Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

2, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 11. In a year in which carpet sales were lagging, there was no decline in the area of innovation as carpet mills delivered pioneering dyeing processes, enhanced twisting technologies and other performance-enhancing methods to the market. By Ken Ryan. Nuckols, president, residential division, The Dixie Group.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JUNE 27, 2018

Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. So when PPG announces its Color of the Year (like it just did for 2019), the world listens. PPG’s official Color of the Year for 2019 is Night Watch: a deep, rich green. We hope you like the products we recommend.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

Back then it was about products like resilient tile and VCT. 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.

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 24, 2019

The fashion industry often influences retailers; did you see our post about the 2019 PANTONE Color of the Year ? Now that Memorial Day Weekend is here, it’s time to kick off the unofficial start of summer with 5 tile collections, available with Architectural Ceramics of course, that feature white in a big way.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2022

T he comeback that was predicted in 2020 after ceramic flooring sales experienced its first downward trajectory in several years was right on point as 2021 saw vast improvement across the board. ceramic tile category saw high single-digit growth in 2021 compared to 2020. economy and ceramic tile market. billion and 1.38

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

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%.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 20, 2024

I graduated college in 2019 and I joined [my father] almost immediately,” Ron Dardashti told Floor Covering News. The line also taps the wood-look trend with realistic colors and styles. The formula provides a 100% waterproof floor, which the company says is so dense and rigid it requires a diamond tooth blade to cut—similar to tile.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Daltile’s Rekindle tile flooring collection features StepWise and Microban technology, making it more slip resistant while also eliminating 99% of bacteria on the tile surface. In 2019, the tile flooring category experienced its first decline in a decade as tariffs and antidumping legislation hit the market.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

September 2/9, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 6. While the tile market is under pressure from the realistic visuals and waterproof technologies of resilient product lines, porcelain is taking its market share back through innovative new products. These opportunities have been a boon to tile manufacturers. By Megan Salzano.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

Daltile’s Defend tile line features Microban technology to attract consumers looking for healthy, clean floor products. By Megan Salzano Ceramic tile is one of only two truly aspirational product categories available in flooring today—hardwood being the other. Know your tile products and sell them. So, what gives?

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I would probably say the market’s going to be, at best, flat, maybe even a little bit down,” said Dick Quinlan, VP of sales and marketing, Wellmade. There’s still a lot of pricing mechanization going on, and as a result I think you’re going to see dollar sales will probably be down. So, we are very focused on color.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 26, 2018

Instead of flowers, let’s talk showers and shower tile. With tools for homeowners, architects, contractors and distributors (that’s us) alike, Laticrete is a great resource for tile installation products and learning. Another resource for tile products and continuing education, is Schluter Systems. Made in the U.S.A.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2022

What is not unprecedented is the trailblazing resilient category, which continued its wild ride in 2021 with another year of major growth in both resilient flooring sales and volume—again led mostly by the red-hot rigid core subsegment of LVT. When taking total flooring sales into account, resilient flooring sales comprised 31.6%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Hicks, having just crunched the numbers, said attendance for Surfaces 2023 was up “10%- 11%” over 2019 and 2020—the last shows prior to the full onslaught of COVID-19. Hicks said sales for the 2024 show are already encouraging, with many exhibitors interested in booking larger spaces. on the last. 24-26, a Wednesday- Friday format.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

increase in sales in 2020 vs. 2019. However, about 20% of residential resilient sales still remains in the flexible LVT category, including dryback (glue-down) products. billion in sales. billion in sales. For tile visuals, glue-down products can be installed with or without grout.”.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

Pictured is Daltile’s Vertuo, a mix and match collection of porcelain tile featuring two different nature-inspired looks. While no one has a crystal ball as to how things are going to shake out over the medium to long term, some observers say 2019 could be remembered as the last growth year in commercial for some time.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Artistic Tile’s Verdi Alpi and Rosa Portugallo. To be successful with the category, retailers are tasked with educating themselves and the consumer on its pros and cons in order to facilitate a successful sale and installation. 6/13, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 14. By Megan Salzano. However, natural stone has its advantages—i.e.,

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 23, 2023

H ardwood may very well be the most aspirational flooring product (next to stone or ceramic tile). With this new finishing technology, we are able to apply a coating to the wood, seal the wood and then apply the Generations coating on top of it without changing the make-up of the look,” said Wade Bondrowski, Mercier’s director of sales, U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 28, 2022

When all the numbers were tabulated for 2021, FCNews research found that overall carpet sales grew 11.5% to $8.201 billion compared with $7.355 billion carpet sales in 2020. Residential carpet sales were up an astounding 17.2%. Total area rug sales increased an estimated 8% to $2.782 billion, according to industry estimates.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

