Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2022

Mohawk and Engineered Floors were the big winners in FCNews ’ Award of Excellence 2022 competition, with Mohawk winning Best Overall in the over-$5 billion category and Engineered Floors taking honors in the under-$5 billion category. Engineered Floors, meanwhile, was victorious in Group A for carpet. Garden City, N.Y.—Mohawk

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2022

Las Vegas—Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, has announced a comprehensive roster of both popular and new programs for Coverings 2022 —which will take place April 5-8, 2022, at the Las Vegas Convention Center here. between April 5-7, 2022. Three educational stages.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Waregem, Belgium—Unilin Technologies said it will launch SquareClic, a technology that ensures a perfectly aligned floor throughout the whole installation, at TISE 2022. According to Unilin, the flooring industry has been looking for a solution to make checkerboard pattern installations with a click system for a long time.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2022

The Cork and CorkWood lines feature extreme stain and wear resistance and are more sustainable than traditional cork flooring , according to the company. Torlys XP floors are launching in March 2022. The post Torlys to display new products at TISE 2022 appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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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 marks the second time the event will be held live since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. This week we asked: Which product has surprised you the most in 2022? Ben Boss, Boss Carpet One Floor & Home, Freeport, Ill. Carpet has surprised me the most in 2022.

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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. What’s trending: In & Out.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2023

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett was recently named 2022 Vendor Partner of the Year by distribution partner Fishman Flooring Solutions. Fishman Flooring Solutions distributes a variety of Tarkett Contract resilient products, including luxury vinyl tile, vinyl sheet, VCT and finishing accessories. “Our

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

In lieu of Cevisama—now postponed to February 2023—Tile of Spain hosted this year’s Passport to Creativity tour, which took place in Valencia June 13-17, 2022. Tile of Spain also unveiled its 2022 Tile of Spain Look Book , which again showcases the range and depth of the group’s ceramic offerings. State of the Industry.

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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. Commercial flooring exhibitors agreed the show was a bright spot to kick off a good year of growth. “I 2022 is good,” he said.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Resilient flooring remains the top seller in the industry, and suppliers came with new innovations meant to grab even more share in 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.

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APRIL 12, 2022

Los Angeles—Emser Tile, leading designer, marketer and producer of the world’s finest tile and natural stone, won two 2022 awards from Comparably.com for Best Operations Team and Best Sales Team–the only flooring company represented on each list. All ratings were provided from March 20201 through March 2022.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Two individuals were honored with the CEU Speaker of the Year award: Kayla Keenan, technical sales director – Midwest region for Stone Panels, presented 42 classes and educated 401 attendees in 2021. “In ” The post 2021 CEU Awards presented at TISE 2022 appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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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.

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APRIL 30, 2024

FOB factory sales of domestic shipments (less exports) in 2023 were $1.50 The post Tile continues downward slide appeared first on Floor Covering News. Imports U.S. ceramic tile imports were at 2.00 billion square feet in 2023, an 8.4% decline from the prior year. Imports comprised 70.2% of 2023 U.S. share of U.S. billion, a 1.7%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

By Steven Feldman—Dallas—Shaw Industries heads into 2022 with a series of targeted introductions designed to line retailers’ pockets across its three signature brands: Shaw Floors , COREtec and Anderson Tuftex. It was replaced by the Pet Perfect platform, which is now being introduced in Shaw Floors.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

After putting the “new normal” to the test this year with its successful 2021 Mohawk Momentum Roadshow , Mohawk said it will be back on the road again in early 2022. Mohawk Momentum Roadshow 2022 will showcase the latest in product innovations and program offerings that will drive differentiation and business growth throughout the year.”.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2023

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. This week we asked: How were business sales in the first half? ” —John Bretzloff Barefoot Flooring Castle Hayne, N.C. “Business has been a little soft. appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

These were just some of the highlights of the 2023 Floors & More winter convention held here recently. For Floors & More, the timing couldn’t be better given Mannington’s recent updating of its own website and corporate logo, as well as the expansion of its entire hard and soft surface product portfolio.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2023

“As an organization, we are more optimistic about 2023 as a whole now—after Q1—than we were going into the year,” said Casey Dillabaugh, president of Boise, Idaho-based Dillabaugh’s Flooring America, echoing a sentiment shared by others. In fact, many retailers are seeing an uptick in their top-line sales.

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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. Building trust—it doesn’t happen overnight.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 16, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—T he ceramic category can be a difficult nut to crack for the dealer community, but it’s one that should be embraced as the ongoing potential for record-breaking sales continues into 2022. In store, vignettes and flooring installations are a safe bet. Make certain to remove discontinued items immediately.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

Cali Floors. Cali Floors has proven to be a trusted partner for retailers in the face of hardship. It’s this disruptive strategy that has helped put Cali on the 2022 Industry Disruptors list. Engineered Floors. Fast growing flooring brand keeps pedal to the metal. Disrupting through distribution.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Los Angeles—Emser Tile announced its complete suite of products with a new 2022/2023 tile product catalog , available both in print and online. The post Emser releases new tile product catalog appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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MARCH 7, 2022

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett was honored by distribution partner Fishman Flooring Solutions as 2021 Vendor Partner of the Year. This is true testament to the power of teamwork,” said Kevin McGregor, commercial sales vice president, Tarkett North America. We are excited, engaged and energized to pursue the same result and better in 2022!”.

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Garden State Tile Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Read on as Garden State Tile dives deep into some of the top picks for 2022, and how they translate into some of our latest and greatest tile collections! From backsplashes to accent walls and even floors, there are countless ways to incorporate the 2022 colors of the year into your tile designs. PANTONE – VERY PERI.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2023

a beloved hardwood flooring industry legend who passed away in October 2022, Mullican Flooring is encouraging individuals to contribute to a National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) Education and Research Foundation (ERF) Named Scholarship Fund in his name. Johnson City—In memory of James Donald “Don” Conner, Jr.,

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Floor Covering News

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 As we came out of COVID-19, we went through two amazing years,” Warren told Floor Covering News. showroom. “We

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

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). 19/26 issue.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 21, 2022

Since 2019, Emser Tile has won 10 Best Company awards from Comparably including: Best Company for Women (2022), Best CEOs for Diversity (2022), Best Company for Career Growth (2021/2022), Best Operations Team (2021/2022), Best Sales Team (2021/2022), Best Company for Culture and Diversity (2020) and Best Leadership Team (2019).

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 29, 2022

— Coverings, the premier international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America , released the winners of the annual Rock Star Award in advance of Coverings 2022, which will take place April 5-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Natiely Canedo, Florida sales manager, StoneHardscapes, Ft. Manufacturer.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. 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. Flooring 101. What Lions Floor had to say. Oxnard, Calif.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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%. To put things into context, 2021 stood out as an aberration as residential carpet sales grew 17.2%. Higher end holds up. “The

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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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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. To honor these businesses, FCNews is publishing its inaugural Retailers of the Year 2022 issue. Today’s highlights for Retailers of the Year 2022 is Shaw’s nominations and winners: Nampa Flooring & Interiors and Nebraska Furniture Mart.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

S ome flooring distributors grow by taking market share from weaker competitors; others do it through acquisition. 6 (projected 2022 sales of $230 million) has been all-encompassing—the basketball equivalent of a full-court press. to keep pace with sales and product expansion. Within a roughly two-year span, E.J.

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