Floor Covering News

MAY 2, 2023

It requires expertise beyond typical product knowledge, access to highly skilled installers and a customer base looking for aspirational products that increase property/resale values. These product advantages create elevated demand from consumers seeking ceramic among the dizzying array of flooring options.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 23, 2020

The winner represents a company that not only has a rich history and sells a diverse array of Italian ceramic products but also demonstrates a deep passion and knowledge of their trade and a desire to build awareness around the lasting and superior quality of Italian-made design. A high-caliber corporate image. 2, 2020.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) released its U.S. The successful trade remedy case against China, for dumping and subsidizing products, resulted in 562.52% to 689.5% FOB factory sales were $975.9 exports (by volume) were to our North American neighbors: Canada (71.2%) and Mexico (10.5%). Anderson, S.C.—The

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

Mississauga, Canada—Amorim Cork Flooring has expanded into Canada with the establishment of Amorim Flooring Canada (AFCAN), a new sales unit located in here, earlier this month. AFCAN will surely lead the way in providing our customers with high-quality, sustainable products and professional service.”

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2022

The popularity of bamboo and cork flooring remains strong despite the intense competition from the deluge of LVP/SPC products. However, despite all these positive attributes , bamboo and cork flooring products cannot sell themselves. Position the products appropriately. positions cork flooring front and center in her location.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2023

“As an organization, we are more optimistic about 2023 as a whole now—after Q1—than we were going into the year,” said Casey Dillabaugh, president of Boise, Idaho-based Dillabaugh’s Flooring America, echoing a sentiment shared by others. In fact, many retailers are seeing an uptick in their top-line sales.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

We want customers to love the style and design of the products. What can I do to help you narrow down your selections?’” —TRAVIS CARLSON, Carlson’s Flooring America, Fort Myers, Fla. BOBBY MERIDETH, Flooring America OKC, Oklahoma City, Okla. And then we will discuss price and performance.” RAFFI SARMAZIAN, Sarmazian Bros.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

The resurgent laminate flooring category continued on its upward trajectory in 2021 as sales reached $1.304 billion, FCNews research shows. That $1.304 billion also represents the highest level of laminate sales seen since 2006. In terms of sales, laminate represented just 4.9% in 2016; and 6.6% in 2011, FCNews research shows.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Toronto, Ontario, Canada—Torlys’ unique herringbone flooring EverWood Twist will appear on CTV’s “ The Marilyn Denis Show ,” a lifestyle and entertainment talk show. We were thrilled to be asked to preview this product on air and we can’t wait to officially launch it to the public later this year.”.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Drew Sinquefield – Drew has been hired as a Sales Professional, Tile & Stone Installation System, as part of the Northern Texas Team. In this position he will report Michael Frey, Regional Sales Manager, South West. Doyle Cave -Doyle has been hired as Sales Professional to support the Western Canadian Team.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2022

The Tile Council of North America (TCNA), a trade association representing manufacturers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials, tile equipment, raw materials and other tile-related products, has released its 2021 U.S. FOB factory sales of domestic shipments were $1.36 Ceramic Tile Market Update. billion sq. in 2020 to 71.7%

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

AHF Products’ Brian Carson, Wendy Booker and Brian Parker preview the new Dogwood line from Bruce Hardwood Floors. That sentiment was shared by Chris Thompson, regional sales manager with Quebec-based Boa-Franc, maker of the Mirage brand. The traffic has just been incredible,” said Jodie Doyle, vice president of sales and marketing.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

Coverings , the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will host a lineup of informative sessions, some offering Continuing Education Units (CEUs), for Coverings 2021. Orlando, Fla.—

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

CCA is one of the largest cooperatives in the United States with sales surpassing $10 billion. Matson, the former president and CEO of Starnet—the largest purchasing cooperative of independent commercial flooring contractors in the United States and Canada—currently serves as a consultant for CCA Global.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Tile Redi® wins new product award. Tile Redi®, world-leading manufacturer and marketer of pre-formed, one-piece shower pans and related accessories, received the award for “Surfaces 2013 Best New Product” sponsored by Floor Tends and Tile magazines. The product is offered in 40 popular models. Mike Ward, U.S.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

OCTOBER 1, 2015

October 23 rd , 2015 marks Becca Zachodni’s 15-year Anniversary with ARDEX Americas. As the business grew, her focus shifted to full time Logistics where she currently is Production Control Supervisor. Becca plays a huge part of delivering these efforts and helps set the positive tone in an ever challenging environment.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

That spells opportunity for floor covering retailers looking to not only grow sales but also profits as an overall percentage of sales. However, once she realizes how much financial flexibility there is when she has up to 18 months to pay everything off, she usually opts to do everything at once and with a better product.”.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

JUNE 1, 2016

In 2008 Harrison moved to a new challenge as Business Development Director in the UK business, where he built a team focused on specialist channels, major projects/specifications and market development for key product segments. June 4, 2016 marks Elaine Monterde’s 15 year anniversary with ARDEX Americas. Henry Company.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 12, 2022