Chicago— NeoCon 2022, held here last month, was abuzz with optimism as commercial flooring suppliers touted rebounding sales and specifications across key commercial segments in 2022. We expected to be, in 2023, beating where we were in 2019. We were, prior to that, a carpet tile company. Commercial’s comeback.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 3, 2021

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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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Hard surfaces continue to gain momentum, industry members say, led by luxury vinyl tile. 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. February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

By Ken Ryan—For many flooring retailers, 2021 represented their best sales year ever , and it’s no wonder as the product pipeline continued to deliver innovative offerings that were in high demand. Highly authentic wood grains in signature coastal colors elevate any home design. All six colors come with painted bevels.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Once known exclusively as a supplier of nylon and tufted wool carpet, the company in the past few years has expanded into new fibers (polyester and decorative wool) and every hard surface category (excluding ceramic tile) while overcoming challenges related to Stainmaster’s departure from specialty retail.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

In the second quarter of 2020, residential carpet sales plummeted 23% in volume and 27.4% When all the numbers were crunched for 2020, FCNews research shows overall carpet sales fell 12.5% billion in 2019. Total area rug sales fell an estimated 2% to $2.576 billion in 2020, according to industry estimates.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

The year 2019 represented a rebound of sorts for housing. Looking ahead, we’re optimistic and anticipate low single-digit growth in 2020, with most of the major players that work with our teams anticipating solid growth,” said Larry Brookshire, Mohawk’s vice president builder and multifamily sales operations.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

To blend with hard surface in the home, mills are developing visuals that tie in with wood or vinyl, often with color as the differentiator. He described 2019 as a good year for carpet, growing from 43% of its overall material sales to 46%. “I No wonder car- pet sales increased for us.”. Bismarck, N.D.,

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 22, 2020

If that holds true, it will be in line with 2019, when residential sales slipped 6.5% Retailers are seeing growth in carpet sales, with consumers more likely to replace their older carpets rather than their older hard surfaces.”. The conversion rate is good as higher-end products translate into sales.”. COVID-19 impact.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Anecdotally speaking, Informa Exhibitions—which manages the show—estimates attendance was up over TISE 2019. More importantly, he said re-bookings were for TISE 2021 were “very strong,” with the sales office on the show floor packed daily with exhibitors rebooking steadily for next year.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

She was—and continues to be—on the frontline of customer engagements, leveraging flooring industry knowledge with her sales skills. She has created and implemented training programs for independent flooring retailers, distributors, manufacturers and sales reps for the past 50 years, developing programs to help grow their businesses.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

In 2019, Arte Mundi China , one of the largest manufacturers of engineered hardwood flooring in China, announced plans to build a hardwood flooring finishing plant in Chino, Calif. RevoTile is genuine porcelain tile offered in 26 marble, wood, stone and concrete looks. On that list is RevoTile. Officially launched on Jan.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

Some of the roles include accounting, logistics, product development, marketing, HR, sales and operations. senior director of marketing, Dal-Tile. Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of marketing, Dal-Tile. director of sales, O’Krent Floors. Jodie Doyle, vice president, sales and marketing, Indusparquet USA.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Among the key findings: Fifty-two percent of homeowners said they have wood floors in their homes, compared to 75% who say they have carpeting and 58% who said they have tile. The sales points for wood are easy—attractiveness, choice and warmth are the easy ones. Savanna’s neutral hue balances a room’s more contrasting colors.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

First up is True Grout for SPC/rigid core tiles and planks. The innovation allows the creation of a middle grout line that mimics two tiles in one. How it works: The grout is applied at the factory via the addition of a colored wear layer between the décor film and the core. A powerful platform for women in flooring.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

October 14/21, 2019: Volume 35/Issue 8. When helping a consumer find her ideal floor, experts say retail sales associates need to consider several factors, including the consumer’s lifestyle and the room in which the flooring is being installed. By Lindsay Gonzalez. McMurtry is not alone. said his staff keeps it simple.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

sales and marketing. sales efforts for Indusparquet from the beginning. Gone are Haines, All Tile and BPI. Back in 2019, LVT was fully on fire. They needed somebody to push back on the sales side to say, ‘This is how it works in the U.S., Those are the next big colors based on what you hear from designers.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

Floris Koopmans is the sales director of Unilin Technologies Carole Cross: Innovation Through Collaboration By Dave Geipel Carole Cross is an expert in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing and has been making a difference in the flooring industry for years. Bart’s determination has had a significant impact on the flooring industry.

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