Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2020

Chicago — In keeping with Domotex USA’s 2020 trade show theme “The World At Your Feet” attendees will discover floor covering trendsetters from around the globe. India-based SRI Color System, a multipurpose wool and textile color reference system, returns to Domotex USA in 2020 to showcase its yarns and color boxes primarily to U.S.-based

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. Las Vegas—Six manufacturers were voted best of class in the 2020 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest sponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). Style & Design category: Mannington.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2024

In this role, Tippett will assume sales responsibility and reporting for Stanton’s hard surface business. “We’re thrilled to have Deb join the Stanton team and confident that her experience, leadership and passion for the business, coupled with Stanton’s seasoned, hardworking sales team, will accomplish the goals set forth.” .

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

No longer content with beiges and grays, consumers today are demanding more color choices in their carpet. Following are some of the standout carpet innovations of 2020. We’re able to design impressively clean visuals that enhance colors vividly with great intensity. By Ken Ryan. ANDERSON TUFTEX. THE DIXIE GROUP.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

February 2/10, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 16. By most accounts, TISE 2020 was another successful event in the annals of Surfaces history. We are so excited to be able to celebrate another incredible event with the industry for TISE 2020,” said Dana Hicks, TISE show director. Vendors step up their game in a big way. By FCNews staff.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. To further illustrate the impact of price increases, the average selling price of all floor- ing in 2020 was $1.21. from 2020’s $22.951 billion. in both dollars and volume in 2020. With that, the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

6/13, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 14. Many economists expect that trend to carry over into 2020. Further impacting new housing sales were a labor shortage within the construction trade and rising interest rates. This decline in rates caused existing home sales and new home sales to rebound,” Dietz observed. “In

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Tile of Spain USA

MARCH 23, 2023

This year’s annual event, the first to take place since 2020, was held from February 27 – March 3, 2023 at Feria Valencia, located in Valencia’s center city. The Spanish tile industry surpassed expectations with overall sales increasing by 16.2% since last year. since 2021.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Las Vegas— Coverings 2022 was a showcase in innovative product design and immersive technology, which is thriving within the ceramic and stone category today despite obvious obstacles. increase from 2020,” he said. The collection is avail- able in three colors, surfaces and sizes. There was 2.23

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2020

Over the past few years, carpet manufacturers have migrated to solution-dyed (SD) products in response to consumer demand for multiple colors and greater performance, whether it is stain and soil resistance or protection against fading. Their purchase is driven by color, comfort and value.”. By Ken Ryan. Stanton’s Enchanted.

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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. increase over 2020’s revised $6.463 billion. increase from 5.357 billion square feet in 2020.

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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

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. FCNews research shows ceramic experienced an 8.2%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. 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. The dips and turns that contributed to softness last year is expected to continue for at least the first half of 2020, observers say.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

During the Tile of Spain press conference, Vicente Nomdedeu, the president of The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association (ASCER), highlighted the 2019 production, sales and exports figures that reflect the strength of Spain’s industrial sector. What’s trending 2020. Calming colors. Three dimensional details.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We’re thrilled to have Jamann join Stanton and confident that his expertise, leadership and passion for the business, coupled with Stanton’s seasoned, hard-working sales team will accomplish this goal.” In this position Stepp will assume overall responsibility and reporting for Stanton’s entire hard surface business.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

By Ken Ryan If not for an anomalously bad second quarter created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the carpet category may well have celebrated an upturn in 2020 after several mediocre years. In the second quarter of 2020, residential carpet sales plummeted 23% in volume and 27.4% in dollars, according to FCNews research.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 4, 2022

By Jacqueline Hinchcliff—W hen it comes to emerging color trends in flooring, what works in one region of the country might not fly elsewhere. For instance, while the “greige” phenomenon of 2020 is holding steady, dealers are also seeing a shift from cooler to warmer hues. Honeycomb Home Design. FlorStar Sales.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

“With the residential flooring market seeing a quicker return to pre-COVID-19 trends than traditional commercial sectors, Main Street is well poised to capitalize on commercial flooring needs while leveraging its residential sales channels.”. I call these formats DIY—not do it yourself but design it yourself.

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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%. For context, in 2020, carpet-rugs represented 48.4% million starts in 2020.

