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E.J. Welch to acquire Gilford-Johnson assets; Schollmeyer resigns

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19 on FCNews ’ Top 20 Distributors ’ 2019 list with projected sales of $92 million. Separately, Bill Schollmeyer, who served as president of Gilford-Johnson Flooring since June 2019, has resigned, and accepted a position with Great Neck, N.Y.-based Gilford-Johnson ranked No. based Wego International Floors to run the U.S.

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Main Street: State of the Industry ’21

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Still, the consensus among flooring executives was that Main Street was down nearly 10% overall in 2020 vs. 2019—not as steep as corporate and some other commercial segments, but certainly not on par with the performance of residential. “We For that reason, it has amassed a large sales force around the Aladdin Main Street line. “My

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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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Real wood coalition part 10

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Other essential tools to bring to the jobsite include: spacers, level, tape measure, hand saw, power saw, carpenter’s square, rubber mallet, tapping block, nail set and nailing machines (if securing solid floors directly to the substrate), recommended adhesive and trowel, wood filler/putty, sander and a shop vacuum. SELLING TIPS.

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Larry Press to retire

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After 15 years of service, Larry Press, director of flooring for Helmitin Adhesives, has announced his retirement effective July 2019. He has been involved in all aspects of installation and retail sales, learning installation as a teen when his parents […].

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

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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% Note: These numbers are in wholesale dollars reflecting the first point of sale. decline in volume in 2019; 4.6% decline in volume in 2019; 4.6%

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STATS: SPC segment continues to lead the charge

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FCNews research shows the category generated $6.589 billion in sales (not including rubber) in 2020—an industry-leading 21.3% increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion. In terms of volume, the category accounted for 5.455 billion square feet (not including rubber) at the first point of sale, a 19.5% of sales vs. 2019’s 45.1%.