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Stats 2021: The numbers don’t lie

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Never before had the industry eclipsed $26 billion, and you have to go back to 2007 to find a greater number of square feet sold. Home Depot reported flooring sales of $9.225 billion, up 13.1%, or $1.05 Lowe’s reported flooring sales of $4.95 cor reported sales of $3.43 When the dust settled, our intuition was correct.

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Turning bad breaks into breakthroughs

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When Phillips started in 2007, there were about 10 in-house employees and 10 installation crews. Just like we have sales specialists, project manager specialists, we have installation specialists.”. Refocusing his sales staff to ensure they don’t sell any product on backorder or not immediately available in the United States. “It

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Kahrs Americas hires Renee Tester as director of marketing

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In 2007, Tester joined Tarkett/Harris Wood. After Harris Wood was acquired by QEP in 2010, her responsibilities expanded to include marketing, product and sales, with her most recent role as vice president marketing, e-commerce and digital.

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35th Anniversary: 35 people under 40

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Some of the roles include accounting, logistics, product development, marketing, HR, sales and operations. Today, as president and CEO of Nonn’s, he runs the largest independent flooring operation in Wisconsin, approaching close to $100M in sales. director of sales, O’Krent Floors. Gail Forster, sales/design, Precision Flooring.

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Va?linge Innovation expands Asia footprint

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Established in China since 2007, Välinge is actively supporting more than 200 licensees in China and in the APAC region. The post Va?linge linge Innovation expands Asia footprint appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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JTG’s annual awards event resumes

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Ted Gregerson started the company 25 years ago, and today the two stores combine for $9 million in sales. The awards banquet has doubled in size from a 60-person event in Anniston in 2007 to an industry event in Atlanta that now includes executives and reps from key suppliers. million—a record for that store.

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Coverings 2022 shines light on innovation, design

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This marks the first increase since 2018, Astrachan said, and “close but just shy of the highest we’ve ever been, which was around 2007.” We have designed an entire display around helping the retailer tell the indoor/outdoor story, because we have found it’s very difficult,” said Jason Andrews, director of national sales accounts.

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