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Natural Stone Institute Awards Program calls for entries

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Oberlin, Ohio—The entry period for the 2024 Natural Stone Institute Award Program is now open. The Pinnacle Awards honor projects whose beauty, creativity, ingenuity and craftsmanship exemplify professional mastery in the use of natural stone for commercial and residential applications. Pinnacle Award submissions are due June 20.

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TISE 2024 exceeds expectations

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Curated education spanned hundreds of topics dedicated to hands-on processes such as safety certifications, polishing demonstrations and natural stone applications as well as providing business development resources in marketing, sales, leadership and customer relations. TISE returns to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center January 28-30, 2025.

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Ceramic: The pros and cons of natural stone

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When it comes to natural stone, specialty retail has it tough. However, natural stone has its advantages—i.e., In an effort to help retailers in that endeavor, three suppliers gave FCNews their best advice on how to deal with the challenges of natural stone while also tapping the inherent advantages of the category.