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COVERINGS REPORTS GROWTH AT 2016 SHOW

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

(ALEXANDRIA, VA — MAY 20, 2016) The growth and energy at the 2016 Coverings show strengthened the show’s position as the leading international tile and stone exhibition in North America. This figure is an increase in overall attendance from the 2015 show, and to industry insiders, affirms positive movement in the tile and stone market.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: This beautiful table is for sale

Kitchen and Residential Design

This beautiful table is for sale. Its also for sale. Thats a somewhat sad turn of events, however none of the stone or timber used in those old buildings goes to waste. Kevins asked me to broker the sale of this piece as a test to gauge what interest there is out there for his kind of wood working. ► 2009.

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Avente Tile Talk: Avente Tile Owner Selected to Participate in.

Tile Talk

So imagine my excitement when I was selected to participate as a panelist in an educational session for tile and stone professionals, Selling Tile: The Internet, the Industry & the Consumer, during Coverings 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. At Coverings 2012, Bill Buyok shares tips on How a Social Media Presence Improves Retail Sales.

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kbculture: Happy Equal-Opportunity Mother's Day!

KB Culture

A closer reading of the copy reveals that Standard Plumbing Fixtures was concerned [aka, sensing a new sales opportunity] about designing appropriate restroom facilities in manufacturing plants that were experiencing an influx of female workers in the wake of increasing military conscription among men. Stone: Still on a Roll.

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STATS: Flooring sales trend slightly lower in 2020

Floor Covering News

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%. Sure, 2019’s growth in dollars was the lowest since 2009, when the industry declined significantly due to the Great Recession. from 2019 compared to the previous year’s decline of 3.1%.

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In Search of Recovery by Jeffrey Steele

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

When people buy new homes or purchase used homes and do remodeling, they select ceramic, glass or stone tile for the project. percent, and existing home sales grew by 17.8 It’s also been reported that floor covering store sales have increased as well. Lack of confidence and discretionary income has kept folks from spending.

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President's Message: Introducing our new president, Dan Rea

StoneDimensions

I am employed at Coldspring, in Cold Spring, MN (formally known as the Cold Spring Granite Company) where I head up the sales and marketing for the company and have been in the stone industry with Coldspring since 1977. There has been some attention given to activities both up and down the value chain.