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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. Most of that growth was felt in the SPC subsegment of the LVT category of resilient flooring.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Designed with tenant-occupied and multi-family properties in mind, Mohawk’s UltimateFlex LVT is a glue-down vinyl, making it easy to install and repair. Mannington’s Baltic Stone features a dark, dramatic color and soft white veining that captures the look of Nordic styling. You can get better value for your money.”

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

By Megan Salzano T he last year and a half has been anything but ordinary, and while the industry did struggle early on in 2020 due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has rebounded with a vengeance in 2021. FCNews research showed the category generated $6.589 billion in sales in 2020 —an industry-leading 21.3%

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 25, 2021

By Ken Ryan W hile carpet isn’t ready to replace hardwood flooring for its aspirational appeal or supplant LVT as the fastest growing segment , the soft surface category is writing its own headlines lately with bold patterns and creative designs – tapping carpet trends and fueling a resurgence. Consumers are choosing accent colors.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

suppliers are touting record-high sales in 2021 and expected ongoing growth as a result of changing consumer habits and a booming housing market —both spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. by volume vs. 2020, according to the Tile Council of North America (TCNA). from Q2 2020. Ceramic residential sales in the U.S. imported 1.10

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 1, 2021

Forbo’s Marmoleum features a wide range of color, design and size options to create multiple looks. When it comes to visuals, Marmoleum features a wide range of color and design options to create multiple looks suitable for all rooms in the home. residential national sales manager, Forbo.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 31, 2021

Whether it be product design, go-to-market strategy or a combination of the two, these “new kids on the block” are proving themselves in a category dominated by seasoned suppliers. AHF Products launched its first residential resilient products in 2020 under the Bruce, Hartco and Robbins brands. Next is product design and performance.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2021

Ryan Dunn, EVP of sales, said it would take some time between the beginning of August and the end of October. The resolve to drive busines in 2020 was very inspiring.”. Alliance finished 2020 down 5%, however that was after being down 25% in the second quarter when business was shut for many weeks due to COVID-19. Gene Podell).

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Flooring retailers say trusted brands like Invista’s Stainmaster are serving them well in 2020. The early stages of 2020 revealed the kind of promise the carpet industry had longed for: innovative new offerings breathing life into a segment that had been losing share to hard surfaces for more than a decade. By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The flooring will more or less provide the backdrop for the design of the space or just simply serve as the place we live our lives on day in and day out. Perhaps the most design-savvy of flooring categories, tile is most particularly supported by grout and mortar products.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Tattersall II by Crescent, a division of Stanton, offers striking color combinations in a traditional tailored plaid carpet design. Year-to-date, encompassing the first and second quarters, residential sales are down 3.4% versus the year-ago period, according to industry estimates; Q2 residential sales, meanwhile, are down 5.4%.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 25, 2020

With its biennial Summit canceled this summer due to COVID-19, Alliance Flooring staged Connect 2020 , a virtual buying and networking event for members (see page 3). An educated sales professional can be the No. Selling, showcasing, purchasing, designing and training on all online platforms. Alliance Flooring, Inc.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 12, 2021

One of the pleasant surprises of 2020 was the re-emergence of carpet as a viable alternative to hard surface in the home. Our new tailored loop styles released in 2020 have an innovative new loop structure that creates such unique textural effects,” said Maeriel Mumpar, designer – product development. “We By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

C hi c ago —The 54 th edition of NeoCon, the commercial design industry’s premier tradeshow event held here earlier this month, was alight with enthusiastic optimism and collaboration as the show truly emulated its 2023 theme: “Together We Design.” I think design follows that. Monday] was an awesome day.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 7, 2021

By Megan Salzano While the challenges of 2020 hit us all pretty hard, the final months gave the industry an unexpected boom in business that flooring dealers are still enjoying today. Dal-Tile’s one-two punch of tile innovation technology and leading style and design is what powers its product development and ongoing dealer opportunities.

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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

JUNE 9, 2020

“COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on every aspect of the economy, including commercial flooring sales,” said John Stephens, vice president of marketing, Shaw Contract. Heading into 2020, commercial flooring was on pace to sustain modest growth across the board. Category sales grew in the single digits to between $3 billion and $3.5

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