Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

As we embarked on the grueling task of compiling our industry statistics for 2021 , I was probably more intrigued than ever as to what the final results would be. In 2021, it was $1.33. And as prices on SPC skyrocketed, the delta between the latter and lower-end hardwood and ceramic narrowed, making them more attractive options.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2021

ceramic tile consumption rose 15.3% by volume in the third quarter 2021 year to date, compared to the same timeframe in 2020, according to the Ceramic Tile Market Update released by the Tile Council of North America (TCNA). billon square feet of ceramic tile 3Q 2021 YTD, up 21.5% 3Q 2021 YTD. 3Q 2021 YTD.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

S everal issues that shook out in 2023 have contributed to a less-than-stellar year for ceramic tile. The increase in interest/mortgage rates, an abrupt transition of spending among consumers—from goods to services—and price deflation have all caused a lack of growth for ceramic tile in 2023. Category experts agree the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Daltile’s Rekindle tile flooring collection features StepWise and Microban technology, making it more slip resistant while also eliminating 99% of bacteria on the tile surface. In 2019, the tile flooring category experienced its first decline in a decade as tariffs and antidumping legislation hit the market. versus August 2021.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

The resurgent laminate flooring category continued on its upward trajectory in 2021 as sales reached $1.304 billion, FCNews research shows. That $1.304 billion also represents the highest level of laminate sales seen since 2006. That $1.304 billion also represents the highest level of laminate sales seen since 2006.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Daltile’s new Defend is a distinct product line of high-performance ceramic tile featuring Microban technology, which will not wash off or wear away. 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.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 9, 2021

Intro to the 2021 LVP Selling Guide: Fourteen years ago, Floor Covering News pub­lished its first educational supplement, the Re­tailer Guide to Hardwood Flooring , to great acclaim. The category goes by many names: lux­ury vinyl plank (LVP), luxury vinyl flooring (LVF) and, historically, luxury vinyl tile.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Ceramic tile, which has been faced with ongoing challenges for several years now, was no exception. 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. of total industry dollars in 2020 and 12.7%

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Mohawk took home the Best Overall Manufacturer Award of Excellence for 2021. Mohawk brands captured six awards, including Best Overall Manufacturer, in FCNews ’ 25 th annual Award of Excellence competition, which was voted on by flooring retailers and distributors. Garden City, N.Y.—Mohawk 1 print edition of FCNews.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2021

flooring industry was spared—for the most part. Add that to “The Great Migration” as people moved away from big cities and into the suburbs and the result was an acceptable year for the flooring industry. Not only did 2020 floor covering dollars escape the wrath of the pandemic, so, too, did square footage.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2022

Spain has supplanted China as the largest exporter of ceramic tile to the U.S. The Tile Council of North America (TCNA), a trade association representing manufacturers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials, tile equipment, raw materials and other tile-related products, has released its 2021 U.S. of 2021 U.S.

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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

MAY 3, 2022

By Ken Ryan—For many flooring retailers, 2021 represented their best sales year on record. The following products represent a sampling of new collections or expanded product line offerings that scored high among specialty floor covering retailers and distributors in 2021. Paladin by Eternity Floors.

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MARCH 23, 2023

Tile of Spain manufacturers returned to Valencia, Spain last month for the highly anticipated return of CEVISAMA , the International Fair for Ceramic Tiles and Bathroom Furnishings. The Spanish tile industry surpassed expectations with overall sales increasing by 16.2% since 2021. since 2021. since last year.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 28, 2023

When the dust settled, Floor Covering News research found the resilient flooring category as a whole generated $9.522 billion in sales in 2022, a 13% increase over 2021’s $8.426 billion—much of that thanks to LVT. increase over 5.881 billion square feet in 2021. increase over 5.881 billion square feet in 2021.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

By Ken Ryan—For many flooring retailers, 2021 represented their best sales year ever , and it’s no wonder as the product pipeline continued to deliver innovative offerings that were in high demand. Following are some of the top must-have product introductions of 2021, along with their key selling points. i4F: i-Click4U.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 12, 2021

ceramic tile market due to the COVID-19 health crisis, 2021 is off to an excellent start, according to the Tile Council of North America (TCNA). Through Q1 2021, total U.S. ceramic tile consumption was up 17.8% In Q1 2021, the U.S. million square feet of ceramic tile, up 26% from Q1 2020. Val Q1 2021. $

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 3, 2021

The multi-surface visualizer allows consumers to get an idea of how an MSI product will look on the floor, countertop or wall. By Megan Salzano I f you haven’t implemented a digital strategy to help generate more sales, you’re already behind the curve. Consumers conduct extensive research online before ever entering a flooring store.

