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APRIL 24, 2023

Dallas, Texas—In recognition of Earth Day 2023, sister brands Daltile, Marazzi and American Olean highlighted some of the many sustainable features of its products, processes and company ethos. “As As a company, we strive to create beautiful tile designs responsibly,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of marketing, Dal-Tile LLC.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

AHF Products has entered into a strategic agreement with Spartan Surfaces, effective September 21, 2023. Spartan Surfaces has the experience and resources to help us accelerate our growth plans. Parterre commercial LVT flooring is billed as an ideal choice for any interior design project—no matter the industry or intended application.

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APRIL 4, 2023

The Mexicali plant that we started last year will be completed in 2023, and we continue to add more capacity to our Dalton plant. This expansion project at Shaw Plant RP is expected to continue throughout 2023. We are dedicated to domestic manufacturing,” said Adam Ward, vice president, resilient. Adura Flex (Madison, Ga.),

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MAY 15, 2024

Flooring retailers have embraced Godfrey Hirst for its wool carpets and timeless designs. Mohawk is giving Godfrey Hirst a brand refresh in 2024, providing the renowned wool supplier with the requisite sales resources to seize an opportunity in the trade-up fashion space. Shown is Novel Flair.

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MARCH 17, 2023

L a s V ega s —The 2023 International Surface Event highlighted the vigor with which the flooring industry is facing today. Flooring software technology providers were among those ready to support the industry’s vitality and growing needs in 2023. One way in which the company is doing that is by empowering the retailer’s own brand.

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JUNE 1, 2023

In 2023, EnergieKer has obtained UNI EN ISO 14001: 2015 certification demonstrating its commitment to minimise the environmental impact of its production processes. EnergieKer’s investments are focused on protecting all environmental resources on every production line and to ensuring compliance with the highest green economy standards.

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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 manufacturers are also keenly aware of the importance of sustainability, and are working with nature, rather than depleting its resources. of its exports. Rustic Redefined.

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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. Anderson Tuftex Discover Discover was designed with no pattern match required for installation.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

—The National Tile Contractors Association ( NTCA ) trainers will be touring nine states, offering 17 free, standards-based workshops and eight free regional trainings this year—nearly double the number provided in 2023. The NTCA Reference Manual serves as a guiding resource throughout the training. Workshops will be held in: Calif.,

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JANUARY 17, 2023

After a successful Edge Summit 2023 , Mohawk said it is bringing its retail renaissance online to MohawkToday.com for Edge partners. These key-note presentations include topics ranging from an executive outlook on the industry in 2023 to Mohawk’s digital transformation and reimagined product innovations that focus on today’s retail needs.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Mohawk earned praise from judges in two categories—style and design (SolidTech Premier with Signature HDX technology) and best larger booth design. Now in its 13th year, the awards program has become the benchmark for new product excellence and booth design at the industry’s premier trade show.

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APRIL 12, 2023

FCICA recognized Atlanta Flooring Design Centers, Bonitz Flooring and DCO Commercial Floors as CIM “Champions” for having 15 or more employees who have attained CIM status. The conference also featured a keynote presentation by Eric Fritsch, CIM, commercial sales manager, Atlanta Flooring Design Centers.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Today it is a medium sized producer of porcelain tiles, and ceramic wall tiles, offering home owners and designers a wide range of contemporary solutions with its wide and diversified product portfolio. metres of tiles, achieving total sales of Euro 45.3 In 2022, Recer produced around 5 million sq. Twenties by Recer.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Today it is a medium sized producer of porcelain tiles, and ceramic wall tiles, offering home owners and designers a wide range of contemporary solutions with its wide and diversified product portfolio. metres of tiles, achieving total sales of Euro 45.3 In 2022, Recer produced around 5 million sq. Twenties by Recer.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 27, 2024

In 2023 the buzzword was Artificial Intelligence. In While you are focused on new developments, your competition is becoming stronger in your market with the development and sale of traditional products. You always have to master the production system and the sales channel.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Here’s a sampling of what took place: Anderson Tuftex A/T announced “phase one” introductions for 2023 that emphasize more versatile color variations to allow Shaw designers to expand on what is possible in soft surface style and design. Call it affordable fashion—we want our style and design DNA on this.” It’s like that.”

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JUNE 26, 2023

Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% The lion’s share of sales (approximately 70%) was generated from specified contract while the remainder came from Main Street commercial applications, research shows. flooring sales, according to Floor Covering News research. from roughly $6.5 billion in 2021 to $7.34

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I would probably say the market’s going to be, at best, flat, maybe even a little bit down,” said Dick Quinlan, VP of sales and marketing, Wellmade. There’s still a lot of pricing mechanization going on, and as a result I think you’re going to see dollar sales will probably be down. Units might be flat.