Canada and Europe specializing in 3D printing —announced that its parent company, Northann Corporation, just completed a round of private placement to enable more investment in the company’s plans for growth in the U.S., New York, N.Y.— Benchwick—established in 2013 and serving the U.S., according to Lin Li, CEO. “We

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2022

T he comeback that was predicted in 2020 after ceramic flooring sales experienced its first downward trajectory in several years was right on point as 2021 saw vast improvement across the board. increase in dollar sales to $3.077 billion in 2021 (flooring only) vs. $2.844 billion in 2020. FCNews research shows ceramic experienced an 8.2%

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Floor Covering News

JULY 27, 2020

—Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of construction solutions for the building industry, has promoted Eric Pucilowski, Robert Smith and Brett Spencer to the positions of regional vice president of sales, allowing each to serve their respective region with greater authority and deliver tailored customer service to their clients. Brett Spencer.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 15, 2024

gross domestic product (GDP) in recent quarters, but that outlay has not trickled down to the flooring sector to the same degree. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, meanwhile, brought in more revenue in North America in 2023 than dozens of nations generate in a year, amassing upwards of $1 billion in ticket sales alone for the North American tour.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 25, 2023

This new program, tailored for more than 1,000 stores across Flooring America, Flooring Canada and Carpet One Floor & Home retailers, marks one of the largest rollouts in the history of the home improvement retail industry. This project revolutionizes product assortment. initiative. Retail 2.0 “Retail 2.0

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2023

the flooring industry’s largest merchandising and digital marketing rollout that includes more than 8 million product SKUs and a completely integrated digital platform. will arrive at Carpet One Floor & Home showrooms as Room by Room and at Flooring America and Flooring Canada showrooms as Room to Explore, beginning in April 2023.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

During that time, she was instrumental in the initial launch of several product lines and managed Mannington’s Surfaces presence for over eight years. She was—and continues to be—on the frontline of customer engagements, leveraging flooring industry knowledge with her sales skills. Penny Carnino. Carole Cross.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2022

and Canada. There is an intensity around adhesives from our members due to supply chain stress in addition to traditional performance, productivity and risk mitigation concerns. In 2022, Taylor launched products specifically designed for floating floor installations and wall installations. “We

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In retail today, we’re experiencing a return to the new normal,” said Keith Spano, president of Flooring America/ Flooring Canada. When financing is discussed early in the sales process and the customer’s credit line is established, it’s easier to upgrade the flooring, add more rooms to the job and more. Comfortable with credit.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

“Our growing desire to better relate with the customer and to increase brand awareness in the residential space called for a change in image,” said Elizabeth Hurley, SVP sales and marketing/residential. And while our brand positioning is changing, the level of quality and care we put into our products is not.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Being waterproof is—and should be—enough to sell the product,” said Rob Elder, co-owner of Hiller’s Flooring America, Rochester, Minn. For starters, they don’t need to because the segment continues to flourish; however, the waterproof aspect can be misleading and requires an educated sales force to communicate that to consumers.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2020

The meeting combined Flooring America/Flooring Canada, The Floor Trader, International Design Guild and Carpet One Floor & Home members, including sales associates and managers. “I echoing a sentiment shared by other Carpet One and Flooring America dealers who spoke with FCNews. “The Early planning.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 30, 2021

Carpet One president, John Gilbert (left), with Flooring America/Canada president, Keith Spano, agreed that the integration of the groups was an important step for the co-op. Fast forward to July 2021 and not one store among the 1,000+ closed, and aggregate sales are solidly up double digits. “We echoed that sentiment.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2022

Which have supplied you with the tools to succeed—product or otherwise—over these last 12 to 18 months? So this year you will vote for Shaw and Mohawk in the Best Overall category by casting votes for either company in a number of categories, like product innovation, service, digital tools, on-time delivery, etc. They’re all listed.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2022

Which have supplied you with the tools to succeed—product or otherwise—over these last 12 to 18 months? So this year you will vote for Shaw and Mohawk in the Best Overall category by casting votes for either company in a number of categories, like product innovation, service, digital tools, on-time delivery, etc. They’re all listed.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 21, 2021

But you can’t overlook the impact that suppliers from Canada have had—and continue to have—on the U.S. We believe we have been setting the pace for high-quality produced hardwood floors since the inception of the company in 1983,” said Brad Williams, vice president of sales and marketing. But that’s not the only reason.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 18, 2022

sales, Mercier. Mirage Hardwood Floors manufactures products across four different platforms. Several of these suppliers—many of which are household names in the flooring industry—are renown for producing some of the highest quality hardwood flooring products available, as many of their retailer and distributor partners attest.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Consumer financing is probably the most underutilized sales tool by most flooring retailers,” said Keith Spano, president of Flooring America/Flooring Canada. “On On average, consumer financing is used on 5% of sales by most flooring retailers. This is an incredible sales tool for the RSA. The best average 35%.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Newton and other NFA board members agreed that while top-line sales are down for most in ‘23, margins are higher as dealers are selling better goods—and therefore generating higher tickets. I think a lot of us are up over 2019 even though we are down vs. 2022,” said Jason Waggoner, vice president of sales, ICC Floors, Indianapolis.

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