Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Designed with tenant-occupied and multi-family properties in mind, Mohawk’s UltimateFlex LVT is a glue-down vinyl, making it easy to install and repair. I n today’s retail environment it’s easy to get bogged down by the promises of rigid core and click LVT—and for good reason. The popular luxury vinyl construction took the industry by storm a mere handful of years ago and raised the resilient category up to the fastest growing and highest selling in decades.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Peab has been commissioned to build a new fire and emergency station in Norrköping. The customer is Norrköping Municipality and the contract is worth EUR 132 million. Image Credit: Peab.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Carol Cross is the founder of Mobile Marketing, which has been acquired by Cyncly. London—Cyncly, a global market leader for end-to-end software and content solutions to the spaces for living industry, has completed the acquisition of another web-based service provider in the flooring industry Mobile Marketing, a leading technology-led web services and digital marketing provider tailored to flooring retailers in North America.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Well-known, respected keynote speakers. Relevant educational sessions focused on empowering dealers and boosting their profit margins. New technology and program rollouts to enhance the professional floor covering retailers’ operational efficiencies. Attendees who register for the upcoming FloorCon 2023 conference can expect all this and more when the four-day event kicks off Nov. 28 at the Omni Resort on Amelia Island, Fla.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Y ears ago my family and I were deeply moved by the film “Facing the Giants,” a story of a struggling coach and his underdog football team who confronted their fears and failures, ultimately achieving remarkable success. One unforgettable sequence from the movie continues to resonate with me—the part when Mr. Bridges came to coach Grant Taylor and said: “I heard a story of two farmers praying to God for rain to come.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Salem, N.J.—Mannington Mills has signed onto the United Nations Global Compact, demonstrating its commitment to advancing best practices concerning human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption. The United Nations Global Compact, initiated in 2000 and billed as “the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative,” provides a universal language for corporate responsibility and a framework to guide all businesses regardless of size, complexity or location.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I n this third installment of our series on mastering upselling , we’re going to discuss the most critical aspect of success: training your sales team to effectively execute upselling strategies. Here are my top tips: Product knowledge Make sure your team is equipped with comprehensive knowledge about all the products and services you offer. They should understand the features, benefits and potential upselling opportunities for each item.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Saint Louis, Mo.—The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has released its 2024 Hands-On Training Calendar. These events are held at various NWFA regional training centers across the United States and Canada. Each course is led by an NWFA regional instructor. These instructors are highly skilled and trained individuals who have a great passion for the wood flooring industry and are eager to share their knowledge with others. “Participating in NWFA hands-on training is a pivotal step t

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Footprints Floors, the flooring installation franchise with more than 160 active territories across 35 states, continues on its upward growth track. “In the first half of the year, we signed franchise agreements with six franchise owners for a total of nine territories,” explained Brian Knuth, director of franchise development at Raintree and a Footprints Floors franchise owner.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Fostoria, Ohio—Roppe Corporation has been awarded a cooperative purchasing contract in the Flooring Materials with Related Supplies and Services category at Sourcewell. Sourcewell is a self-sustaining government organization offering a cooperative purchasing program with more than 400 competitively solicited contracts to government, education and nonprofit entities throughout North America.

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