Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

However, regarding the other categories, the WFCA recently launched the Floor Covering Education Fund and committed $1 million in seed money to address the labor shortage through recruitment and training. Gordon said it is 15% of the business now and margins are better than regular flooring. Moisture claims—increasing or decreasing?

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 3, 2021

By Ken Ryan While the residential flooring market started to take off in the second half of 2020, fueled by the home renovation boom spurred by the COVID-19 shutdown, Main Street commercial was stuck in neutral as scores of restaurants, hair salons and other small shops closed for extended periods. Seizing opportunities.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 16, 2021

Having the right tools is essential to a professional hardwood flooring installation. hardwood flooring industry is estimated at roughly $4 billion at the retail level. So it might come as a surprise to some to learn that more than $500 million is spent each year on repairing flooring failures. SELLING TIPS.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

flooring industry to post record gains as shoppers continued to spend on home improvements in lieu of lavish vacations. flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. In 2021, the average selling price of all flooring was $1.33. Raw material scarcity.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Murfin as president, effective October 28, 2019. Murfin will work alongside Dan Pelton, CEO of Taylor’s parent company Meridian Adhesives Group, to further Taylor’s customer-driven focus of offering exceptional solutions to the flooring industry. Murfin Dalton, Ga.–W.F. Taylor has named Paul K.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

October 28/November 4, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 9 By Lindsay Gonzalez A good-looking floor at a fair price is only half the battle. To ensure a customer is completely satisfied with her new floors, top quality must be achieved at every level—especially the installation phase.

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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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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2019

After 15 years of service, Larry Press, director of flooring for Helmitin Adhesives, has announced he will no longer be actively employed by Helmitin due to health issues effective July 2019. Press is part of the third generation of his family to work in the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2019

After 15 years of service, Larry Press, director of flooring for Helmitin Adhesives, has announced his retirement effective July 2019. Press is part of the third generation of his family to work in the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

October 28/November 4, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 9. A good-looking floor at a fair price is only half the battle. To ensure a customer is completely satisfied with her new floors, top quality must be achieved at every level—especially the installation phase. Following are some must-have adhesives for professional installers.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

September 16/23, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 7. When glueless installation systems were first incorporated into laminate floors back in the early ’90s, the primary aim was to expedite the installation process. By Reginald Tucker. Mannington, for one, has added some new technologies over the past 24 months to elevate product performance.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

By Megan Salzano While 2020 was anything but ordinary, there was one thing the flooring industry could count on: the continued popularity of the resilient category. It will come as no surprise that resilient—led mostly by the rigid core/SPC sub-segments —once again registered gains while many other flooring categories in 2020 did not.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

September 2/9, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 6. Flooring underlayments don’t often get their due when it comes to the successful completion of a flooring installation. Sound abatement is not often top of mind for consumers when looking to install or upgrade their flooring, but it should be a key selling point for retailers.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2021

By Reginald Tucker Like many other aspirational home improvement categories that benefitted from consumers spending much more time at home in 2020, the North American hardwood flooring sector also reaped the rewards. 4-inch solid hardwood flooring growing with wirebrushed lighter tones garnering the most interest.

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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. of the total flooring market in 2020 in terms of dollars. I think wood stopped growing in 2019.

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