Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

That’s what industry disrupters are doing when they innovate to the point that it shifts the traditional paradigm. Disruption can also occur within the industry from causes outside of it. 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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Floor Covering News

MARCH 20, 2024

Tile of Spain manufacturers returned to Valencia, Spain earlier this month for the landmark 40th edition of Cevisama, the International Fair for Ceramic Tiles and Bathroom Furnishings. This year’s fair was held from February 26-March 1, 2024 at Feria Valencia, located in Valencia’s center city. Miami, Fla.—

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Floor Covering News

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. New tile and stone offerings present trendy twists on classic stylings perfect for any home. For more details on new introductions, visit here.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 10, 2024

Atlanta— Coverings , the premier international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, has unveiled the honorees of the annual Rock Star Awards ahead of Coverings 2024, taking place April 22-25, 2024, at the Georgia World Congress Center here. Shanan Hehir, owner Shanans Absolute Tile LLC Manchester, Vt.

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Floor Covering News

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. Tile flooring was up mid-double digits in dollars in 2022 compared to 2021’s high single-digit increase. of total industry dollars ($27.995 billion in 2022).

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Floor Covering News

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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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hannover, Germany—MeasureSquare, a provider of innovative flooring takeoff estimation solutions, is participating in Domotex 2024. The software estimates all types of flooring, including carpet, sheet vinyl, tile and hardwood, generates detailed reports, bid proposals, POs, WOs in minutes and much more.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Economic fluctuations and labor shortages may continue to burden the tile category in the coming year. Raj Shah co-CEO, MSI What is your projection for the category in 2024? As we move into 2024, despite ongoing economic challenges, we anticipate that higher-end con­sumers will remain resilient, as they are not burdened by mort­gages.

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Floor Covering News

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. Tile technology—membranes Find the full schedule here. Workshops will be held in: Calif.,

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Daltile’s new Outlander features the company’s StepWise technology that provides 2x more slip-resistance than regular tile, for a seamless indoor/outdoor space. S everal issues that shook out in 2023 have contributed to a less-than-stellar year for ceramic tile. Seen here is MSI’s Soreno Grigio porcelain tile and pavers.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hannover, Germany—MeasureSquare, a provider of innovative flooring takeoff estimation solutions, is participating in Domotex 2024. The software estimates all types of flooring, including carpet, sheet vinyl, tile and hardwood, generates detailed reports, bid proposals, POs, WOs in minutes and much more.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

Coming off a year where many companies reopened or resumed normal business hours, the commercial flooring industry is poised to capitalize on this momentum. 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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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Some innovators in the flooring industry don’t necessarily make the products end users consume (although that’s changing). Following is an overview of some of the flooring technology innovations showcased at Surfaces 2024. The post TISE 2024: Tech leaders are not resting on their laurels appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Gilmore said exhibitors used that time wisely to schedule more appointments, which led to additional sales. Gilmore said that before the 2024 show had ended, multiple suppliers had already re-upped for 2025, in some cases seeking larger spaces. Flooring dealers agreed Surfaces 2024 stood out in a number of ways. “I

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Floor Covering News

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). You would never know it’s a tile/wall display. It’s something we need in the industry.”

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Floor Covering News

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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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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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. Designed to meet the needs of the global design community , Boost World transcends the concept of a collection.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

manufacturers, primarily in the monuments industry. The Shahs soon realized that natural stone for residential and commercial usage had even higher market potential and redirected their efforts toward developing this sector of the industry. Nominations for the 2024 Migliore Award are being accepted until May 20.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

22, before the official kickoff of TISE 2024 , but it wasn’t merely the volume of vendors that impressed NFA dealers—it was all about what they showcased. Philip Key, vice president of sales and marketing for Triangulo, said he had been trying to secure a spot with NFA for at least a year. It’s nice to see something other than vinyl.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2024

San Francisco—In recognition of Women’s History Month, ICG Italia hosted an empowering event, Inside The Architect Studio: A riveting exploration into the lives of women leading the industry, on March 13 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., here at the ICG Gallery.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We’re encouraged about the coming year,” said Chet Graham, president of Marquis Industries/ Gulistan, echoing a familiar refrain. However, because the Super Bowl will be taking place in Las Vegas in 2024, Surfaces will be moved up a week—Jan. For Tom Urban, general manager of Great Lakes Carpet & Tile, Wildwood, Fla.,

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

He joined the company in 1977 and held a variety of diverse positions in sales, manufacturing and finance. In 2005, he was promoted to director of laminate business and in 2006 he was named director of porcelain tile business. ” Zehner will become executive chairman of the board on January 1, 2024. .”

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

T he slowing economy has left many in the flooring industry scratching their heads as to what the future holds. High interest rates, slowing home purchases and a surplus of inventory are just a few of the challenges industry suppliers say will need to be tackled in the coming year. senior vice president of sales, Dal-Tile.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It has been apparent and clear there are no limitations for women in this company nor in this industry,” said Alison Mullins, marketing consultant for Triton Stone Group’s Richmond, Va., Nominations for the 2024 Women in Stone Pioneer Award are being accepted until May 20. location, in her recommendation letter.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Michael Longwill Airbase Carpet & Tile Mart New Castle, Del. The election year normally doesn’t have a big impact on our sales—even though in [September and October 2023] we saw a slowdown. Seems to me the manufacturers are gearing up for a slower 2024. I don’t think the slowness has been caused by the election.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Featured were some of the industry’s most accomplished dealers from both influential buying groups to no affiliation at all. In other words, it reflected the retail industry as a whole. Combine that with the local sales representation, Shaw’s distribution and their gold standard customer service, it was a win for everyone.

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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.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

America’s Floor Source made a good bet By hiring industry veteran Michel Vermette. Natural disasters impacted sales Guys became gals, females now males. The only thing I currently fear Is that 2024 is an election year. Happy holidays to everyone, and we’ll catch you on the other side in 2024.

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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. FlinTile addressees the most important downsides of ceramic tiles offering easy installation, lightweight tiles and s trong impact resistance.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

From carpet to resilient, wood and tile, dealers and distributors looking for products with that Made in USA label in 2022 have a plethora of options at their disposal. AHF Products, for example, has one of the most robust domestic production operations as any supplier in the industry. floor tile); Dickson, Tenn.,

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

According to Joe Cushing, sales rep for Aperion, Cosmos—which figures prominently in the company’s 20-mil waterproof products—is purposely manufactured with features that enable trade up opportunities. For 2024, Bella Flooring Group also plans to launch a new waterproof PVC floor featuring EIR technology and a 20-mil wear layer.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Ian Burt, director of sales and marketing at Aquafil USA, agreed the show kicked off to a roaring start. Registering gains due to a variety of economic and industry factors, exhibitors at the show said they were happy with 2022-early 2023’s performance and expected similar results for the rest of 2023 and beyond.

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