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Ceramic tile, which has been faced with ongoing challenges for several years now, was no exception. 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%.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

The resurgent laminate flooring category continued on its upward trajectory in 2021 as sales reached $1.304 billion, FCNews research shows. Barbara June, who took the reins as president of the North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA) last year, agreed. In terms of sales, laminate represented just 4.9% in 2016; and 6.6%

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

These awards honor groundbreaking ideas and industry-changing concepts that have the potential to impact the way flooring is manufactured, promoted and sold. Premier Flooring Center. For retail sales associates, PFC is intended to be the easiest way to sell flooring—with confidence and simplicity. Europe and Asia/Pacific.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2022

Mohawk and Engineered Floors were the big winners in FCNews ’ Award of Excellence 2022 competition, with Mohawk winning Best Overall in the over-$5 billion category and Engineered Floors taking honors in the under-$5 billion category. Engineered Floors, meanwhile, was victorious in Group A for carpet. Garden City, N.Y.—Mohawk

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Floor Covering News

MAY 25, 2021

FCNews research shows commercial flooring revenues (including specified business as well as Main Street sales) totaled $6.134 billion last year—a falloff of 11.1% Every commercial sector was negatively impacted, but some performed better than others,” observed David Thoresen, senior vice president, product and innovation, Armstrong Flooring.

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Tile Talk

MAY 20, 2014

Iran or Central Asia, 15th Century. These tiles were commonly used as floor and wall applications and to decorate mihrabs , the architectural niches in mosques. Labels: ceramic tile , geometric designs , glazed tile , Islamic Star Patterns , Islamic tile designs , Islamic tile patterns , mosaic faience , star polygons.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

These awards honor groundbreaking ideas and industry-changing concepts that have the potential to impact the way flooring is manufactured, promoted and sold. FlinTile addressees the most important downsides of ceramic tiles offering easy installation, lightweight tiles and s trong impact resistance.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. This year’s Floor Covering News “Industry Disrupters” 2024 issue features all manner of players that are—or are poised to—shake things up. Changing the rules.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

The waterproof label has transcended its rigid core roots and is now touted across a variety of flooring constructions—from SPC to tile and even hardwood and underlayment. Vinyl, hardwood, laminate Luxury vinyl flooring and all its iterations remains one of the hottest categories to date with growth outpacing all other categories.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

economy—and the commercial flooring market is no exception. COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on every aspect of the economy, including commercial flooring sales,” said John Stephens, vice president of marketing, Shaw Contract. Heading into 2020, commercial flooring was on pace to sustain modest growth across the board.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 7, 2015

I feel extremely lucky to have been a part of the CTDA delegation that went to Istanbul to learn more about Turkey’s ceramic tile industry, as well as their culture. After breakfast, we started off the day with an introduction to the TurkishCeramic Commission, followed by a mini tradeshow showcasing 17 different ceramic factories.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 20, 2021

By Reginald Tucker The hardwood flooring category continued to feel the effects of the rising popularity of competing wood look-alike alternatives in 2020, as the hardwood segment took another hit for the second year running. of the total flooring market in 2020 in terms of dollars. sales, Mercier Wood Flooring. “We

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Cement Style

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Traditional floor designs made of cement tiles, “ Losa criolla ”(creole tile) or “ losa isleño ” (island tile), as they are called in Puerto Rico, are frequently laid out like a carpet or rug with a coordinating border just as an Oriental rug might. As we are always telling our callers, the tiles are not fired or glazed like ceramic tile.

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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

MARCH 9, 2021

As it turns out, the flooring industry has its disrupters as well. For the flooring industry, the pandemic has caused major supply chain disruptions that impacted manufacturers and distributors and, eventually, retailers—who at times throughout 2020 were out of stock on certain products. Supply chain issues persist to this day.

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Granada Tile

JUNE 27, 2018

As I’m sure you know, in the last few years, cement tiles have grown in popularity not only for their beauty but also for the durability and easy care that’s long made them a popular decorative element in the piazzas, public buildings and cafes of Europe, South American, North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

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Decorator on Demand

AUGUST 16, 2011

They are large embroidered textiles originally from Central Asia. ceramic lamp. (1). ceramic lamps. (1). floor molding. (1). flooring tiles. (1). hardwood floors. (1). Input Form. Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Suzanis, Suzanis, SUZANIS! Do you know what Suzanis are? Caroma toilets. (1). carpet staircase. (1).

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