Floor Covering News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Las Vegas—The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) will promote the value of certification and training for tile installers during TISE—the International Surface Event—2024 taking place here January 24-26, 2024. The post CTEF to promote certification, training at TISE 2024 appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

—Ecore International has added a line of budget-friendly surfaces to its robust product portfolio. Designed for use in free weight, cardio, selectorized strength and functional training areas, the Essentials line is inspired by Ecore’s Basic Fit and Performance collections.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Dalton—Midwest, a wholesale building products distributor covering Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Nevada, is adding a new line of flooring from Welspun Flooring to its expansive offering. The FCEF currently offers scholarships to make getting training affordable.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 13, 2024

I recently had the opportunity to attend a private press tour of the first Floor & Decor location within New York’s five boroughs (see story on page 3). The massive, 129,000-square-foot store carries about 3,400 SKUs of product. Many of you already compete against Floor & Decor and have determined your competitive advantage.

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APRIL 4, 2022

On3 offers micro-training modules that are said to help increase retention and ease trainee downtime. By Megan Salzano-Birch—For the construction and building industry , education and training have been areas of contention for years. That is where On3, a new mobile-first education and training platform, hopes to step in—and step up.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

—Customers and colleagues attending a recent Schönox Hands ÖN training session at the company’s Florence Support Center split their week between learning the speed and performance characteristics of both Schönox and Porsche, according to the company.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2023

The Allison Eden Studios Flooring Collection, developed in conjunction with Graphic Image Flooring, debuts in 30 luxury vinyl SKUs based on the artist’s signature mosaic designs. I always tell our clients that our mosaic glass materials are not ‘floor rated.’ Graphic Image Flooring, a U.S. Brooklyn, N.Y.—In

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 22, 2024

Breaking into the tile business, while challenging, is a manageable endeavor for many flooring dealers. Those challenges usually include labor, training, infrastructure and limited showroom real estate, to name a few. The CTEF, NTCA and other organizations provide education and training to assist the local dealer.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 14, 2023

AHF Products is partnering with William M. Bird, a top 20 distributor, to represent the company’s comprehensive commercial flooring portfolio under the AHF Contract brand. Moreover, the company provides full-service customer support from product recommendations, training and installation advice to sample and display solutions. “We

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Houston, Texas—Swiff-Train Company (STC) has rebranded with new logo of STC. Today, STC said it is “Strengthening the Core” to proactively build on this history to continue to offer superior service in the flooring industry. The post Swiff-Train unveils new branding appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Las Vegas—As Welspun Flooring prepares to launch its new North American flooring product line, the company said it is looking to offer more than a quality product to its customers. The organization saidi t hopes that other suppliers within the flooring industry step up to create similar programs.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

a beloved hardwood flooring industry legend who passed away in October 2022, Mullican Flooring is encouraging individuals to contribute to a National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) Education and Research Foundation (ERF) Named Scholarship Fund in his name. Johnson City—In memory of James Donald “Don” Conner, Jr.,

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 10, 2022

Dalton—Laticrete has been added to the list of supporters for the The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF). Laticrete said it will provide product and technical support for FCEF’s Technical College Program. The second round of the 10-week basic flooring installation program at GNTC is already underway.

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MAY 6, 2024

Columbus, Ohio—For the third and final time, America’s Floor Source (AFS), in conjunction with Broadlume, will be hosting a 48-hour retail bootcamp at the new, state-of-the-art, 265,000-square-foot AFS facility here. They’ll get to see what the perfect flooring facility looks like,” Goldberg said.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Dalton–COREtec, Shaw’s premier brand specializing in waterproof LVP and mineral core floors, has introduced a new COREtec Resource Center on retailers’ account management platform, ShawNow. Retail sales associates (RSAs) can conveniently access new product training materials.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Houston—Swiff-Train Company has appointed Kay Ward to the newly created position of business unit manager, tile division. Kay’s added experience in product development, factory relationships and ability to maintain strong customer relationships are uniquely beneficial to this position,” said Joe Reddington, COO. “We

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Plano, Texas—AHF Products celebrated the opening of a new design showroom here featuring a cross section of products representing its full portfolio of brands, including Bruce, Armstrong Flooring, Hartco, LM Flooring, Robbins, Parterre, tmbr, Hearthwood, Raintree and others. Many products are in stock and ready to ship.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Dalton—COREtec, Shaw’s premier brand specializing in waterproof LVP and mineral core floors, has introduced a new COREtec Resource Center on retailers’ account management platform, ShawNow. Retail sales associates (RSAs) can conveniently access new product training materials.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 6, 2023

When it comes to flooring, it takes a lot of expertise and a little bit of guile to run a successful business. Not only do flooring retail store owners have to tackle the traditional challenges that come with small business ownership but they must also confront nuanced topics like installation and expanded customer service.

