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Stats 2021: Price hikes, organic growth drive wood’s increases

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After experiencing declines in both sales and square footage in 2019 and 2020, the U.S. FCNews research shows wood flooring sales at the first point of sale in 2021 totaled a record $2.67 Hardwood’s performance in 2021 helped the category increase its share of total floor covering sales, albeit slightly, to 10%.

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STATS: Wood finds silver lining amid challenges

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hardwood flooring market generated approximately $2.207 billion in sales, a 4% decrease from 2019 and a shade below the five-year low of $2.23 While hardwood still represents the third-largest hard surface category behind resilient and ceramic with respect to sales, the gap continues to widen. sales, Mercier Wood Flooring. “We

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Granada Tile’s Fez Cement Tiles Is The Welcome Mat In A Colorado Home

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Paving the streets, main squares and outdoor spaces of Italy, France, Morocco and South America, they’ve survived the scuffle of feet over hundreds of years, retaining their bright, distinctive beauty. Email us at Sales@GranadaTile.com or, even better yet, you can call us at 213-788-4238. We can understand why!

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Award of Excellence 2022 awards winners

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Best Overall in the Award of Excellence 2022 measured suppliers in 10 categories—product innovation, design, service, ease of doing business, professionalism of sales force, training/education, handling of claims, digital tools, on-time delivery and credit terms. Engineered Floors, meanwhile, was victorious in Group A for carpet.

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Latest wood floors run the wide/long gamut

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Nordic Naturals is actually red oak that has been recolored and redesigned to reflect consumer demand for lighter tones,” said Pat Oakley, vice president of sales and marketing. In the past you had 3 / 8 – or ½-inch products that were really big volume drivers, but we’re seeing higher sales performance of those wider, premium products.

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Locking systems tout improved functionality

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“We have a strong patent portfolio on waterproof coatings and we see that wood and laminate manufacturers all over the world are interested in making their products more resistant to water,” said Floris Koopmans, sales director at Unilin Technologies. With the introduction of 5G Cross, that problem is solved. “We

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Surfaces ’22: Tech innovators help suppliers elevate their game

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We give companies the knowledge and necessary licenses to produce exciting innovative products,” said Floris Koopsman, sales director, IP, at Unilin Technologies. These include innovations that address the trend toward higher material costs on the production side while improving installation techniques on the final phase of the sales process.

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