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Coverings 2024 urges industry growth, inspires young professionals

Floor Covering News

Coverings, the leading international ceramic tile and natural stone event in North America, captivated the tile, stone and design-build industries with an electric show and conference. Nearly 25,000 industry professionals from all applicable business sectors converged at Coverings 2024 , held here. Atlanta , Ga.—

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Ceramic: Consumers yearn for outdoor living

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Consumers are spending more money on creating outdoor oases using products like Daltile’s My Stone Moon collection, seen here. . The past two-plus years have shown the strength of the tile industry as consumers flocked to the ceramic tile aisle for their home renovation needs in droves during the height of the pandemic.

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Indoor Outdoor Living Design Ideas

The London Tile Co.

You can take this one step further by extending your living space outdoors with an indoor-outdoor room. This not only brings a feel of outdoors inside, but also creates additional entertaining space. There are a number of things you can do to create a cohesive indoor-outdoor room and we’ve put together our top tips below.

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Ceramic: State of the Industry 2022

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Many industry experts point to the housing market as a reliable indicator of the health of ceramic. The impacts are being felt regardless of category, industry sector or even demographic. Rocamador Rubio of Tile of Spain said these major challenges are, thankfully, all things leaders in the industry have been working on for some time.

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Ceramic: State of the industry 2023

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Daltile’s new Outlander features the company’s StepWise technology that provides 2x more slip-resistance than regular tile, for a seamless indoor/outdoor space. The indoor/outdoor trend continues to boom. Digital decoration is another win for the tile industry when it comes to innovation.

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Ceramic: Differentiation via versatility

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Ceramic Tile is the most versatile product in the industry with the ability to clad nearly every surface in the home, proponents say. One of the hottest trends today is tile’s move outdoors—much of that growth coming after the pandemic when consumers were looking to make better use of those spaces. Pool surrounds. Countertops.

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Ceramic: State of the Industry

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The tile industry is stable due to the strength of remodel and new home construction,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of marketing, Dal-Tile Corporation. Finding skilled and qualified installers has been an ongoing challenge for the industry as a whole but hits the tile category hard as it relies heavily on a skilled labor force.