Floor Covering News

MAY 5, 2021

By Ken Ryan T he year 2020 may be best known for COVID-19, which closed down much of the economy for several weeks. In fact, new product offerings and line extensions were robust in 2020 in what turned out to be a better-than-expected year for most flooring retailers and distributors. Korlok Select Stones with InteGrout by Karndean.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

DECEMBER 17, 2019

To go with Tile Addict’s take on the 2020 trends is a little selection of additional elements that we may be seeing more of in the coming year. One trend that we are especially hoping will take off more in 2020 is coloured grout. Zellige Nouveau Aqua Gloss from Mandarin Stone. Granby Workshop Speckled porcelain pendant.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 20, 2020

Coverings has announced the 18 projects receiving the Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards for 2020. The CID Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the design and installation of tile and stone in both residential and commercial projects. “We Commercial Stone Design: Redefining the Classic Brownstone.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Los Angelas— Emser Tile , a leading designer, marketer and producer of tile and natural stone, has introduced the brand’s newest product offerings in its 2020/2021 product catalog. Emser Tile has debuted luxurious and striking finishes that can be understated or bold depending on the design style. Striking Surfaces.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 22, 2020

—Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Agency announced the winners of the 2020 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition during a virtual press conference hosted by Coverings. Firm: Design Continuum, Inc. COMMERCIAL (honorable mention). Project: Hotel Bennett. Location: Charleston, S.C.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Top 5 Design Posts of the Week. Seeing as life in 2020 is looking vastly different from 2019, we thought this would be a perfect way to showcase some of our favorite modern-day game and entertainment rooms, and to do justice for Games Day. Let us know your favorite game room design in the comments below.

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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. has one of the lowest consumptions per capita of porcelain tile of all developed countries. By Megan Salzano.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

For the flooring industry, the pandemic has caused major supply chain disruptions that impacted manufacturers and distributors and, eventually, retailers—who at times throughout 2020 were out of stock on certain products. 1, 2020, Daltile’s RevoTile is the latest example of the brand’s innovation and leadership, company executives said.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

6/13, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 14. When it comes to natural stone, specialty retail has it tough. However, natural stone has its advantages—i.e., higher profit margins, greater application opportunities, unique style and design. However, natural stone has its advantages—i.e., By Megan Salzano. Expanding applications.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 22, 2020

After reviewing hundreds of new product launches from Ceramics of Italy member companies, Ceramics of Italy has released its top six trends for the 2020 spring-summer season. Blue is one of the most popular hues in tile design this year, which also happens to dovetail with Pantone’s color of the year. Geometric stone.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 8, 2020

Known and trusted tile brands have been offered one FREE post during an initial three month trial, covering April, May, and June 2020. This collection of maxi-gems in porcelain stoneware has a powerful decorative effect. In this design, a polished finish enhances the surface. Agata Atena by Fiandre. White Beauty by Fiandre.

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Garden State Tile Blog

AUGUST 27, 2020

And while this classic selection is as stylish as it is timeless, sometimes a fresh take can reinvigorate an entire design. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Garden State Tile (@gardenstatetile) on Jul 22, 2020 at 11:29am PDT. Natural Stone. Large Format Slabs. Pops of Color. Textured Tile.

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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. And we’re excited to introduce a handful of new lines here [at Coverings] this year.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Of the five flooring award winners, RevoTile was the only porcelain tile to secure the accolade. Daltile’s new RevoTile is a revolutionary, patented, porcelain tile floating floor system that installs two times faster than traditional tile,” said Amber Leigh Martinson, senior director of marketing for Dal-Tile Corporation.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 22, 2021

The competition annually honors North American architects and designers who use Italian ceramic and porcelain tile in creative ways. The international jury reviewed a number of submissions from designers, architects and students across the U.S. and Canada, ultimately picking seven winners and two honorable mentions.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

By Megan Salzano T he year 2020 was a year unlike any other in recent memory and had lasting impacts on every category within the industry both residentially and commercially. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. of total industry dollars in 2020 and 12.7% In 2020, the category also represented 21.8%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Los Angeles—Emser Tile debuted a variety of new porcelain, stone, ceramic and mosaic products at The International Surface Event (TISE) last month. Our products on display at Surfaces offer builders, remodelers and designers a dynamic selection of materials, sizes, finishes and textures to meet any style, application and budget.”.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 15, 2020

Coverings Connected: Full Spectrum Ceramics Industry Solutions & Best Practices 2020. Coverings Connected: Global Tile Trends 2020. This session includes ceramic tile specialist and Tile of Spain consultant, Ryan Fasan, along with a stellar lineup of industry leaders discussing innovative designs, techniques and materials.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

