Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Customs detentions significantly impacting supply chains, to name a few—the resilient flooring category continues to offer consumers the styles and durability they need, causing demand to continue to exceed expectations. It’s way busier than last year,” said Jesse Woodrow, chief operating officer, Lux Flooring. More people are here.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2024

“We’re thrilled to see the passion and involvement of our members reflected in this year’s conference theme,” said Geoff Gordon, executive director of Fuse Alliance, a member-owned organization of professional commercial floor covering contractors. billion in sales, are numerous. First and foremost is the camaraderie. “I told FCNews.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

That commitment to artistry, craftsmanship and creativity has just been recognized with a 2024 ADEX Platinum Award for new wood-inspired designs for its Karndean LooseLay collection. It’s difficult to think of an honor that could be more fitting,” said Samantha Lisi, vice president of commercial sales.

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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. Rather, it is a product ecosystem consisting of porcelain floor and wall tiles united by a profound aesthetic harmony.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2024

Hardwood flooring’s loss of market share to competing hard surfaces over the past 10-15 years is well catalogued and documented. The hardwood flooring sector continues to face stiff competition from look-alike product segments. As such, NWFA will co-host the Flooring Sustainability Summit scheduled for July 17-18 in Washington, D.C.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

These awards honor groundbreaking ideas and industry-changing concepts that have the potential to impact the way flooring is manufactured, promoted and sold. As the click system ensures perfect alignment of the tiles, installation of a FlinTile floor does not require any specific tools or the use of spacers.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

—Pat Oakley has become the president of Mullican Flooring, a leading U.S. manufacturer of hardwood flooring , effective Jan. A veteran of the hardwood flooring industry for more than 25 years, Oakley joined the company, based here, in 2000 as a regional sales manager. He was promoted to national sales manager in 2005.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Nominations for the 2024 Women in Stone Pioneer Award are being accepted until May 20. Rea returned to Coldspring in the role of a drafter and by 2003 was promoted to senior vice president of commercial sales. The post NSI names 2023 award winners appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 13, 2024

Floor Covering News ’ annual “People making a difference” special section is a tribute to those in the flooring industry who go about their daily business lives striving to make a positive impact. This year’s list represents all facets of the flooring industry—manufacturing, distribution, retail and installation.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Montmagny, Quebec―Mercier Wood Flooring, a pioneer in the manufacturing of prefinished wood floors, recently launched its fall promotion. on all standard Mercier wood floors*. Consumers can claim their rebate online, by email or by mail, until February 18, 2024. The PRO Collection is excluded from this promotion.

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Floor Covering News

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. share of total volume.

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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. One hundred percent of our solid wood flooring has been—and still is—made right here in the U.S. quarry tile); Sunnyvale, Texas (floor tile); Muskogee, Okla.,

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 23, 2024

Mobile Marketing was recently named a Premier Partner in the Google Partner program for 2024. “We I’m thrilled with our team for accomplishing this,” said Dave Geipel, vice president of sales and marketing for Mobile Marketing. “We This allows me and my team the time to do what we are good at—selling flooring.”

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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 Economic recovery in 2024 will lead to a return to growth in multifamily starts.”

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The spirit of ‘we’re all in this together’ was reflected in this year’s Floor Covering News Retailers of the Year issue. 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.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2023

While there are still four months left before the calendar turns, category experts agree 2023 will likely see the first resilient sales decline for the category. The consensus among the major resilient flooring suppliers is that once the dust clears, 2023 will see resilient sales down mid-to-high single digits. “A

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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. 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. Shown is Canvas Comfort. million average over the past 25 years.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With existing home sales and new home construction having cooled significantly, mill executives expect a slow start to 2024 for residential carpet , with sales expected to be down mid-single digits. James Lesslie COO, Engineered Floor What is your projection for the carpet industry for 2024?

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one is expecting floor covering distributors to post banner sales numbers for 2023—certainly not in an environment marked by high inflation and a slumping new home construction market. If you’re on the non-residential side of the street, you’re going to be doing very well in 2024 but you’re going to see some pain in 2025.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. This year’s Floor Covering News “Industry Disrupters” 2024 issue features all manner of players that are—or are poised to—shake things up.

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