Floor Covering News

JANUARY 31, 2024

ISSUE: IMMIGRATION I would love for Congress to consider a path for immigrants to get access to a green card by way of legal employment within the skilled trades [or any industry]. A recent report from the Intercontinental Exchange shows mortgage applications in recent months falling to about half of the pre-pandemic levels.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2022

The Tile Council of North America (TCNA), a trade association representing manufacturers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials, tile equipment, raw materials and other tile-related products, has released its 2021 U.S. The report shows total U.S. Following are highlights from the report: Imports. billion sq.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every facet of business for the flooring industry, including its ability to host traditional trade shows. The show touted live educational sessions, on-demand webinars and spoke to the economic outlook of the tile industry. Data showed Tile of Spain has grown to represent 18.5%

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The Tile Council of North America Blog

AUGUST 26, 2016

For example, the EPDs for North American-made tiles, mortars, and grouts show the carbon footprint of each product type, plus how much they contribute to smog formation, ozone depletion, abiotic resource depletion, acidification, and eutrophication—the environmental impact categories of greatest interest and concern in green construction.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 20, 2020

Tile Consumption Report. However, the American ceramic tile market did not follow suit and declined for the first time in a decade, the report showed. This was due primarily to the effects of a trade remedy case filed by a coalition of several U.S. The Tile Council of North America has released its U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

Built with dealers, home builders and the commercial market in mind, Emser said its Virtual Environment opens with a realistic trade show floor experience including built-in resources to encourage an intuitive self-guided tour of the newest collections. The new digital asset is available at the company’s website.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2023

Designed specifically for the stone trade, Measure Square Stone lays out takeoff and design of stone projects based on blueprints in a fast and easy manner. We can now show retailers their return on ad spend. “They have been using general estimating software, which is inefficient for them. This product’s on the showroom floor.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 26, 2023

The latest Construction Labor Market Report from the Home Builders Institute (HBI), provides an outlook for residential construction employment and includes state-level employment data. More than 80% of remodelers reported a shortage of subcontractors in 11 of the 16 trades.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

billion in 2022, Floor Covering News research shows. The lion’s share of sales (approximately 70%) was generated from specified contract while the remainder came from Main Street commercial applications, research shows. Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% from roughly $6.5 billion in 2021 to $7.34 of total U.S.

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The Tile Council of North America Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

TCNA’s Bill Griese Honored at Coverings 2016 Trade Show for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Sustainability, Standards. Market Reports. Click for more market reports. New TCNA Bulletin Highlights Ceramic Tile’s Inherent Health- and Safety-Related Attributes. Click for more free downloads. 1Q 2016 U.S.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JUNE 21, 2018

eporta, the interiors marketplace, and trend service, WGSN, have launched the third Interiors Trend Report 2018/19 analysing the buying trends and insights from search data from eporta’s 10,000+ interior trade buyers across 85 countries. Rattan is also a material to watch, showing a sharp rise in the past three months.

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The Tile Shop

MAY 2, 2011

Just got back from the Vegas KBIS show.sad to report it was quite a dissappoinment!! I first started going to the show about 8 years ago, and it was fabulous. The Tile Shop got out of these trade shows a few years ago.seems like many other companies have done the same thing. and the show. and the pool.

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JG Kitchens

MARCH 27, 2018

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting the major Spanish tile show, Cevisama , in a hosted press tour, in 2012, and seeing Tile of Spain ‘s exhibits at Coverings at several shows. Here’s the trade group’s take on what’s hot for ceramic tile in 2018: Monochromatic. Favoring Planks.

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JG Kitchens

MARCH 27, 2018

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting the major Spanish tile show, Cevisama , in a hosted press tour, in 2012, and seeing Tile of Spain ‘s exhibits at Coverings at several shows. Here’s the trade group’s take on what’s hot for ceramic tile in 2018: Monochromatic. Favoring Planks.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

The specialty flooring retailer—you and me—is why Danny and the entire SFN team show up every day. As TISE is one of the top 50 largest trade shows in the U.S. Dana Hicks is the TISE show director. If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard him say it a hundred times: “Let’s ask the customers; it’s why we’re here.”

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Floor Covering News

MAY 24, 2022

“We’re witnessing history here,” Mark Bischoff, Starnet president and CEO , told FCNews on the show floor during the exhibition portion of the conference. Starnet figures show more than 720 people registered for this year’s convention—the most in its history. The numbers don’t lie. Starnet vendors are not alone in their jubilation.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

OCTOBER 16, 2018

This essential but highly time-consuming R&D will form the basis of my Cersaie reports for Tile & Stone Journal in the UK, Tile Today in Australia, and Diary of a Tile Addict itself in the coming months. The prototype Fresco design by Naxos.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

