Floor Covering News

JUNE 28, 2023

When the dust settled, Floor Covering News research found the resilient flooring category as a whole generated $9.522 billion in sales in 2022, a 13% increase over 2021’s $8.426 billion—much of that thanks to LVT. This led to stronger-than-expected sales dollars, but units did not grow at the same pace. in sales in 2019.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 24, 2021

laminate flooring market that hadn’t occurred since 2015— the category actually grew in terms of both sales and volume. FCNews research pegged laminate flooring sales at the first point of distribution in the U.S. of the total flooring market in 2019. of the total flooring market in 2019.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 11, 2021

I anticipate that the flooring industry as a whole is poised for a period of solid growth over the next five-plus years. As long as there are floors and walls to be covered, we will find new and innovative ways to beautify each and every space. – Michel Vermette, president and CEO, Armstrong Flooring. SOLID GROWTH AHEAD.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

Lux Flooring’s SPC products feature a 22-mil thickness and a virgin stone core for added durability. W hile some flooring companies aim to be many different things to many different retailers—providing a breadth of product categories from wood to resilient to ceramic—Lux Flooring’s focus is singular: SPC luxury vinyl flooring.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Abbey Carpet Company has promoted Bill Wilson to the position of executive vice president of sales and marketing. He held the same positions with Floors To Go, in which he has served since June of 2002. The post Abbey’s Bill Wilson named EVP of sales, marketing appeared first on Floor Covering News. Bill Wilson.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 20, 2021

By Reginald Tucker The hardwood flooring category continued to feel the effects of the rising popularity of competing wood look-alike alternatives in 2020, as the hardwood segment took another hit for the second year running. billion achieved in 2015. billion achieved in 2015. FCNews research shows the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

“In late 2020, many economists forecasted very conservative growth numbers for 2021 within the strides of a global pandemic,” noted Dan Butterfield, vice president, residential sales, Dal-Tile. These pressures have forced many builders to focus on stateside manufacturing and distribution,” Larry Browder, EVP of sales, Crossville, pointed out.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 20, 2020

This represented the lowest level of domestic shipments since 2015. FOB factory sales of domestic shipments were $1.33 New Single Family Home Sales. An additional measure of the residential market’s strength, new single-family home sales were at their highest level in twelve years. In 2019 U.S. of total U.S.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

T he intense level of competition in the waterproof flooring segment —particularly the LVP/SPC/rigid core category—has resulted in aggressive pricing strategies to build market share. For 2024, Bella Flooring Group also plans to launch a new waterproof PVC floor featuring EIR technology and a 20-mil wear layer.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 27, 2024

Ceilook (2015), ceramic roofs with a density close to water, vapor permeable and durable over time (www.ceilook.com ). Klusss (2020) ceramic flooring with the same capacity to absorb sound as carpets. You always have to master the production system and the sales channel.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 20, 2022

The top-line sales are there,” FEI Group’s Howerton said. The most obvious is global logistics concerns tied to import uncertainty,” said Dan Butterfield, vice president, residential sales, Dal-Tile. Stateside manufacturing is a critical touch point,” noted Larry Browder, executive vice president of sales, Crossville.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

While flooring is still largely ruled by well-established legends and pioneers, there’s a new generation in town. Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. CEO/president, Nonn’s Kitchen Bath & Flooring. Jason O’Krent.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

MAY 31, 2016

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. There was an onsite energy that emanated from the show floor, and it is encouraging to have that excitement verified with these recap figures.”.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The flooring industry has done its share of cause-related marketing over the years, collaborating with such worthy causes as Susan G. CCA’s Carpet One Floor & Home has been working with their Smart Home Program since 2013 to help build technology-enabled homes that give veterans a space to regain their independence once they return home.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 2, 2013

s Donato Pompo, citing findings from Catalina Research, ceramic tile is leading the floor covering sales recovery, as tile manufacturers leverage the rebound in existing home sales and housing starts. ceramic tile sales are estimated to have grown by 9% in dollars and 9.2% of total square foot sales, up from 11.4%

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. In choosing their top retailer partners, suppliers looked beyond sales volume to other key attributes such as communication skills, trust, company culture and even benevolence as differentiating factors. Bob Wagner’s Flooring America. Tequesta, Fla.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Rea returned to Coldspring in the role of a drafter and by 2003 was promoted to senior vice president of commercial sales. The post NSI names 2023 award winners appeared first on Floor Covering News. Nominations for the 2023 Migliore Award are being accepted until May 20. To learn more, visit www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/migliore.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dallas, Texas—RegalCraft, a leading flooring manufacturer specializing in producing high-quality custom flooring products for OEM distribution or private label markets, has nameed Shane Calloway as president, North America. In 2015, he became VP sales and marketing at Swiff-Train Company and was named president and CEO in 2018.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 15, 2022

Two years later, COD was held here without that uncertainty as the company’s top sales associates from 2020 and 2021 were acknowledged. So we need to take off our sales hat and put on our solution provider hat. It’s our responsibility as senior sales leaders to go out and teach the new people coming in. All of us do that well.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 10, 2020

