Floor Covering News

APRIL 24, 2023

—Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of construction solutions for the building industry, is adding profiles and trim to its growing roster of tile, stone and flooring installation products, making it a total solutions provider with a complete tile installation system including trim options.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The product integrates porcelain tile with LED lighting to create a backlit look for users. It’s currently available as a wall tile in three styles—Pyramid White, Wave Black and Stries Calacata—and a floor tile in six colors and two sizes. The products Daltile launched at the show were Divinium, Acreage, Artcrafted and Gamma.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FCNews reveals the winners of its third annual FCNnovation Awards—an initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies launched in the current year. No Dye Lot means the color of the carpet will be the same from roll to roll, regardless of when it was manufactured.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 12, 2024

AHF Products, a leading manufacturer of hard surface flooring for the residential and commercial markets , has won a 2023 Good Design award for Armstrong Flooring Natralis Commercial Homogeneous Vinyl Sheet. AHF Products is pleased to win this award,” said Fred Reitz, vice president of commercial, AHF Products. “AHF

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

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. Daltile’s Dickson plant.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Las Vegas—While it has its challenges—low-end products creeping into retailer showrooms and U.S. The Stone + Wood collection—my dad, [Michael Raskin, CEO], has been working on for two years, picking out the right colors and really fine-tuning it. So, there’s a lot of pride behind the new products we’re putting out.”

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Floor Covering News

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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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

Aladdin Commercial products provide end users with both design and performance attributes. 2023 is considered a bounce back year, as the nation recovers from a pandemic that caused major disruptions in construction and renovation projects, leading to delays and cancellations. Shown is Indwell from Philadelphia Commercial.

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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. The selling system’s best product is nylon 6,6—which includes Dixie’s EnVision 6,6 fiber. True Grout. Europe and Asia/Pacific.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 1, 2023

Moderating colors, shades Many of the offerings across the Fabrica Wood brand are trending lighter—in keeping with today’s consumer tastes. Designers and manufacturing executives alike are witnessing a dramatic shift in the color palette for hardwood. “The People want to see warmer colors.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Las Vegas—While many of the laminate, SPC and hybrid/rigid core products aim to deliver more value to the consumer, a significant portion of hardwood flooring products showcased at Surfaces this year targeted the upper echelon of the market. It’s a product that’s going to stand the test of time.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 27, 2023

FloorFolio Industries has launched the Chalet Collection, the second LVT from its spring 2023 lineup. Following Zen , this line of LVT is also introduced as a 2mm product.” The custom color line offers a touch of elegance blended with versatility and distinction. Edison, N.J.—FloorFolio

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Shaw’s Scott Sandlin with Flooring 101 owner, Jimmy Poulos, at TISE 2023. Las Vegas—Against a backdrop of somewhat troubling, if not sobering, economic reports, the industry came in full force to the Mandalay Convention Center for The International Surface Event (TISE 2023) with no sentiment of impending doom. RevWood Premier.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Signature Technology’s clarity finish achieves 4x more resolution than previous décor methods and contains up to 1,000 unique colors in every square inch, resulting in flooring that is indistinguishable from the original. As a market leader, Mohawk is positioned to revolutionize and raise design standards.”.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 19, 2023

The good news is mills saw this trend coming and developed products accordingly. “At Additionally, this price point offers an entry point into products that offer great benefits for those who want their pets to be able to love the flooring, too.” So says Thomas Kilgore, senior product director, Mohawk.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Signature Technology’s clarity finish achieves 4x more resolution than previous décor methods and contains up to 1,000 unique colors in every square inch, resulting in flooring that is indistinguishable from the original, both in look and feel, according to Mohawk. We are about 10 years ahead with Signature Technology.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

When debating the merits of real hardwood vs. today’s incredibly realistic look-alike products, wood flooring enthusiasts often cite a familiar irony: the vast majority of LVP/SPC/WPC floors—as well as laminate—are actually designed to replicate real wood.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Attendees of the CCA Global convention 2023 were treated to a Retail 2.0 Phoenix—The tone for the CCA Global winter convention 2023 here was set the moment CEO, Rick Bennet, walked on stage to start the meeting and declared: “I’m not one for platitudes but we are embarking on the greatest transformation in our history.”.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

T oday’s flooring retailer is awash with options when it comes to waterproof flooring—a bona fide flooring category as retailers continue to tout the product as a major draw for flooring buyers in 2023. Following are 2023’s waterproof flooring innovations from today’s top flooring suppliers.

