Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

The latest initiative in its efforts to grow its brand nationwide is hiring and promoting a wide range of seasoned professionals with experience in commercial and residential flooring and installation products. She brings years of expertise in flooring sales management, new business development, project management and strategic planning.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2020

Trade Representative (USTR) on its Chinese-made LVT products. We are very excited to have received exemptions from tariffs covering Wellmade’s entire family of HDPC rigid core products, including vinyl, hardwood and strand woven bamboo,” said Dick Quinlan, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Wellmade. “We

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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. I think it’s going to be a tough first half of the year,” noted Yon Hinkle, VP of product management, resilient, AHF Products. “We Units might be flat.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

floor covering industry sales for 2019 to be a shade above $23 billion and 19.07 That can be attributed to a more favorable product mix across the board as less expensive products, particularly Chinese wood and laminate, gave way to pricier domestic alternatives. Stone includes marble, granite, travertine, slate, etc.,

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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 ? The collection, shown above, features a dimensional mosaic in three natural stone marble choices: Thassos (pictured), Crema and Grigio. Want weekly updates about Architectural Ceramics and our product lines?

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

Attendance at Coverings 2023 was 20% higher than the 2019 event. I really like to see people in the booths experiencing the product. Michael Ward, vice president of sales, Portobello America, put it simply: “Everybody’s here. The attendance is up over 2019 numbers—and 2019 was a good year. O rland o , F la.—

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Floor Covering News

JULY 16, 2021

NWFA and the Coverings international tile and stone exhibition organizers co-located to simultaneously bring attendees to the NWFA’s 2021 Wood Flooring Expo and Coverings 2021. ” For more on the show, see FCNews’ July 12/19 edition or our digital coverage.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

By Megan Salzano—T he booming flooring industry is chock-full of high-style and innovative products aimed at tapping the unprecedented growth in demand that began in 2020. increase in sales in 2020 vs. 2019. billion in sales. billion in sales. Glue-down/flexible products don’t require transition profiles.

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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). To that end, hardwood suppliers across the board are leveraging emerging innovations designed to enhance both the visual characteristics as well as the performance attributes of the product.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 5, 2019

With trade shows, like the upcoming Coverings 2019: The Global Tile & Stone Experience , we’re always looking to recruit new tile collections to round out our roster. If these tiles don’t win you over, you’re sure to find your personal favorite by using our website filter: Wood-Look Porcelain Products.

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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. 24-26, a Wednesday- Friday format.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

FCNews research showed the category generated $6.589 billion in sales in 2020 —an industry-leading 21.3% increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion. From my perspective, the industry is up for the year,” explained Ed Sanchez, vice president of product management, resilient, Mohawk.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales growth persists despite stumbling blocks. Mohawk’s Pergo Extreme features higher-end wood and stone-look visuals along with dent-free technology. Resilient flooring remains the fastest growing flooring category in the industry, and 2019 again saw it dominate its competitors. By Megan Salzano. Shaw’s Floorte?

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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. By Megan Salzano. The potential for growth is unlimited.”.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

There are two ways to look at the flooring industry as a whole in 2019, depending on whether ones sees the glass as half full or half empty. On one hand, sales eclipsed the $23 billion mark for the first time since 2006. FCNews’ exclusive research reveals total 2019 flooring sales topped out at $23.07 billion and 19.07

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

2, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 11. As was predicted this time last year, consumption of ceramic tile in 2019 is lower than that of the previous year. The downward trend began in 2018, and the residential ceramic business slowed for the first three quarters of 2019. Raj Shah, president, MSI, noted a slowdown in new home sales as well.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 26, 2018

With tools for homeowners, architects, contractors and distributors (that’s us) alike, Laticrete is a great resource for tile installation products and learning. Architectural Ceramics stocks a few of their products, a popular seller for example, is their grout. Schluter Systems. It’s Raining Cats & Dogs.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

From the abundance of news products, tools and merchandisers on the show floor—to the bevy of educational sessions in the meeting rooms—there were more than enough enticements to get retailers to make the trip. “The In addition to that, the Natural Stone Pavilion saw some action. The show floor was busy all three days of the event.

