Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

By Grant Petruzzelli—Just as Americans were beginning to take off their masks and get back to work, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has started to rattle an already fragile recovery effort. For American flooring contractors, three “choke points” will emerge as the conflict develops. based commercial flooring contractor.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Sales of newly built single-family homes in January fell 4.5% Policymakers need to focus on alleviating production bottlenecks, particularly as it relates to lumber and other building materials.”. A new home sale occurs when a sales contract is signed or a deposit is accepted. New home sales were up 1.2%

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2022

T he comeback that was predicted in 2020 after ceramic flooring sales experienced its first downward trajectory in several years was right on point as 2021 saw vast improvement across the board. increase in dollar sales to $3.077 billion in 2021 (flooring only) vs. $2.844 billion in 2020. billion and 1.38

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

FCNews’ fourth annual Industry Disrupters issue features innovative players and thinkers who are changing the game in terms of product enhancements, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Cali Floors. Cali Floors has proven to be a trusted partner for retailers in the face of hardship.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It’s only a matter of time before the flooring industry is released from inflation’s grip and suppli­ers and their retail partners can take full advantage of strong housing fundamentals—including an aging housing stock in need of renovation and pent-up demand for new home sales. Precisely when that occurs is the $64,000 question.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2023

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) kicked off its 2023 Expo here earlier this week amid strong attendance. But it also has a rich history with forest products. Nearly half of Wisconsin’s land area is covered by forests, making the state a large contributor to the forest products industry. Milwaukee, Wis.—The

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2023

Many of the new Mirage hardwood flooring offerings for 2023 will be built on a new engineered platform. Take, for instance, the hurdle the industry had to face when suppliers around the globe had to scramble for alternatives to Baltic birch following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Pictured is Dreamville oak.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

1 issue on the minds of many hardwood flooring executives was how the category would fare in the midst of a raging pandemic. Turns out the segment—and the industry by and large—would fare well as consumers and homeowners spent more time inside and more of their disposable income on flooring and other home improvement projects.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

—Proof that the North American hardwood flooring industry is not only surviving but thriving in the face of immense change was readily evident at the 36th National Wood Flooring Association ( NWFA Expo 2022 ) convention held here last month. Ditto for Dan Natkin, CEO of Bauwerk/Boen Floor.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The annual Floor Covering News Fantasy Football for a Cause League closed this year with 12 teams : American Flooring Distributors, Consolidated Carpet, Dillabaugh’s Flooring America, FCNews, Flooring Lines, Great Northern Associates, Karndean, Mannington, Salesmaster, Republic Floor, Spartan Surfaces and Tarkett.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 24, 2022

A few months ago Bauwerk Group, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of hardwood flooring that also owns the Boen brand, purchased the prefinished side of Somerset Hardwood Flooring , the company founded by Steve Merrick in 1990 as a supplier of unfinished goods. I’m looking on the floor. We don’t have any more production capacity.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, flooring professionals representing manufacturing, distribution and retailers say transportation issues—both ocean and over-the-road trucking—remain a challenge. Although product flow has significantly improved, we are definitely not out of the woods yet,” Raj Shah, president of MSI, told FCNews. Santa Fe Springs, Calif.-based

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2022

And let’s not talk about the broader global impact that the war in Ukraine has had on many different industries and countries. 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.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2023

In flooring distribution, for example, it was commonplace pre-pandemic for an ocean container shipment to take at least 30 days to make it to port from its original destination; just a few months ago that same trip took a minimum of six months. The situation has been further complicated by the war in Ukraine, which is now in its 11 th month.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

That’s a message one flooring executive had to say about 2023. AHF Products. chief operating officer, Engineered Floors. In the first quarter of 2022, there was no war in Ukraine and no higher gas and energy prices. The world changed in Q2 2022 and has depressed business levels in the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

S upplies of traditional Baltic birch cores have become increasingly scarce due to the war in Ukraine. headquarters in Miami, the company has announced the launch of its new RIVA Core, a 3-ply engineered product that boasts a durable, dense exotic teak intermediate layer sandwiched between a European white oak and a pine bottom/backing layer.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

Miami—Brazilian hardwood flooring manufacturer Indusparquet has always had the reputation for producing some of the finest exotic hardwood flooring available. Visitors to Indusparquet’s booth at the 2022 Wood Floor Expo expressed great interest in Brazilian oak flooring products in particular.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 23, 2022

The Federal Reserve notes that inflation remains elevated, citing the Ukraine war and global supply-chain issues, among other factors. For example, higher inflation in housing is due to a lack of rental and for-sale inventory and cost growth for building materials, lots and labor. appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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