Again, show management got creative and came up with a plan to not only move ahead with an in-person conference but also co-locate with another prominent industry trade show— Coverings 2021. We wanted to be here to show our support for the industry,” Dan Natkin, vice president of hardwood and laminate, Mannington, told FCNews.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 20, 2022

uptick over the same period in 2020, the Census Bureau reported. The obvious shortfall to expectations was the supply constraints we all experienced and continue to do so, as well as most all trades having labor issues.”. All builder segments grew, observers say, from entry level and trade ups to luxury. That translates into 1.68

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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. In our most recent annual consumer purchase survey, Synchrony cardholders reported spending 54% more compared to general big-ticket shoppers,” said Sam Mudrick, relationship manager for Synchrony Financial. “In By Nicole Murray.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 24, 2022

We’ve seen trade wars, supply chains being severely challenged, whether that’s related to shipping issues, drayage issues, trucking issues, port issues,” Shah explained. I don’t know where the next trade war is going to go. Domestically we’ve seen raw material constraints. I don’t know where the U.S. relationship with China will go.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 16, 2024

With mortgage rates down roughly 50 basis points over the past month, builders are reporting an uptick in traffic as some prospective buyers who previously felt priced out of the market are taking a second look,” said Alicia Huey, NAHB chairman and a custom home builder/developer based in Birmingham, Ala. and 5% in each of the four U.S.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2023

as evidenced by a perennial lopsided trade deficit with China—continues to rely heavily on imports of many popular and essential products. That sentiment is evident in the newly released “2022 Data Report” from the Reshoring Initiative, an organization dedicated to bringing more, higher-quality manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.—positions

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Discerning Design

APRIL 12, 2012

Kitchen Designers and Trade Shows. Trade show season is in full swing for the building industry and some clients may be wondering why its so important that in the middle of the spring building boom designers and contractors "take off" half a week or more to go to some show in another state. from KBIS in 2011.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

These days, home has never been more important to consumers, and COREtec lets the customer show off the styles that are true to their “CORE”—all without having to sacrifice design for performance. The results of these tests showed a massive consumer shift during COVID-19, which significantly influenced FloorForce’s data-driven strategy.

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Ciao Tile

AUGUST 4, 2011

Review sales reports to identify positive and negative trends. Participate in marketing events such as seminars, trade shows, and telemarketing events. Respond to customer concerns in a timely, courteous, and knowledgeable manner. Develop and implement special sales activities to reduce stock. Other duties as assigned.

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StoneDimensions

MAY 21, 2015

I have been visiting with quite a few industry people over the last couple of months in the United States and at trade shows in Brazil and China. There is mixed data, but what I see at this time, shows the domestic housing market has slowed over the last few months. Many sources are reporting total construction for the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2020

A fixture at trade shows across the industry, Zwicker brings 20-plus years of experience in both publicly held and privately held business, including J.J. NWFA research shows members are faring slighter better with the latest stimulus package. When we show up at a job, the customer wants to know if we’re going to wear a mask.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 7, 2021

“If I am at a trade show or out of town, I can look things up to change a ticket from my laptop or give a project the green light after looking at all the information. Also available is a mobile extension specifically designed for installers to schedule and confirm jobs, report issues and upload photos of a completed project.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 22, 2020

An Associated Press investigation showed 75 companies that received loans in the previous $349 aid package are so big that they are publicly traded. Furthermore, the report found some of those companies have a market value of $100 million or more.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2020

Adding fuel to that notion, global manufacturing consulting firm Kearney released its seventh annual Reshoring Index in April, which shows a “dramatic reversal” of a five-year trend as domestic U.S. The report found that manufacturing imports from China were the hardest hit. Three decades ago, U.S.

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KB Culture

MARCH 31, 2014

Reporting from trade shows can be an iffy situation, as internet connections, phone service, and press facilities are often unknown quantities until youre on the scene. Ciao for Now. So while Im still on home turf, Ill share some sneak previews of product introductions.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2020

An Associated Press investigation showed 75 companies that received loans in the previous $349 aid package are so big that they are publicly traded. Furthermore, the report found some of those companies have a market value of $100 million or more. “I

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

Show organizers reported more than 680 people registered for its first-ever virtual event—almost three times the number of contractors who normally attend the group’s physical conference. For me, personally, when we made the decision to go virtual, I was so bummed because I love seeing everybody at the show. Strength in numbers.

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KB Culture

JANUARY 31, 2014

Its [Trade] Show Time! For me, Mr. Showmanship epitomizes Las Vegas, which is where Im bound next week to report on the 2014 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show. Showmanship epitomizes Las Vegas, which is where Im bound next week to report on the 2014 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show. It's [Trade] Show Time!

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A newly released report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis showed real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.9% Separately, the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the U.S. Retail trade employment has fallen by 62,000 since August. Labor market holds steady. Elliott Eisenberg (a.k.a

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 28, 2020

A newly released report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows consumer spending in the U.S. BEA statistics show personal income among U.S. Within goods, the leading contributor to the increase was spending for new motor vehicles, based primarily on unit sales from Ward’s Automotive Sales Report.

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