Floor Covering News

JANUARY 20, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Daltile was recently named the Tile Category Winner of the Builder.Media 2020 Building Products Brand Survey. The annual competition is designed to recognize excellence by highlighting those brands that are preferred by readers of Builder and Developer and Green Home Builder magazines. Daltile’s Lavaliere.

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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. I NNOVATION.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2021

During Connect ’21, Ron Dunn (left) and Ryan Dunn likened the toy that always bounces back-no matter how many times it gets knocked around-to its Alliance Flooring retailers during the pandemic. Alliance Flooring said it plans to hold an in-person convention at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando during the second half of 2021.

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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. In addition to the global flooring industry on display, we specifically built this year’s educational program to grow our attendees’ businesses.”.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

March 2/9, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 18. economy heading into 2020 with a hopeful outlook and poised for growth—unemployment is down and consumer confidence is on the rise—the time for tile to shine is now. We love LVT—we sell LVT—but there is a huge market outside of LVT,” said Manny Llerena, director of sales and marketing, MSI. “We

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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. The show floor was busy all three days of the event.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 24, 2021

By Reginald Tucker In 2020, something interesting happened in the U.S. laminate flooring market that hadn’t occurred since 2015— the category actually grew in terms of both sales and volume. FCNews research pegged laminate flooring sales at the first point of distribution in the U.S. at $1.144 billion, a 5.8%

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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

MARCH 21, 2022

Flooring retailers, Strahil Chernev and Sharon Cherneva, traveled nearly 5,000 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, to attend the Alliance Flooring convention. Orlando—As Alliance Flooring celebrated its 25-year history here last week, it was hard not to focus on the group’s bright future. So, they opened their own store.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

While the flooring industry has been a “man’s world” for decades, women are rising in the ranks and accomplishing incredible things that have helped move the industry forward. Cheryl Acierno has been engaged in the floor covering industry for her entire career, owning Acierno & Company for the past 21 years. Cheryl Acierno.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 5, 2021

By Ken Ryan Following a strong start to 2021, flooring dealers see no reason for a slowdown as they enter the second quarter. San Antonio-based O’Krent’s Abbey Flooring continues to see a brisk pace of sales activity despite the pandemic. In Knoxville, Tenn., It’s like that old Buck Owen’s song, ‘I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail.’”.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. These were among the highlights of Abbey Carpet & Floor and Floors to Go’s 62 nd annual convention, held here earlier this month. Our goal is to be more proactive with our members this year,” Ted Dlugokienski, CFO, Abbey Carpet & Floor, told FCNews. “We

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2021

Emser Tile , designer, marketer and producer of tile and natural stone, won two 2021 awards from Comparably.com for “Best Company Operations” and “Best Sales Teams,” the only flooring company represented on each list, according to Emser. The post Emser Tile wins two Comparably awards appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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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. Coverings 2022 saw 750 exhibitors and more than 30 countries represented on the show floor. increase from 2020,” he said.

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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.” The post Stanton hires Jamann Stepp to accelerate hard surface growth appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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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% Flooring, including carpet, got a share of that spend.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 30, 2023

Schönox representatives, including principal owner Thomas Trissl, (third from right) are “Ön It” as they meet with representatives of Sliwinski Floor Covering, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., The 2023 Starnet Commercial Flooring Cooperative spring conference kicked off earlier this month amid robust member participation.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Stone Panels continued the marketing strategy that earned it this title in 2020: consistent outreach and the willingness to offer webinars. Leigh Ann McKinley, design and development lead for Temmer, presented 30 classes and educated 190 individuals. CEUs have given us the opportunity to gain connections and tell our story.”.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The stay-at-home economy continues to buttress the flooring industry as remodeling projects surge. With few exceptions, flooring retailers continue to report strong activity as they enter the final four months of what has been an unprecedented 2020. Brian’s Flooring & Design in Birmingham, Ala.,

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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. There’s a reason why more than 90% of commercial floors are glue down. But that’s where a glue-down floor can shine. “If

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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. Three dimensional details.

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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. In fact, the resilient flooring market took the industry by storm yet again when it posted a staggering—and industry-leading—21.3% billion in sales.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

COVID-19 may have slowed growth in some segments of commercial flooring, but not so much on Main Street. Our Philadelphia Commercial brand and our recently refreshed 5th & Main collection under the Shaw Floors brand have both been a strategic focus for 2020, prior to the pandemic,” Tucker said. By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 25, 2020

It’s no secret that retail training is critical to maintaining a competitive advantage in flooring. However, thanks to the multitude of digital formats available, online training in all its permutations has allowed industry manufacturers, associations and buying groups to stay connected with flooring retailers. Alliance Flooring, Inc.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2023

F or the second year running tile flooring experienced sales growth after its 2020 decline, which had been the category’s first decrease in several years. Tile flooring was up mid-double digits in dollars in 2022 compared to 2021’s high single-digit increase. Volume experienced a slight decrease overall.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 21, 2022

Chicago— NeoCon 2022, held here last week, was abuzz with optimism as commercial flooring suppliers touted rebounding sales and specifications across commercial segments in 2022. Show organizers confirmed attendance this year was higher than in 2020, at about 40,000. Commercial’s comeback. 2022 is good,” he said.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 23, 2020

Confindustria Ceramica, the Italian Association of Ceramics, has named Centura Tile winner of the North American Distributor Award for 2020. Inclination towards Ceramics of Italy products in recognition of their innovative design and technical qualities. A high-caliber corporate image.

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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. Forbo Flooring Systems has succeeded on all those fronts. Forbo was founded with an expressed focus on linoleum flooring products. It is also available in multiple sizes and direct glue-down and floating floor formats.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

New York—Starting by renting a small space in the sample room of Atlas Carpet Mills Manhattan showroom, LSI has grown to be one of the largest sales and marketing agencies for floor covering products in the U.S. The company said it generates millions in sales annually for the mills they represent. and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

He routinely volunteered to help out CTEF at trade events and conferences; he served as CTI Evaluator to help expand the certification program; and he promoted tile installation best practices to interior design students so they could better specify tile projects. After a short illness, Hecox died at the age of 52 on September 21, 2020.

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JUNE 17, 2021

By Ken Ryan The never-ending task of recruiting and training installers has been a flooring industry bugaboo for decades. That said, it is crucial for flooring retailers to keep the good ones. Even when business was down about 40% in April and May (2020), Brian’s Flooring & Design in Birmingham, Ala.,

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

The waterproof label has transcended its rigid core roots and is now touted across a variety of flooring constructions—from SPC to tile and even hardwood and underlayment. Vinyl, hardwood, laminate Luxury vinyl flooring and all its iterations remains one of the hottest categories to date with growth outpacing all other categories.

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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. They are fantastic partners,” said David Chambers, director of flooring, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Omaha. It’s not just tile.

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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

AUGUST 15, 2023

—Chilewich has appointment Melissa Villa as senior vice president of contract sales. This position marks Villa’s return to Chilewich, where she served as contract sales director for the New York area from April 2018 through January 2020.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 19, 2020

FloorCon 2020 , billed as the industry’s first digital, interactive flooring summit, took place Oct. Over the two-day period, the digital show focused on providing flooring dealers with technology and knowledge necessary to thrive in today’s digital-first world—combined with the benefits and opportunities of a traditional trade show.

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