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MAY 2, 2023

Emser Tile currently operates 78 branch locations around the country that are designed to service flooring dealers and their clients as needed. It requires expertise beyond typical product knowledge, access to highly skilled installers and a customer base looking for aspirational products that increase property/resale values.

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MARCH 31, 2022

Ecore’s Basic Fit was donated to Lionheart Youth Training Facility. Ecore said it continues to make good on its mission to make people’s lives better through its most recent donation of 2,000 square feet of performance flooring to Lancaster, Pa.-based Lancaster, Pa.—Ecore

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JULY 12, 2023

As we came out of COVID-19, we went through two amazing years,” Warren told Floor Covering News. Among some of the newer initiatives: making it easy for consumers to go into one of Daltile’s 100-plus showrooms to see product and get design advice. Chris Cosentino, president of Hadinger Flooring in Naples, Fla., showroom. “We

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

APRIL 23, 2018

Originally published by Fishman Flooring Solutions. ARDEX Receives 2017 Vendor Partner Award from Fishman Flooring Solutions. ARDEX Americas is a flooring industry pacesetter in developing and manufacturing high-performance products used for concrete repair and resurfacing, substrate preparation and flooring installation.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 31, 2018

Dallas—American Olean is conducting intensive product knowledge training with its distributors through a nationwide roadshow stopping at all distributor locations. The training focuses on new products launching this summer. Distributors are a huge piece of how tile gets to market in the U.S.,” In fact, […].

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The CTEF aims to improve the tile industry through installer certification, education , training and participation in the development of nationally recognized standards and methods. During normal times, CTEF generates income through in-person training and hands-on certification event fees. Flooring products.

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MARCH 2, 2023

Las Vegas—A revitalized Mandalay Bay facility, an impressive exhibit hall, education and event lineup and a strong floor covering, stone and tile industry were evident as The International Surface Event (TISE) held here earlier this year. The post TISE 2023 sees attendance increase appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

While the flooring industry has been a “man’s world” for decades, women are rising in the ranks and accomplishing incredible things that have helped move the industry forward. Cheryl Acierno has been engaged in the floor covering industry for her entire career, owning Acierno & Company for the past 21 years. Cheryl Acierno.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Kaye Whitener, Don Roberts and Jim Aaron of the Floor Covering Education Foundation The history of flooring dates to 3,000 BC when the Egyptians developed stone construction with stone and brick floors soon to appear. FCEF initially piloted a Basic Flooring Installation program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC).

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Belknap-Haines purchased the assets of STC (formerly known as Swiff-Train) on Oct. This transaction is another example of the Mancini family investing for the long-term in the flooring distribution business,” said Paul Castagliuolo, president of Belknap-Haines. Our goal is to be the best flooring distributor in the U.S.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Hardwood floors offer a number of benefits. Even homeowners without allergies can enjoy the seamless look of hardwood flooring. So, is it a good idea to install hardwood floors in kitchens and bathrooms? So, is it a good idea to install hardwood floors in kitchens and bathrooms? Pros of hardwood floors.

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JUNE 17, 2021

By Ken Ryan The never-ending task of recruiting and training installers has been a flooring industry bugaboo for decades. That said, it is crucial for flooring retailers to keep the good ones. Even when business was down about 40% in April and May (2020), Brian’s Flooring & Design in Birmingham, Ala., Cross training.

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JULY 11, 2022

“This online auction is a wonderful fundraising event because it brings together the users and producers of tools and supplies for installing tile,” said Scott Carothers, CTEF director of certification and training. Flooring products. The post CTEF to host August online auction appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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JULY 15, 2022

Today’s professional installers have no shortage of adhesives from which to choose when executing their flooring projects. Some cite a particular product’s “green grab,” while others prefer glues that have a much longer working time. Following is a sampling of some of those products: Bostik. Divergent Adhesives.

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APRIL 5, 2021

By Ken Ryan Following a strong start to 2021, flooring dealers see no reason for a slowdown as they enter the second quarter. San Antonio-based O’Krent’s Abbey Flooring continues to see a brisk pace of sales activity despite the pandemic. In Knoxville, Tenn., It’s like that old Buck Owen’s song, ‘I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail.’”.

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JUNE 3, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Originally scheduled to kick off on March 15, Daltile and Carpet Exchange of Denver officially launched the “Ready – Set – Room Refresh with RevoTile” training blitz and sales campaign. With RevoTile, genuine porcelain tile is now just as fast and easy to install as any floating floor on the market.”.

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MAY 1, 2024

Columbus, Ohio—AFS Group (America’s Floor Source), a top-five independent flooring retailer, has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Lewis Floor & Home (Lewis). We look forward to growing our premium product offering and making continued investments in marketing, merchandising, technology and training.”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In 2019 w hen Michelle Winters, Lisbeth Calandrino and Rachel Berlin founded the Women of the Flooring Business (WOFB) group , the idea was to create a platform for women in flooring to share best practices. ” New topics recently added to the educational roster are installation, inspections and product knowledge.

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