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APRIL 26, 2023

Through continuous improvement and innovation across the enterprise, Shaw said it is on track to optimize 100% of its products to Cradle to Cradle design principles and to achieve net-zero emissions in its enterprise operations by 2030. The post Shaw releases 2023 corporate sustainability report appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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JUNE 26, 2023

Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% The lion’s share of sales (approximately 70%) was generated from specified contract while the remainder came from Main Street commercial applications, research shows. flooring sales, according to Floor Covering News research. from roughly $6.5 billion in 2021 to $7.34

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

.— Karastan will reinvigorate its soft surface portfolio in 2023 with new SmartStrand and wool products as well as introduce an expanded assortment of Kashmere styles with new Xtra Technology and All Pet Protection & Warranty. One way the brand is investing in product design is through new technologies such as Xtra.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The company has reimagined its showroom support program, Five Star, as Edge Store in 2023. Edge Store is designed to give retailers the resources they need to grow their businesses, expand their reach, drive customers in store and close sales.

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APRIL 29, 2022

AHF Products has continued to invest in our domestic operations since our inception three years ago,” said Chris King, senior vice president, sales and marketing, AHF Products. “We We have incremental capacity coming online in both 2022 and 2023 to meet increasing market demand,” said David Moore, senior product director, wood and laminate.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Perfect your sales presentation Excellence in sales is achieved by practicing three simple steps: repeat, improve and perfect. Create a technique to use the customer’s name in your sales presentation. And if you currently don’t participate meaningfully in commercial sales, you might consider expanding your focus in 2023.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

S everal issues that shook out in 2023 have contributed to a less-than-stellar year for ceramic tile. The increase in interest/mortgage rates, an abrupt transition of spending among consumers—from goods to services—and price deflation have all caused a lack of growth for ceramic tile in 2023. Category experts agree the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

California is a horrible place to do business,” said Dave White, vice president of sales and marketing for Tri-West Ltd., California Assembly Bill 5, or AB5—signed into law in 2019—was designed to determine a worker’s status as an independent contractor or an employee. a top 5 wholesaler based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. “We

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Our Abbey Carpet & Floor: Membership has its benefits supplement features myriad reasons why any dealer would want to join the franchise group—all in the name of growing sales and bettering their business. Following is one major feature from the supplement. 12 reasons to join Abbey Carpet & Floor.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Mohawk is working closely with CFI by providing resources and scholarship money. Mohawk sales and marketing leaders reveal exciting updates to Edge for 2023 while sharing their perspectives on the learnings and takeaways over the last three years that helped shape the next phase of the program. Driving Digital.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

For wood looks, our pride and joy is our V-EVO XL line where every SKU is designed to emulate real wood,” Pyon stated. “To To add further realism (and texture) to the product, Durato takes a different approach to designing the image below the wear layer. “We Very few people have the resources or capability to do that.

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APRIL 5, 2022

We have incremental capacity coming online in both 2022 and 2023 to meet increasing market demand,” said David Moore, senior product director, wood and laminate. Products that are made locally ensure that resources, as well as a sense of pride, remain in North Georgia. Domestic production is as important now as it has ever been.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Portugal also has a handful of technically-advanced and design-led producers, such Revigres, who can compete with the leading manufacturers from Italy, Spain, Turkey, or South America in many product categories and formats. In 2021, sales to the UK reached Euro 71.7 This grew by 6.4% over the next 12 months, to Euro 76.3

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Portugal also has a handful of technically-advanced and design-led producers, such Revigres, who can compete with the leading manufacturers from Italy, Spain, Turkey, or South America in many product categories and formats. In 2021, sales to the UK reached Euro 71.7 This grew by 6.4% over the next 12 months, to Euro 76.3

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MAY 13, 2024

This was the start of a 35-year passion for sales and marketing. While Brian has a deep understanding of how sales and marketing fuel a business, he also understands that culture and people are the things that feed long-term growth. She has honed her skills as a designer through 20-plus years in the flooring industry.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

F ollowing its COVID-19-induced spike in sales, the residential carpet market is down more than 20% from where it was just two years. Executives agree this change presents an opportunity to sell higher-end, premium fabrics specifically designed for these areas. 10, the lowest level since April 2023. Shown is Canvas Comfort.

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