Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The 2021 CEU Educator of the Year Award was presented to Stone Panels International LLC, a lightweight stone company located in Marble Falls, Texas. Stone Panels continued the marketing strategy that earned it this title in 2020: consistent outreach and the willingness to offer webinars. .”

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Floor Covering News

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

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Oberlin, Ohio— The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) will welcome two individuals to its board of directors in January 2024. Dumais has been the sales and logistics manager of Miller Druck Specialty Contracting, Inc., She was honored to be the recipient of the 2022 Women in Stone Pioneer Award.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The sales industry is about two things: Trust and value. Here’s how to harness the power of both and develop lasting relationships with customers, via sales strategy. A strong sales strategy is critically important to any organization. Successful sales strategies accrue an invaluable asset: Client trust.

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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. It’s truly inspiring to see so many facets of our business align with the launch of this year’s product catalog,” said Mara Villanueva-Heras, vice president of marketing.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 24, 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. The post Retailers of the Year 2022: Hammond Lumber, Darlene Flooring appeared first on Floor Covering News. Hammond Lumber.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Such were the main challenges that defined 2022 for civilization in general and the flooring industry in particular. Still, flooring once again was able to continue its positive trajectory in dollar sales, which it has done every year since the Great Recession of 2008-09 except for the pandemic-impacted 2020. The high point was a 5.4%

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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. Stone Fabricator.

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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! FARROW AND BALL – STONE BLUE. A warm and timeless blue with a traditional indigo pigment, Stone Blue is one of Farrow and Ball’s five eclectic selections for color of the year.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute will welcome three individuals to its board of directors in January 2022. Sam Arcot, Rugo Stone, LLC. Arcot is the special projects manager at Rugo Stone in Lorton, V.a. He is an MBA graduate with a strong background in sales, marketing and business development.

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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. If it’s tile and stone, it’s a different decision tree to make it simple.”. We have these for each category,” England said. “If

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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 the virtual realm, digital tools such as visualizers are often essential to the sale.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

The International Surfaces Event (TISE) has a rich history for 30 years, and the last decade has been led with Kerry Cree at the helm of booth sales—including booth, sponsorship and digital. Jamann overhauled our high-end Fabrica Wood program and display system and trained our sales force many times over. By Dana Hicks.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For retailers, that means quick sales and happy homeowners—all backed by COREtec’s 100% waterproof, pet-proof, kid-proof promise and a limited lifetime residential warranty. The collection is made up of 13 styles (11 wood and two stone). The post Waterproof flooring makes a splash in 2022 appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

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%. of dollar sales for the gradually increasing hard surface market and 24.6% Imports vs. domestics.

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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

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 2022, Floor Covering News research shows. from roughly $6.5 of total U.S.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Katie Jensen (Triton Stone Group) is the 2023 Women in Stone Pioneer Award recipient. Oberlin, Ohio—Katie Jensen (Triton Stone Group) is the 2023 Women in Stone Pioneer Award recipient, which was awarded by the Natural Stone Institute. “It She is a pioneer and an advocate for all women in stone.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

on Thursday, April 7, 2022, during Coverings, the Global Tile & Stone Experience, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in NTCA Booth N2862 at 3 p.m. Tickets will also be available during Coverings 2022 at the NTCA Booth N2862. Education should be every leader’s No. 1 priority, and CTEF is part of the solution,” Nash said.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 24, 2024

“Overall, last year was a challenging year with higher interest rates while people not moving hurt the multifamily and builder business,” said Tracy Wyrick, vice president of sales, builder and multifamily, Engineered Floors. “We We expect it to be better this year with the second half being the strongest.”

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

6 (projected 2022 sales of $230 million) has been all-encompassing—the basketball equivalent of a full-court press. Welch has developed and implemented a strategic plan that entails customer service, pricing, procurement, marketing and sales. In short, no stone is left unturned. Within a roughly two-year span, E.J.

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Ceramics of Italy

MARCH 18, 2024

The award recognises Italian companies’ international sales achievements and their ability to enhance the global standing of Italian industry based on official statistics from the Italian Customs and Monopolies A gency. The challenging international scenario makes this performance all the more gratifying. “We

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

Chicago— NeoCon 2022 takes place here this week at the Merchandise Mart to showcase the latest in commercial design across industry categories. Following is a preview of some of the new product innovations set to launch today at NeoCon 2022. The Ava by Novalis brand will highlight its 2TRZO at NeoCon 2022. Ava by Novalis: 2TRZO.

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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 2022, Floor Covering News research shows. from roughly $6.5 of total U.S.

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Floor Covering News

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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Floor Covering News

MARCH 31, 2022

Merkrete will unveil two new tile setting products at Coverings 2022. Merkrete, a Parex USA brand, said it will display and demonstrate its time-saving, high-efficiency tile setting products at Coverings 2022 in Las Vegas (booth N2562). Chino, Calif.—Merkrete,

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2022

Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) said it has become an endorsing partner of Hardscape North America, a trade show for hardscape contractors, dealers and landscape professionals. For the 2022 show, the Natural Stone Institute said it will organize a natural stone pavilion and jury the HNA natural stone awards entries.

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Floor Covering News

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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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Our current installation and development timeline intends to have product available for sale starting in December with EIR digital embossing available in early Q2.”. The combination of digital printing with natural digital texturing in register with the image creates the look and feel of a real wood product.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 18, 2021

We were thrilled to partner with some of this country’s most talented young creative minds to address these questions,” said Whitney Welch, vice president of commercial sales, Dal-Tile Corporation. A very large part of commercial specifications—40%—comes from architectural libraries.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2023

I think what’s going on here in the western United States is a lot of dealers have SPC fatigue,” explained Adrian Van Raalten, vice president of sales and marketing, Pacific Direct Industries. So, it took a little while to get the combination of stone and plastic to the point that it was not having an issue in our dry climate.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

When the dust cleared and all the numbers were counted and run through the wash multiple times, total industry sales in 2021 reached a record $26.701 billion, an enormous gain of 16.3% Note: These numbers are in wholesale dollars reflecting the first point of sale. This compared to its overall sales of $151.2 billion, up 14.4%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Las Vegas—The conversation leading up to the 2022 International Surfaces Event, which was held here earlier this month, focused on attendance. Surfaces 2022 saw the additional of several heavy hitters in the resilient category to the show floor. The technology’s target launch is late 2022 or early 2023. New to the show floor.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Raj Shah, MSI co-CEO M S International, more commonly known as MSI, started making headlines about 15 years ago as an affordable source of ceramic tile and stone. Let’s look back to 2022. Overall, sales growth was a bright spot. 2022: High single-digit growth? For example in 2022, we added 10 locations.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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. For example, sales of newly built, single-family homes in September rose 14% to an 800,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to data by the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

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. “But this year you feel the excitement, you see the foot traffic.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

In 2022, Recer produced around 5 million sq. metres of tiles, achieving total sales of Euro 45.3 Today the company sells to around 60 countries, with export sales representing more than 60% of turnover. Sustainable production is an ongoing objective at Recer. This requires relentless effort in a number of areas.

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