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JANUARY 3, 2024

Dalton—Shaw Floors, flagship residential brand of Shaw Industries , has announced its new 2024 Phase I soft surface and hard surface introductions. Innovation goes beyond just performance and durability with these new offerings,” said John Crews, vice president of carpet product design for Shaw. “In

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Los Angeles—Emser Tile has released its 2023/2024 catalog , available both in print and online. The newly released 450+ page resource offers an extensive and varied assortment of products for interior and exterior design, catering to both residential and commercial needs.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

To that end, Floor Covering News polled a group of retailers to find out what they believe will be their biggest challenges of 2024. Until the Fed lowers interest rates, existing home sales can be expected to remain slower than usual. Our focus for 2024 is to keep costs down and concentrate on being as efficient as possible.

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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. Lauren’s success goes beyond a passion for residential interiors and understanding emerging trends.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Despite headaches within the economy —namely high interest/mortgage rates— resilient flooring suppliers are pointing to continued growth in 2024. Dick Quinlan senior VP sales and marketing, Wellmade What is your projection for the category in 2024? What are some of the biggest challenges facing the category in 2024?

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Suppliers say adaptation on the part of both manufacturers and their retail partners will help weather the storm, while innovation and design will contin­ue to draw the consumer’s eye back to this aspirational category. Raj Shah co-CEO, MSI What is your projection for the category in 2024? What are the biggest opportunities for 2024?

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MARCH 20, 2024

This year’s fair was held from February 26-March 1, 2024 at Feria Valencia, located in Valencia’s center city. Spain continues to lead production within the European Union, with over $432 million in domestic ceramic tile sales. Brick-by-brick Renowned for its classical appeal, the subway tile has witnessed a revival in recent years.

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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. However, while dollar sales were up, much of that came from price increases and inflationary pressures. Volume experienced a slight decrease overall. billion square feet.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

D a ll as —Shaw Floors is coming into 2024 loaded for bear with an increased focus on high style and exclusivity. Rather than focus its Phase 1 introductions on line extensions to core collections, the company unveiled an array of unique visuals, species and products designed to provide its retail partners with something different.

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MAY 30, 2023

Specializing in epoxy and resinous floor coatings, concrete polishing, hardwood, ceramic tile, vinyl, rubber and carpet floor coverings, DMA has worked with general contractors, manufacturers, distributors, construction professionals, architects, designers and end users for the past 44 years. “We

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Following a turbulent 2023 —which saw sharp declines in demand and home prices—falling mortgage interest rates and positive economic data signal improving housing conditions as 2024 kicks off. On a year-to-date basis, NAHB reports new home sales are up between 2.6% and 5% in each of the four U.S.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Las Vegas—For the second year in a row Mohawk was a multiple winner in the 2024 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest cosponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). Radiant extruded glazed porcelain is unlike any collection in the Emser portfolio.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Commercial flooring contractors like Joel Bonstell, sales and marketing manager for River City Flooring, Hudsonville, Mich., ” More importantly, according to Gordon, the group is trending younger and becoming much more diverse as it expands its footprint. billion in sales, are numerous. They need us and we need them.

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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 You have to design the property, get permits and arrange the financing—so there is a little bit of a lag.”

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JANUARY 29, 2024

With both external and internal challenges looming large, FCNews spoke to key executives to find which hurdles they expect to jump in 2024—and which are already keeping them up at night. “The economy. Decades-long trends that once created a predictable world are weakening, and new ones emerge daily.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

The main difference in 2024, of course, is this is a presidential election year. Most retailers concur with Rick Ogle, CEO of Brewer Flooring Group, Oklahoma City, who said he would gladly take 2023’s results in 2024. “My whose business has achieved record sales four years in a row. How that shakes out is open for debate.

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JUNE 14, 2023

As the industry nears the halfway point of 2023, commercial flooring sales are tracking to sustain moderate growth, industry watchers say, with some end use segments faring better than others. In May, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) predicts multi-family building starts to decline by more than 10% annually from 2023 to 2024.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Dallas, Texas—This Friday is National Tile Day 2024 and Daltile , the largest designer and manufacturer of tile in North America, wants to kick-off the celebration by highlighting the myriad of attributes that make tile an outstanding component of residential and commercial design, construction and remodeling.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Some examples seen and heard at Surfaces 2024 : “Our Luck Penny [a Dreamweaver offering], with 6 1 / 2 turns of twist, features 24 colors,” said Joe Young, vice president of residential product, Engineered Floors. “It TDG said it thinks so much of color that it has a new theme for 2024: Step into Color. And why not?

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

ceramic market will be down mid-single digits in sales and high single digitals in volume when the calendar flips to 2024. It was, however, a sizeable 23% increase in sales from 2020’s $2.844 billion when the category experienced its first decline since 2009 amid the Great Recession. The indoor/outdoor trend continues to boom.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

It’s only a matter of time before the flooring industry is released from inflation’s grip and suppli­ers and their retail partners can take full advantage of strong housing fundamentals—including an aging housing stock in need of renovation and pent-up demand for new home sales. Precisely when that occurs is the $64,000 question.

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MAY 18, 2024

Attendees packed the exhibition space at the Starnet 2024 spring conference. Many of North America’s largest and most influential commercial floor covering contractors assembled here this week for the 2024 Starnet spring conference. Mark Bischoff, Starnet president and CEO, addressed attendees during the 2024 Starnet Awards ceremony.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

The main difference in 2024, of course, is this is a presidential election year. Most retailers concur with Rick Ogle, CEO of Brewer Flooring Group, Oklahoma City, who said he would gladly take 2023’s results in 2024. “My whose business has achieved record sales four years in a row. How that shakes out is open for debate.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Following is an overview of some of the latest laminate flooring products designed to give rigid core a run for its money. While the SPC/LVT business remains strong, import supply chain challenges have created a new opportunity for our laminate, which is predominately made in the USA,” said Chris King, vice president of sales, AHF Products.

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APRIL 30, 2024

In support of its members and the wood flooring industry as a whole, the NWFA announced both new and existing initiatives designed to help contractors, manufacturers and distributors promote their business and the category at large. However, NWFA leadership says now is not the time to retreat.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Lutea offers a wealth of design options and serene colors in wide planks to create a foundation for a luxuriously well-styled home. The sturdy planks are completely waterproof and the designs are colors and textures found in nature. Products feature a few visible grains and knots, in keeping with modern design.

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MAY 18, 2021

In the second quarter of 2020, residential carpet sales plummeted 23% in volume and 27.4% When all the numbers were crunched for 2020, FCNews research shows overall carpet sales fell 12.5% Total area rug sales fell an estimated 2% to $2.576 billion in 2020, according to industry estimates. billion in 2019. and units gained 9.5%.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

The upside of all the aggressive competition is retailers have more options to present to the customer, and the consumer has seemingly endless options from which to choose for her specific tastes and designs. Hence the importance of partnering with a supplier that has a finger on the pulse of both existing and emerging trends.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

With that in mind, FCNews reached out to numerous top executives in the industry to glean some insight into strategies for success in 2024. Plan to hire more people in 2024 Despite the tight labor market, 2024 could be an optimal time to hire new talent for your team. I hope 2024 is at least the same, if not better, than ’23.

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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. Bjelin Hardened wood flooring 3.0

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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. We’re very bullish on the forecast for 2024.”

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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 This expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2024. .; West Plains, Mo.; and Titusville, Pa. We’ve made investments in all our plants.

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