Floor Covering News

JANUARY 24, 2024

“Overall, last year was a challenging year with higher interest rates while people not moving hurt the multifamily and builder business,” said Tracy Wyrick, vice president of sales, builder and multifamily, Engineered Floors. “We FEI Group’s Howerton reported members are primarily install- ing vinyl plank floors.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Fast forward to the third quarter of 2022— prospects for continued high levels of multi-family development and high occupancy rates declined significantly , according to NAHB’s Multi-family Market Survey. Ceramic tile consumption, not surprisingly, remains strong in both the single and multi-family construction markets.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Despite the intense competition from alternative hard surfaces, wood flooring still ranks high among the most aspirational flooring products on the market today. Among the key findings: Fifty-two percent of homeowners said they have wood floors in their homes, compared to 75% who say they have carpeting and 58% who said they have tile.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 35 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as “good,” “fair” or “poor.” All the HMI indices posted their highest readings ever in September.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 8, 2013

Catalina Research and Ceramic Tile And Stone Consultants (CTaSC) Announces the Release of the. SAN DIEGO (June 27, 2013) - Catalina Research and Ceramic Tile And Stone Consultants, Inc. The residential remodeling market is also benefiting from the increase in existing home sales and the rise in home prices.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 20, 2022

The top-line sales are there,” FEI Group’s Howerton said. The most obvious is global logistics concerns tied to import uncertainty,” said Dan Butterfield, vice president, residential sales, Dal-Tile. Stateside manufacturing is a critical touch point,” noted Larry Browder, executive vice president of sales, Crossville.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

That statement accurately reflects 2021 for many flooring dealers, who—despite facing numerous challenges— are closing out 2021 with one of their best sales years ever, with many shattering records. FCNews asked several flooring retailers to share their proven practices for profits. Carlton Billingsley, Floors and More.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

MAY 29, 2012

They offer a direct way to boost your company’s image and sales among customers and provide an easy way for customers to express their needs, insights, and opinions about what you offer. But on the other hand, if you tweet marketing and sales messages too often, you risk annoying – and then losing – your followers.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Raj Shah, MSI co-CEO M S International, more commonly known as MSI, started making headlines about 15 years ago as an affordable source of ceramic tile and stone. Overall, sales growth was a bright spot. Will flooring wind up in the black this year? My brother enjoys the countertop side more; I enjoy the flooring side much more.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Builders are increasingly embracing new, high-performance vinyl flooring materials in response to the growing popularity of hard surfaces. This should bode well for flooring in the next year. Further impacting new housing sales were a labor shortage within the construction trade and rising interest rates.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Floor covering retailers report the most popular financing options range from 24- to 36-months. One of the perks of offering in-store credit options is that it allows customers to afford a much larger purchase—especially when they discover the floor remodel of their dreams was estimated to cost more than they anticipated.

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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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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

AHF Products’ Brian Carson, Wendy Booker and Brian Parker preview the new Dogwood line from Bruce Hardwood Floors. Like the wood flooring we work with, our industry has proven that we can withstand whatever comes our way.”. Across the NWFA Expo showroom floor, which featured about 160 exhibitors, the consensus was pretty much the same.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

She and her colleagues Cristen Del Bove and Renee Cannon form one of the strongest design teams in the floor covering industry. It’s the same with flooring. So, when I design a floor, I want it to be somewhat classic, so it can create a backdrop to allow the consumer’s style to be featured.”. I know it’s a major commitment.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

There is no shortage of matters of concern to flooring professionals these days. FCNews surveyed several key executives to learn what’s on their minds. Carl Delia, president and CEO, Emser Tile “A geopolitical [incident]. Jeff Meadows, president, residential sales, Mohawk “I’m sleeping very well.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

I said all that as a preface to this post because I am writing today’s article in reaction to reading a survey published earlier this year from NAHB (National Associated of Home Builders) titled “Top 10 Features for Upscale Homes” prepared by Paul Emrath, Ph.D. Generally on the survey overall, money does not equal style.

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