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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. That’s compared to the 17.8%

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

October 14/21, 2019: Volume 35/Issue 8. As the resilient category continues to expand into various subsegments, flooring dealers have had to stay abreast of where each product—once installed—will truly thrive. For instance, areas with direct sunlight could benefit from an SPC product. By Lindsay Gonzalez.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2021

When the dust cleared and all the numbers were counted, total industry sales fell just short of 2019’s numbers at $22.951 billion, a decline of 0.5%. Coincidentally, that was the growth percentage in 2019, so all this industry did was give back the gains of one year ago. from 2019 compared to the previous year’s decline of 3.1%.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2021

Aside from marketing its own brand—Pop Top—in China, the company has been manufacturing private-label vinyl for companies such as Shaw, COREtec, Tarkett and Swiff-Train for years to the tune of $360 million in annual sales. manufactured Huali products rolling off the line in the second quarter of 2021. Dossche put it in perspective.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. decline to 2.403 from 2.491 billion square feet in 2019. vs. May 2019. of volume.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

And freight expenses once product reached these shores were through the roof. Back then it was about products like resilient tile and VCT. SPC/rigid core, the product known to consumers as water- proof, was responsible for a revival of many other segments. decline in volume in 2019; 4.6% decline in volume in 2019; 4.6%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Still, flooring once again was able to continue its positive trajectory in dollar sales, which it has done every year since the Great Recession of 2008-09 except for the pandemic-impacted 2020. With that said, unit sales remain at its fourth-highest level ever. FCNews research shows commercial flooring sales totaled $7.34

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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

AUGUST 10, 2020

The meteoric rise of the resilient flooring category can be directly attributed to the performance of subcategories such as SPC and rigid core, which doubled in terms of volume and more than doubled in terms of dollars between 2018 and 2019. Ceramic, stone looks impress. FCNews research found that the subsegment accounted for 37.1%

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

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. In other words, it reflects the retail industry as a whole.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 27, 2020

It would not be outlandish to suggest the flooring industry has never seen a product category quite like LVT in all its permutations. Laminate was strictly a retail product—it never made it into commercial,” said Jeff Striegel, president of Elias Wilf, Owings Mills, Md. “On One, the product is continuing to develop.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In 2019, the tile flooring category experienced its first decline in a decade as tariffs and antidumping legislation hit the market. The distinct challenges the industry has faced and continues to face start with inflation,” said Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, dealer & showrooms, Dal-Tile.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

FCNews ’ third annual “Industry Disrupters” issue features innovative players and thinkers who are pushing the envelope in terms of product innovations, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Domestic Production. Below are this year’s Industry Disruptors. The mother of all disruptors .

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Facing an unprecedented year of tumult, ceramic tile has continued its downward trend in 2020 following the category’s 2019 decline—its first loss in a decade. vs. the same timeframe in 2019. These advancements afford us the opportunity to translate those ideas into our products in ways LVT cannot.”. Census Bureau.

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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. According to Dodge Data & Analytics, multi-family starts in 2019 fell by 10% to 485,000 units, with dollar value dropping by 9% to $91 billion.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

The International Surfaces Event (TISE) has a rich history for 30 years, and the last decade has been led with Kerry Cree at the helm of booth sales—including booth, sponsorship and digital. Kerry is fiercely competitive, driven and productive, allowing her to lead this responsibility with grace. By Dana Hicks. manufacturer.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

October 28/November 4, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 9. Every flooring system is only as good as its weakest link,” said David Clarkson, vice president of sales, Eastern U.S., Utilizing superior products will always assist in achieving superior results.”. By Lindsay Gonzalez.

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