Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

F amily owned and operated since the founding of its parent company, Pelican Creations, nearly 25 years ago, Pelican Creations Home has made a name for itself in the ever-crowded flooring market by offering a variety of popular product categories and exceptional customer service to its retail partners. Product prowess. Customers react.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

FCNews’ fourth annual Industry Disrupters issue features innovative players and thinkers who are changing the game in terms of product enhancements, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. It’s this disruptive strategy that has helped put Cali on the 2022 Industry Disruptors list. AHF Products.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

Made in USA 2022: Domestic update. By Megan Salzano-Birch—Across all flooring categories suppliers are ramping up their domestic production to meet the needs of their customer base and consumers across the country. AHF Products, for example, has one of the most robust domestic production operations as any supplier in the industry.

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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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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Las Vegas—The resilient flooring category remains the top performer in the industry, overtaking the carpet category in dollars for the first time in 2022—by a whopping $1.3B. In fact, the rigid core subsegment alone outperformed carpet by $10M in 2022. Units might be flat. We intend, despite all that, to go on the offensive.”

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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.” Prior to TDG, Stepp was the director of marketing and product management for CORETec, both before and after Shaw’s acquisition.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

D alton —For those who seek alternative options to the largest flooring manufacturers, retailers need to look no further than The Dixie Group, which, through its four brands—DH Floors, Masland, Fabrica and TRUCOR—offers an assortment of products from mid to high end that can satisfy any consumer’s style and performance preferences.

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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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MARCH 29, 2022

Las Vegas—Portobello America will debut its new porcelain collection Terralma at Coverings 2022 (booth N2526). It offers both designers and end-users opportunity to create and experience interiors with natural colors and textures evoking creative treatments, which deliver the grandeur of yesteryear.

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JUNE 26, 2023

“From the standing-room -only educational programming to the thousands of innovative product launches, events and activations, this year’s edition underscored that NeoCon is a powerful platform and community hub that is essential to the industry’s ecosystem,” Morton told Floor Covering News. billion commercial market in 2022.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

FCNews has announced the winners of its second annual FCNnovation Awards —a program designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies unveiled in the current year. Following are the 2022 winners: Carpet. The product is also easy to install thanks to Välinge’s innovative 5G locking technology.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, there were two powerhouse tile suppliers that made the trip and held nothing back in the way of showstopping new products and unique approaches to showcasing those products at the show. Daltile’s Shop by Look wall features palette boards with QR codes to help guide consumers through the sale.

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MAY 1, 2023

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. Tile market strengthens Much like most other flooring categories, the tile industry held its breath in 2022—unsure how the market might perform amid a questionable economy.

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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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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

FCNews ’ Retailers of the Year 2022 issue features some of the industry’s most accomplished dealers from influential buying groups as well as smaller retailers with no group affiliation. As Lions Floor continues to expand our product offering, we are honored to be partners with Jimmy, Ian and the entire Flooring 101 team.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

FCNews spoke with several dealers across the country who have diversified product offerings to gauge the strategies that work best for them. Product offerings: Flooring, window treatments, cabinets, countertops. I had to wait until my father retired in order to expand into other products. Product offerings: Flooring, cabinetry.

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JULY 12, 2023

According to Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, dealer and showrooms, Daltile’s residential remodel business was up almost double digits in 2022, but Daltile Statements dealers outpaced that growth. “As We know for a fact that people who finance buy four times more product and they buy better goods.”

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Consumers are spending more money on creating outdoor oases using products like Daltile’s My Stone Moon collection, seen here. . It’s no different when it comes to the growing “outdoor living” trend, which is a prime piece of the sales puzzle that flooring dealers should be taking full advantage of in 2022. told FCNews.

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NOVEMBER 15, 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. What Mohawk had to say: Avalon Flooring is a fully engaged Edge retailer with a wealth of knowledge for soft surface products.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In 2022, Karastan carpet will get a refreshed look in-store and online including a new assortment of sophisticated and timeless products, featuring innovative fibers and manufacturing technologies, all with an eye on enhancing the customer shopping journey, according to the company. Calhoun, Ga.—In

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 28, 2022

One of Artistic Finishes’ hottest new product lines is its digitally printed treads and risers for WPC. These products feature a high-density, waterproof core wrapped in a vinyl texture that enables the company to digitally print it to mirror a custom look to the floors being installed in a particular setting. “The Artistic Finishes.

