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Ceramic: The pros and cons of natural stone

Floor Covering News

When it comes to natural stone, specialty retail has it tough. However, natural stone has its advantages—i.e., In an effort to help retailers in that endeavor, three suppliers gave FCNews their best advice on how to deal with the challenges of natural stone while also tapping the inherent advantages of the category.

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COVERINGS LEADS NATIONAL TILE DAY CELEBRATION WITH 2019 PRODUCT PREVIEWS & SOCIAL ACTIVATIONS

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

(ARLINGTON, VA—February 12, 2019) Coverings ( coverings.com ), the largest international tile & stone exhibition and conference in North America, will honor the beauty and durability of tile this National Tile Day as the February 23 observance enters its third year.

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May Featured Tiles: Malmo Cement Effect & Aquarius Stone Effect Tiles

The London Tile Co.

May seems to have crept up on us and we’re finding it hard to believe we’ll soon be half way through 2019. We’re looking forward to BBQ season and seeing all the wonderful garden designs created using our range of outdoor porcelain tiles.

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Exclusive! Houzz 2019 Kitchen Trends

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

The 2019 U.S. On the other hand, 22% want to make the kitchen more open to the outdoors. Among the 93% who upgrade countertops when deciding what to replace, Parker says this is the first year that Houzz has seen engineered quartz surpass all of the natural stone materials combined in terms of popularity (48 versus 43%, respectively).

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5 Ways to Wear White After Memorial Day

Architectural Ceramics

The fashion industry often influences retailers; did you see our post about the 2019 PANTONE Color of the Year ? The collection, shown above, features a dimensional mosaic in three natural stone marble choices: Thassos (pictured), Crema and Grigio. AC’s Candango Collection featuring a dimensional mosaic in Thassos marble.

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STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

Floor Covering News

decline to 2.403 from 2.491 billion square feet in 2019. of volume, down slightly from 13% of dollars and 13.11% of volume in 2019. That is down from 24.86% of dollar sales and 30.98% of volume vs. 2019. vs. May 2019. tile imports by volume in 2019 and 31.5% vs. 2019, according to U.S. of volume.

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Silicastone Saves Scrap

Diary of a Tile Addict

The colour palette for three of the ranges (Incline, Weave and Strata) is limited to natural, charcoal, and teal, with honed or textured finish variants of each. These three ranges are also all suitable for indoor and outdoor use. A new post for Diary of a Tile Addict, May 2019. Silicastone Tints in Glazed Green from Alusid.