ELLE collection Wow Design – Tile of Spain. Coverings , the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, announced the fourth annual National Tile Day celebration scheduled for Feb. Other ways to engage include viewing Interior Design’s Facebook Live Tile Trends interview with CapraFeb.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 10, 2020

Five distinctive marble-effect porcelain stoneware surfaces make up the collection – Beige Antico, Rosa Cipria, Nero Fondo, Verde Intenso, and Screziato Vivace. Three mosaic styles are also offered – a standard square (Mosaico) and hexagon (Mosaico Exa) option, as well as a mixed stone Mosaico Weave, each on a 300 by 300mm sheet.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2020

Ryan Fasan, Tile of Spain’s technical consultant and tile and stone expert, helped kick off Coverings Connected with a discussion on the state of the tile market from Tile of Spain’s perspective. The update allows designers to specify adhered porcelain tiles aslarge as 48 x 48 or 36 x 72 on building facades. tile market.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

At first, I was wondering if Coverings would still have that Coverings feel, but the exhibitors built the booths from the ground up and they are artfully designed—and you can intensely feel that people are engaging, really engaging.”. by volume vs. Q1 2020, Astrachan said. million square feet of ceramic tile, up 26% from Q1 2020.

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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. Russ Gaetano, senior marketing manager, Ardex.

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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

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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Ceramics of Italy

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Combining cutting-edge design with state-of-the-art technological innovation, the company has two production facilities, one of which is a revolutionary slab production plant located in Solignano Nuovo (MO). “The Since it was founded in 1992, ABK Group has grown steadily and reached a turnover of over €110 million in 2019.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 31, 2020

Product quality, design, innovation, Italian origin, and sustainability are all key components of the Italian ceramic tile industry’s success. It revealed the superior environmental performance of Italian porcelain floor tiles. Moon Stone by Coem. A new post by Joe Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, January 2020.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

—During Tile of Spain’s Coverings Connected press conference held earlier this week, Ryan Fasan, Tile of Spain’s technical consultant and tile and stone expert, outlined the state of Spanish tile in the U.S., There were a lot of things that set the stage for us to be able to cope with what has happened in 2020. 1 exporter to the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The MMS produces two separate indices: The Multi-family Production Index (MPI) decreased 10 points to 32 compared to the previous quarter while the Multi-family Occupancy Index (MOI) fell 15 points to 45—the lowest level since the first quarter of 2010, with the exception of the onset of the pandemic in the spring of 2020.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 12, 2021

Ultra Ceramic collections feature a polyurethane surface treatment, making it easy to clean and disinfect and least likely to show signs of tarnishing compared to natural stones. Marble and porcelain samples showed clear signs of tarnishing while UltraCeramic did not, the company said. L AUZON /P URE G ENIUS. MSI/S ILVER T RAV.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

6/13, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 14. Daltile’s RevoTile is a patented, floating floor system of genuine porcelain that can be installed in one day. Willey Home Furnishings, is one of a select number of retailers to view the product before its official debut in 2020. “I By Megan Salzano. told FCNews.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

RevoTile is Daltile’s answer to the installer crisis—a genuine porcelain floating floor system that can be installed in one day. 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. ceramic tile consumption for 2020 would be 2.6

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2021

By Reginald Tucker Floor Covering News , with the launch of The Great Reveal, is providing manufacturers with creative ways to get their new flooring products in front of specialty retailers around the country so they may be better prepared to present consumers with new products, colors and designs to help them complete their renovation projects.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Daltile’s Panoramic Porcelain Surfaces suit the growing demand for slab-style countertops. construction starts will slip to $776 billion in 2020, a 4% decline from 2019 estimated levels. The department has imposed preliminary duties ranging from 114.49% to 356.02% but is scheduled to announce its final determination by March 23, 2020.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

It offers technologically advanced features such as slip resistance and waterproofing, myriad end-use applications and unrivaled visuals and designs. Despite tile’s ongoing growth for several years, the category hit a snag in 2019 and 2020 as sales dropped and growth stagnated. So, what gives? Talk about it.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

February 2/10, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 16. LVT is still the category that will move the needle in 2020. I believe the next looks will be in stone and ceramic as well as wall applications.”. Resilient visuals often follow trends seen in natural wood, stone and ceramic. We have design flexibility with digital printing.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2021

By Megan Salzano After a two-year hiatus, Coverings 2021 , the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will host its in-person trade show event July 7-9, in Orlando, Fla., The pandemic caused the show to cancel its 2020 event just one month prior to its scheduled kickoff date. Tried and true.

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