In the battle to win back market share from waterproof products such as LVT, WPC and SPC, hardwood flooring manufacturers have come up with waterproof and water-resistant options of their own ( FCNews , May 11/18 ). The new AquaTek line from HF Design provides consumers with more options when shopping for waterproof flooring.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Unilin’s patent portfolio is the consequence of the early and highly dedicated R&D program that resulted in strong patents with priority dates as of 2015, according to the company. Unicoat has proven to prevent leaks, swelling and discoloration of the floors for over a week, even after extensive testing with standing water.”.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

MAY 1, 2015

In 2008 ARDEX expanded the scope of the Mexican business, and Jorge was promoted into a Sales Manager position. In 2009 Jorge’s job was expanded again, and he became the Regional Sales Manager for Latin America, which includes Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and the northern cone of South America. May 30, 2015 marks Eric P.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

‘s Donato Pompo, citing findings from Catalina Research, the primary source for ceramic tile industry data, ceramic tile is leading the floor covering sales recovery, as tile manufacturers leverage the rebound in existing home sales and housing starts. floor coverings manufacturer dollar sales and 12.9

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 24, 2023

Indusparquet has announced that Jodie Doyle, who has been with the company since 2019 in the role of vice president, sales & marketing, has been named president of the U.S./North Dan Gold and Jason Elbert, both of whom have served the company in regional manager positions, were promoted to manage key sales channels.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 4, 2024

When Shaw Floors tapped Ben Liebert to replace Scott Sandlin and lead its residential division, it was a clear departure from the company’s traditional hiring practices. Shaw had the reputation of either promoting from within, moving people from one segment to another or, in some rare cases, finding talent from within the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 9, 2021

—Foam Products Corporation has rejoined The North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA) as its newest associate member. Foam Products was an original member from 2005-2015, according to NALFA. manufacturer of residential and commercial acoustical underlayment products for the laminate flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Multi-family housing activity in 2019 can be best be described as lackluster, especially compared to the sales seen on the single- family side of the business. Flooring trends. The housing market is important to the flooring industry, representing an estimated one-third of residential sales.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

in primarily cost accounting, controllership and FP&A roles, supporting a variety of internal clients including operating plants and corporate groups such as sales, marketing and product development. The post AHF Products names Dan O’Bryon new CFO appeared first on Floor Covering News. O’Bryon is originally from Bel Air, Md.,

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Time2Design

APRIL 8, 2014

This year KBIS being combined with IBS truly created a excitement that could be felt as soon as you entered the show floor, something that has been missing many years. The energy on and off the show floor far exceeded our expectations ,” said John Petrie, NKBA 2014 president. John Petrie. ” Normal. What we do.

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Heath Ceramics

APRIL 21, 2016

hit the sales floors. We’ve always got glaze on our minds over here. In the development process of creating new glazes, like we do for our Seasonal Collections, we end up making many glazes that never (yet!) progressively lighter or darker, or with more or less yellow, green, etc.).

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

When Armstrong took the wraps off its signature Diamond 10 surface coating technology on its commercial LVT offerings back in 2015, the company believed it had a winner that would set it apart in a sea of sameness in the LVT category. This means continuing to drive home the story behind the technology to consumers in the market for flooring.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Republic Floor has come a long way in six and a half years. What started in 2015 with a $2.5 Our sales that year were probably between $30 and $40 million.”. Today, Republic sells a little more than 300 SKUs, half of which is SPC at 60% of sales, with laminate about 25%-30% of sales and wood accounting for the remainder.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 12, 2023

One such case referenced in the article involved StubHub—the popular events ticket reseller website that in 2015 abandoned its “all-in” pricing strategy in favor of a drip pricing strategy. All this got me thinking…where do floor covering retailers stand on this issue? appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Whenever a consumer chooses residential SmartCushion or a designer specifies eligible commercial flooring products, their selection unites them in solidarity with Mohawk and Susan G. Komen virtually appeared first on Floor Covering News. Komen’s ongoing fight, the company said. The post Mohawk continues partnership with Susan G.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

Armstrong Flooring has filed for bankruptcy. The company was known as Armstrong World Industries comprising two divisions: ceilings and flooring. When I came into this industry in 1994 its flooring sales pretty much equaled those of its three largest competitors—Congoleum, Tarkett and Mannington—combined.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

But many will be surprised to learn who pioneered the fastest-growing flooring segment over the last four years and for the foreseeable future. Wellmade realized it needed to get bigger and expand capacity to service its growing fold of large channel retailers,” said Dick Quinlan, senior vice president of sales and marketing. “We

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2023

Geoff Gordon, left, Fuse executive director, presents the Best in Show project award to members of GP Flooring Solutions at the Fuse Alliance 2023 conference. Back in 2015, there were only 70 contractor members; today that number stands at 158. A historical view puts the group’s growth trends in clearer perspective. market since 1976.

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