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Foss Floors DeGrace to retire, Warren named president

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Brian Warren, EVP of sales and marketing, will assume the role of president of Foss Floors. “It’s It’s hard to believe that in 2006, when AJ Nassar asked me to join the company, Foss had no flooring business and no facilities in Georgia,” DeGrace said.

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Coverings 2022 shines light on innovation, design

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For example, in the residential market, new home starts rose for the 12th consecutive year and were at their highest point since 2006. Coverings 2022 was shaped around three tenants: “Wellness & Environment,” “Timeless Luxury” and “Outdoor Living Spaces.” First and foremost is the ongoing growth of indoor/outdoor tile.

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Stats 2023: Tile flooring price increases buoy dollar sales

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F or the second year running tile flooring experienced sales growth after its 2020 decline, which had been the category’s first decrease in several years. However, while dollar sales were up, much of that came from price increases and inflationary pressures. Volume experienced a slight decrease overall. billion square feet.

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STATS: Flooring sales trend slightly lower in 2020

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When the dust cleared and all the numbers were counted, total industry sales fell just short of 2019’s numbers at $22.951 billion, a decline of 0.5%. More positive news: square footage is still higher than the 2009-15 period and almost on par with 2006. It’s the third highest dollar count since 2006. in volume in 2017; 5.1%

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STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

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Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. of dollar sales for the gradually increasing hard surface market and 24.6% Imports vs. domestics.

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

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And for those historians out there, in 2006, when more flooring was sold than any other year, the average selling price was $0.94. When the dust cleared and all the numbers were counted and run through the wash multiple times, total industry sales in 2021 reached a record $26.701 billion, an enormous gain of 16.3% in volume in 2017; 5.1%

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Stats 2021: Call it a comeback for ceramic

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T he comeback that was predicted in 2020 after ceramic flooring sales experienced its first downward trajectory in several years was right on point as 2021 saw vast improvement across the board. increase in dollar sales to $3.077 billion in 2021 (flooring only) vs. $2.844 billion in 2020. FCNews research shows ceramic experienced an 8.2%