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JULY 14, 2022

R esidential carpet sales grew an impressive 17.2% in Q1 2022. Consumers crave premium style and design in a quality product they can invest in and live on for years to come,” said Natalie Cady, director of premium brands residential channel strategy for Shaw Floors. Home values rising. New offerings lift market.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Saint-Georges, Canada—Mirage, a leading hardwood flooring brand, has added a new go-to color ideal for any décor this year: Sanibel. Senibel is the latest addition to the DreamVille collection, introduced by Mirage in 2021 to provide consumers with a palette of color variations and brushed textured finishes for a truly distinctive look.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

Show organizers confirmed attendance at NeoCon 2022 was higher than in 2021, at about 40,000. Chicago— NeoCon 2022, held here last month, was abuzz with optimism as commercial flooring suppliers touted rebounding sales and specifications across key commercial segments in 2022. Commercial’s comeback.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 16, 2023

SPC and WPC) due primarily to supply chain challenges with some popular, imported resilient products. The question now is will this resurgence continue as supply chain issues surrounding imported SPC/WPC normalize and as domestic production of competing hard surface categories ramp up. Lee is not alone. “We Take Mohawk, for example.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Larry Flick of The Floor Store (left), discusses product with Kris Flaherty of Flooringlines. Asked what his goal was for the show, Mike Croes, vice president of sales, said: “We’re looking to evaluate what NFA can offer us. We’ve been growing our business rapidly and are looking to double sales again this year.”.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Carrollton, Texas— LM Flooring has announced its largest product launch in the brand’s 20-year history with four new collections as well as extensions to four of its most popular lines, totaling 55 new SKUs launching in the fall. The Reserve and The Glenn offer the same colors and proprietary reactive staining techniques.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

He has helped push the industry toward greater innovative advancements that made products better. The technologies that we have licensed throughout the years have helped manufacturers produce flooring products that are more durable, longer lasting and require less maintenance than traditional materials.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Las Vegas—They don’t manufacture or distribute any of the products that floor covering retailers sell. However, the innovation and R&D that installation system technology companies provide certainly improve the products suppliers offer to retailers. cor film and the core. Another innovation from Va?

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Our sales staff is happier, make more money [and do not work] nights or Sundays.” – Lou Morano. After COVID-19, we reduced our sales staff to a skeleton crew for a short period, closed at night and Sunday,” said Lou Morano, president. “As As we got busier, we started to take back more sales staff.”. on Saturday. “We

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Some focus on color and design, while others default to good/better/best comparisons. said when it comes to selling, it’s better to learn what the customer is looking for prior to launching into a sales pitch. Don’t force it and don’t try to sway them to a particular product. Stay informed. Ask the right questions.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2022

By Jacqueline Hinchcliffe—Technology is constantly evolving and updating, which requires new-and-improved software solutions to everyday business tasks in the flooring industry such as tracking leads, checking inventory and even giving customers the ability to try out products in their rooms via room visualizer apps.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

FCNews research showed the category generated $6.589 billion in sales in 2020 —an industry-leading 21.3% From my perspective, the industry is up for the year,” explained Ed Sanchez, vice president of product management, resilient, Mohawk. We are seeing renovations hitting record numbers as well as new home sales continuing to increase.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Thanks to technology advances that allow striking looks to be combined with high-performance durability, carpet mills delivered a bevy of “must-have” carpet introductions to the flooring market in 2022. Following is a sampling of standout innovations within 2022 carpet introductions. Anderson Tuftex. Engineered Floors.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Whatever the reason, private-label brands across industries are experiencing vast growth of late—Costco’s Kirkland brand, for example, experienced a staggering $6 billion in revenue in 2022. Today, private-label programs offer a variety of benefits to distributors and retailers alike—as well as the manufacturers who supply the product.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Las Vegas—Six manufacturers were voted top of their class in the 2022 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest cosponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). The winners, announced on the show floor, are as follows: Innovation: AHF Products. AHF Products.

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MARCH 3, 2022

“What’s taking its place is more of a warm, brown color. The trend continues to be toward soft, neutral colors absent of red,” said Dan Natkin, CEO and managing director, Boen. “The The trend continues to be toward soft, neutral colors absent of red,” said Dan Natkin, CEO and managing director, Boen. the 3-inch oak in gunstock.

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