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Godfrey Hirst gets a fashionable brand refresh

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Flooring retailers have embraced Godfrey Hirst for its wool carpets and timeless designs. Mohawk is giving Godfrey Hirst a brand refresh in 2024, providing the renowned wool supplier with the requisite sales resources to seize an opportunity in the trade-up fashion space. Shown is Novel Flair. It has a specific purpose in our offering.

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An infusion of youth produces ‘Ultimate Floors’

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Now we’re shipping to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, all over Texas, Colorado—just in the past year and a half.” What makes it tick So, what’s behind this relatively new brand—other than young blood and drive? They have a good/better/best strategy, but they also have a wide variety of designs.

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Winning at Retail 2023

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We want customers to love the style and design of the products. BOBBY MERIDETH, Flooring America OKC, Oklahoma City, Okla. Execute and follow up in all aspects of the sale—from the start of the sale to getting the order to ordering the material to receiving the material through the installation process.

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Flooring retailers pushed to embrace artificial intelligence

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Bobby Merideth, owner of Flooring America OKC, Oklahoma City, is one of the more tech-savvy flooring retailers; yet, he is taking a cautious approach to AI as well, admitting, “As much as I employ the use of technology within our company, I have been late—and very resistant—to use AI.” Floor Coverings, San Jose, Calif.

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Retailers React: What surprised you in 2022

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We are only off 9% on the retail sales—very encouraging as we had record growth of 45% in 2021. – Brian McCarver, Brian’s Flooring & Design Birmingham, Ala. Our monthly sales have remained strong, but due to the inflationary costs the margins have decreased. I never want to go backwards but last year was amazing.

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Time2Design: Outdoor Living | My GenX Design Studios Presentation

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Outdoor Living | My GenX Design Studios Presentation. As one of eight designers selected to participate in the KBIS Design Studios , I was asked to design a Outdoor Living Space for a hypothetical Generation X client and I would like to share that design with you here. 0^_VW]+4U#T^",SLR$D,^0. Outdoor drapery.

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Daltile makes a bold ‘Statement’

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the showroom-within-a-showroom concept serves as a destination within a store and is designed to increase profitability for dealers and simplify the shopping experience for consumers. Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, put it in perspective: “When you’re shopping within the 2.0 Dubbed Statements 2.0,