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NTCA unveils training schedule for December

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The three-hour afternoon or evening events are open to tile installers and contractors, as well as sales personnel and the A&D community—basically anyone who wants to learn more about standards-based installation practices. 12/7 – Floor & Decor, Temple, Texas 12/7 – Floor & Decor, Fountain Valley, Calif.

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Bostik’s XL Brands partners with BPI

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—Starting April 15, 2024, XL Brands, a Bostik brand and leading provider of professional flooring adhesive solutions, will be available for purchase through BPI. With a full line of adhesive and specialty products, XL Brands also offers the versatility of using just five products to cover 90% of flooring installations.

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

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When the dust cleared and all the numbers were counted and run through the wash multiple times, total industry sales in 2021 reached a record $26.701 billion, an enormous gain of 16.3% Note: These numbers are in wholesale dollars reflecting the first point of sale. This compared to its overall sales of $151.2 billion, up 14.4%

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STATS: Wood finds silver lining amid challenges

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hardwood flooring market generated approximately $2.207 billion in sales, a 4% decrease from 2019 and a shade below the five-year low of $2.23 While hardwood still represents the third-largest hard surface category behind resilient and ceramic with respect to sales, the gap continues to widen. sales, Mercier Wood Flooring. “We

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Unite welcomes first slate of board members

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Rockwall, Texas—Robert Varden, the founder and CEO of the newly formed, non-profit Unite Floor Training Alliance, welcomed its first slate of board members as well as others in attendance via teleconference, originating from Unite offices here on Jan. Tom Cartmell, branch sales manager, Diverzify.

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Obituary: Larry Scott, 69

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Bandera, Texas—Larry Scott, a veteran of the hardwood flooring and installation industry, passed away on Sept. He moved to Texas in the late ’60s where he spent the rest of his life. based DriTac Adhesives, where he spent a long and successful career. Larry Scott. Scott was born in Wick, W.V., 18, 1951, and grew up in Ohio.

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EJ Welch to acquire controlling interest of T&L

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T&L Distributing, meanwhile, has been in business more than 40 years, with nine locations across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. The companies have several common key suppliers, including Tarkett, Raskin Industries, Centaur, Ardex and Taylor Adhesives.