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Tile of Spain USA

MARCH 23, 2023

This year’s annual event, the first to take place since 2020, was held from February 27 – March 3, 2023 at Feria Valencia, located in Valencia’s center city. During the four-day show, Spanish tile makers pulled out all the stops, with new production methods and technologies making way for a ground-breaking class of ceramic sensations.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2022

We think it’s the perfect central location to serve our customers and our employees with beautiful displays of Tarkett’s unique product solutions.”. Women of color in design. Their numbers eventually grew to include students and professionals from a variety of disciplines, and Women of Color in Design was formed. – 5 p.m.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2023

Austin, Texas—Mohawk in 2023 is bringing back one of the most successful marketing campaigns in company history—only this time it is enhanced with sustainability and causal elements designed to resonate with a new, younger consumer. There is a new audience today vs. 2016 that’s purchasing products for their homes,” Widdifield noted. “We

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Floor Covering News

JULY 17, 2023

Pictured is Dogwood from AHF Products. These range from wide-and-long plank products—which are still very much in favor—to specialty products featuring proprietary finishes and surface texture applications. It’s all about demonstrating why hardwood is still the most aspirational flooring product on the market.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 17, 2023

S ome hard surface suppliers sought to cash on in the suddenly resurgent laminate flooring category as a result of difficulty in sourcing rigid core products from overseas—a consequence of the pandemic. Made in Spain, the products also boast trendy designs, including wood visuals that offer up to 24 variations before you see a pattern repeat.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

We expected to be, in 2023, beating where we were in 2019. Our programming is both inspiring and incredibly useful—from presentations by influential thought leaders from the broader design and cultural worlds to our timely and productive CEUs. Hot products. There was a smorgasbord of new products for attendees at NeoCon 2022.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 1, 2023

C onsumer demand for broader, beefier hardwood planks —those products starting and 6 ½ inches wide in lengths exceeding 5 feet— continues to gain steam as shoppers opt for products that make a bold statement in their remodeling projects. At both shows, for example, AHF Products showcased hardwood planks ranging from 7 to 9 inches. “We

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2023

“With inflation, the average consumer is looking for value and choosing [less costly] lighter retail weights of 30 ounce to 40 ounce and more polyester due to lower raw material cost,” said Jamie Welborn, Mohawk’s senior vice president of product management, soft surface. Encouraging signs ahead?

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2023

“With inflation, the average consumer is looking for value and choosing [less costly] lighter retail weights of 30 ounce to 40 ounce and more polyester due to lower raw material cost,” said Jamie Welborn, Mohawk’s senior vice president of product management, soft surface. Encouraging signs ahead?

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Shaw Floors developed a range of high-end offerings under the umbrella of the 3Cs concept: Controlled, Color, Character. Mills are targeting the affluent, high-end consumer by offering sophisticated colors, differentiated texture and styling and, of course, luxurious softness. 10, the lowest level since April 2023.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Bush Airport, currently houses 80,000 square feet of each color in the company’s expansive SPC offering—culminating in roughly 3.5 In addition to flooring products, we have moldings, transitions and moisture barriers. Projected timeframe for the opening of the Dallas facility is Q2 2023. Tailored for Texas.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

What segments/products will fuel industry growth? Residential retail will continue to be driven on the better end with soft products and patterns. Different residential products will continue to grow at the expense of the “me-too” looks. We think the market will most likely be down low single digits in 2024 compared to 2023.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 24, 2024

As of the third quarter 2023, we started to see single-family housing starts beginning to turn the corner.” However, the term “recovery,” by ITR Economics’ standards, means conditions are becoming worse less quickly. percentage points in the final stretch of 2023. Yes, we wore awful suits. Lowering interest rates will help.

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