Ceramics of Italy

JULY 1, 2021

Bloom Star from FAP ceramiche has been selected by the ADI Permanent Design Observatory for publication in the ADI Design Index 2020. Each year, ADI also nominates three of the most significant products featured in the Design Index to compete for the Innovation Award sponsored by the Italian President. www.fapceramiche.com.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2023

laminate flooring category generated in late 2020 and throughout 2021 continued to positively impact segment sales in 2022. Floor Covering News research shows the U.S. Sales in 2022 were definitely up over 2021, although the market saw a significant reduction in the fourth quarter last year,” said Derek Welbourn, CEO of Inhaus.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

.— Coverings , the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has released a lineup of featured conference sessions for Coverings 2022. Coverings 2022 learning opportunities will focus on the key tenets of “Health, Wellness and Environment;” “Timeless Luxury;” and “Outdoor Living Spaces.”.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Daltile has entered into a partnership program with students from The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), widely-known as the No. 1 interior design school in the country, the company said. The bottom line of everything we do is to help our customers most effectively bring their design visions to life.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

Preliminary FCNews research shows the commercial flooring market totaled $6.488 billion in sales in 2021, an uptick of 6% over 2020. Certain Main Street/ Commercial segments, like education, performed very well in 2021 and into 2022,” noted Quentin Quathamer, director of Main Street commercial, Shaw Industries. Hard surfaces shine.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 1, 2022

Dallas, Texas—As part of its Summer 2022 launch, Daltile is now offering two new natural quartzite products. Daltile puts a tremendous amount of research and expertise into selecting the very finest stone slabs Brazil has to offer.” The extra-large slab Caldera Blue and White Pearl products are mined in Brazil. “In White Pearl.

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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. billion commercial market in 2022.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Add in the facts that 56% of homeowners are planning to undertake at least one home project in 2022 and nearly nine in 10 are hiring pros to help (per Houzz research) and you’ve got a state of affairs positively brimming with potential for home pros. Showing a bit of sympathy for today’s particularly high prices can’t hurt either.

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Floor Covering News

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. Premier Flooring Center. True Grout. Europe and Asia/Pacific. Rigid Core.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

From a labor shortage standpoint, if I sell $10K worth of tile or hardwood, we’re there for two weeks; if I sell $10K worth of windows blinds, it’s six hours—it’s a simple product and simple to install.” We like to distinguish ourselves in our market as the best flooring and tile shop around. 2022 will be better than ever.”.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since its inception and growth thereafter, the brand’s goal has not changed—create design-forward programs for its partners that make the selling process simple. The company relies on its experience in the industry to guide its design process—all with the goal of providing the best programs for its customers in mind. “We

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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. However, the average selling price increased in 2022 from $1.24

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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. billion in 2022, Floor Covering News research shows. billion in 2022, Floor Covering News research shows. from roughly $6.5

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Over the years, especially the past few years, we kept inventing and putting more effort into research and development than ever before.”. It offers the performance of ceramic tile but has the thickness of an SPC panel. Using a small installation tool, this is a perfect way to lay square tiles in a perfect checkerboard pattern.”.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 9, 2022

In 2022, so much of that branding lives online. Much of our business is repeat and referral but we have found even our returning customers start their research online. Grigsby’s Carpet Tile & Hardwood, Tulsa, Okla. ” (For the full Power of Brands feature, see the August 1/8, 2022 print edition of FCNews.).

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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). Style & Design: Daltile. Best Booth Design (over 1,200 square feet): Shaw Industries.

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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. When taking total flooring sales into account , resilient gained market share in 2022. of sales and 29.2%

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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. billion in 2022, Floor Covering News research shows. billion in 2022, Floor Covering News research shows. from roughly $6.5

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

All this is designed to build a foundation profitability. director of operations, Grigsby’s Carpet, Tile & Hardwood. Carnino has also served as the secretary of the NFA for six years and was on the Stainmaster advisory council; she is currently serving on the Dal-Tile Statements advisory council. Penny Carnino. Carole Cross.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

billion-plus commercial flooring business, while Main Street applications account for the remainder, according to preliminary Floor Covering News research. Carpet tile leads in usage within both the Main Street and specified commercial arenas,” said Glenn King, vice president of sales, Southeast region, Stanton Carpet.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

Back then it was about products like resilient tile and VCT. They also do not include stone flooring, nor do they account for ceramic wall tile, cove base and rubber accessories.). FCNews research reveals that last year the industry went from 18.969 billion square feet in 2020 to 20.148 billion square feet, a 6.2%

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2022

ceramic tile category saw high single-digit growth in 2021 compared to 2020. FCNews research shows ceramic experienced an 8.2% Putting things in perspective, back in 2011, as the industry was climbing out of the Great Recession, ceramic tile clocked in at $1.52 economy and ceramic tile market. billion and 1.38 to $1.24.

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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. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2022

FCNews research shows resilient flooring sales as a whole generated $8.426 billion (not including rubber) in 2021, culminating in an industry-leading 30.3% When compared to ceramic tile, hardwood and laminate, resilient accounted for 53.6% FCNews research shows that rigid core/SPC garnered 45.6% of dollar sales (and 55.9%

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Daltile’s new Outlander features the company’s StepWise technology that provides 2x more slip-resistance than regular tile, for a seamless indoor/outdoor space. S everal issues that shook out in 2023 have contributed to a less-than-stellar year for ceramic tile. Seen here is MSI’s Soreno Grigio porcelain tile and pavers.

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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% in 2021, and entering the second quarter of 2022, multi-family had emerged as the strongest sector within residential carpet, industry executives said. in Q1 2022. Residential carpet sales were up an astounding 17.2%.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2022

“This NeoCon promises to be an exciting design community homecoming ,” said Jackie Dettmar, vice president of marketing, design and product development, Mohawk Group. “We These modular carpet tiles bring an air of sophistication and the tactility of fabrics to the floors of the built environment, according to the company.

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