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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

JUNE 26, 2023

That’s how some industry observers might describe the commercial flooring industry in 2022, which continued to emerge from the wreckage of a global pandemic to experience a vibrant rebirth. Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% billion in 2021 to $7.34 billion in 2022, Floor Covering News research shows.

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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. The first step, according to suppliers, is simple.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

D espite all the challenges facing the commercial contract market today—the residual effects of the pandemic, sky-high inflation, ongoing supply chain challenges and the war in Ukraine—key end-use sectors for commercial flooring are showing signs of recovery, stimulating hope that market conditions will improve in the second half of 2022.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) created the Dan Hecox Service Award to be given out annually at Coverings. They received the award here on July 8 at Coverings 2021. Following are the 2021 Dan Hecox Service Award Recipients. Gundlach Company as a tool sales representative. Orlando, Fla.—

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The multi-surface visualizer allows consumers to get an idea of how an MSI product will look on the floor, countertop or wall. By Megan Salzano I f you haven’t implemented a digital strategy to help generate more sales, you’re already behind the curve. Consumers conduct extensive research online before ever entering a flooring store.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 25, 2021

FCNews research shows commercial flooring revenues (including specified business as well as Main Street sales) totaled $6.134 billion last year—a falloff of 11.1% The corporate market took the biggest hit in 2020 as its share fell from 42% of sales in 2019 to approximately 38% last year. compared to 2019. and 4.3%, respectively.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

To be successful with the category, retailers are tasked with educating themselves and the consumer on its pros and cons in order to facilitate a successful sale and installation. Mosaic floors and backsplashes are hugely popular today. The post Ceramic: The pros and cons of natural stone appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This despite the steady momentum the critical housing sub-sector has been building since early 2021. During that same period, the number of multi-family permits rose 10% compared to the same time frame in 2021. Census Bureau’s data on multi-family starts right up until late 2021—then the two indices began to diverge (see chart).

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MARCH 18, 2024

Last February, Atlas Concorde received the Export Capital award for the second consecutive year and was recognised as the top company in the Export Excellence category for the ceramics and marble sector. Rather, it is a product ecosystem consisting of porcelain floor and wall tiles united by a profound aesthetic harmony.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

By Megan Salzano Las Vegas—While the show floor at the 2021 edition of the International Surface Event (TISE) may not have been as chock-full of flooring suppliers as we’re used to, there certainly was no lack of innovation in the space. Following are four trends in resilient flooring that stood out. Rigid core reigns.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

Lux Flooring’s SPC products feature a 22-mil thickness and a virgin stone core for added durability. W hile some flooring companies aim to be many different things to many different retailers—providing a breadth of product categories from wood to resilient to ceramic—Lux Flooring’s focus is singular: SPC luxury vinyl flooring.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

“In late 2020, many economists forecasted very conservative growth numbers for 2021 within the strides of a global pandemic,” noted Dan Butterfield, vice president, residential sales, Dal-Tile. multi-family sector in 2021. Other industry observers attested to the performance of the U.S. The opening of the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—After a strong showing in 2021, Coverings 2022, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will again be hosted as an in-person trade show event —this time in Las Vegas. Coverings 2022 will host 750 exhibitors with 34 countries represented on the show floor.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 24, 2021

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. of the total flooring market in 2019. of the total flooring market in 2019. increase over 2019.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The nominations should contain category, product name and one paragraph describing the innovation, why it is important/relevant to retailers and consumers and how dealers can parlay this information into profit at point of sale. Flooring products will be judged based on design and/or performance (technology). Rigid core/WPC.

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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

MAY 18, 2021

.— Coverings , the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will host a lineup of informative sessions, some offering Continuing Education Units (CEUs), for Coverings 2021. Installation & Fabrication. Workforce & Profits. Materials & Trends.

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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. Ceramic market update.

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