Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

From trending design to innovative surface solutions, high-value educational opportunities and networking events, the show resonated with attendees and exhibitors alike. Michael Ward, vice president of sales, Portobello America, put it simply: “Everybody’s here. I think the vibe is ‘OK, we’re back, we’re 100%.’

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 25, 2017

This collection’s features make it an easy option to mix and match with other natural stone or porcelain tile: 3″ x 6″ field tile with coordinating bullnose and trim profiles. Machine-made ceramics go through several steps and processes, before resulting in two main types: thin-body or porcelain. glossy finish.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 2, 2023

Emser Tile currently operates 78 branch locations around the country that are designed to service flooring dealers and their clients as needed. For those who can tackle the category at the retail level, benefits abound—higher profit margins and ticket sales as well as forging a reputation for style and design, to name a few.

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Floor Covering News

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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Mohawk earned praise from judges in two categories—style and design (SolidTech Premier with Signature HDX technology) and best larger booth design. Now in its 13th year, the awards program has become the benchmark for new product excellence and booth design at the industry’s premier trade show.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

Made-in-America suppliers agree there are a variety of benefits to their customers, not the least of which is shorter lead times—a timely advantage given the hardship imported LVTs continue to face today. The company manufactures in eight plants throughout America and produces about 80% of its total volume in the U.S. facility. “Our

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Coverings, the preeminent event for North America’s ceramic tile and natural stone industry, unveiled a sneak peek of featured education for Coverings 2023, taking place here April 18-21, 2023, at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla.—Coverings, Tenet sessions.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 16, 2013

has appointed Gary Davis as a Sales Representative, responsible for the Southeast United States. Davis arrives with 15 years of experience with ceramic and porcelain products at EPC America, where he was a regional Sales manager. Bellavita Tile Inc. Davis stated. www.bellavitatile.com. Industry Insights'

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

Preliminary FCNews research shows the commercial flooring market totaled $6.488 billion in sales in 2021, an uptick of 6% over 2020. In commercial, hard surfaces surpassed carpet for the second straight year with hard surface sales reaching $3.5 of hard surface commercial sales and is the fastest growing category.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

and Texas The workshops, spanning three hours in the afternoon or evening, are open to tile installers, contractors, sales personnel and members of the architecture and design community. Topics for the February regional trainings include: The GPTP/Slabs Training equips you to install porcelain panels with confidence and accuracy.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 9, 2022

—Cancos Tile Corporation (Cancos), a leading regional distributor and retailer of luxury ceramic tile and natural stone, partnered with Mill Point Capital LLC (Mill Point Capital), a middle-market private equity firm focused on control oriented investments in the business services, industrials and IT services sectors in North America.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Daltile’s Panoramic Porcelain Surfaces are resistant to water, heat, stains, scratches, chemicals and traffic. While the tile market is under pressure from the realistic visuals and waterproof technologies of resilient product lines, porcelain is taking its market share back through innovative new products. By Megan Salzano.

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JG Kitchens

MARCH 27, 2018

Grey, white, black remain the top three colors in that order for both floor and walls with greige (gray-beige) following as a close fourth depending on the collection’s design inspiration. North America tends to favor planks in the 8×36″ size with upscale markets favoring the longer 48″ planks.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

AUGUST 5, 2014

Florida Tile CEO Michael Franceschelli and Luca Setti, Senior Executive Vice President Branch Sales & Organization, officially celebrated the opening of the new 11,000-square-foot facility located at 2965 S. Featherly Way with vendor partners, local dealers, designers and local community and business leaders.

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JG Kitchens

MARCH 27, 2018

Grey, white, black remain the top three colors in that order for both floor and walls with greige (gray-beige) following as a close fourth depending on the collection’s design inspiration. North America tends to favor planks in the 8×36″ size with upscale markets favoring the longer 48″ planks.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

JULY 6, 2017

The evolution of tile and stone in recent years has provided endless design and application possibilities. Finally, we’ll review the most current industry guidelines as developed by the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), specific to the installation of gauged (super format) porcelain tile panels and slabs.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Florim USA has introduced its Pietra Romana Collection to North America. Beautiful porcelain tile for both residential and commercial applications, with the “look” of natural travertine found in yesterday’s, today’s and tomorrow’s Rome. market loves travertine.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 25, 2021

FCNews research shows commercial flooring revenues (including specified business as well as Main Street sales) totaled $6.134 billion last year—a falloff of 11.1% The corporate market took the biggest hit in 2020 as its share fell from 42% of sales in 2019 to approximately 38% last year. compared to 2019. Hard surface surge continues.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In Texas, we were the proud recipients of an ASID Legacy of Design award, presented on August 13th at the annual Legacy of Design Awards held at New Life Hardwood in Dallas. Congratulations to our Texas sales team, management and associates for being recognized with these awards! MIA – Marble Institute of America. ?

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—After a strong showing in 2021, Coverings 2022, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will again be hosted as an in-person trade show event —this time in Las Vegas. The tours are designed for all attendees.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The winning product, Redi Trench™, is an incredibly exciting marriage of design and function. Farrell Gerber, Executive VP Sales of Tile Redi® stated, “Redi-Trench™ is the only linear drain system completely integrated into a leak-proof, mold-free shower pan. The product is offered in 40 popular models. www.tileredi.com.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 29, 2014

The donors included members of longtime TPFH supporters Tile Council of North America, Ceramic Tile Distributors Association and National Tile Contractors Association. Daltile is an industry-leading brand of ceramic, porcelain, glass, metal, manufactured stone and natural stone tile products. About Daltile.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

It offers technologically advanced features such as slip resistance and waterproofing, myriad end-use applications and unrivaled visuals and designs. Despite tile’s ongoing growth for several years, the category hit a snag in 2019 and 2020 as sales dropped and growth stagnated. So, what gives? Talk about it.

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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. However, while dollar sales were up, much of that came from price increases and inflationary pressures. Volume experienced a slight decrease overall. billion square feet.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

When helping a consumer find her ideal floor, experts say retail sales associates need to consider several factors, including the consumer’s lifestyle and the room in which the flooring is being installed. Tim Schoolfield, owner, Countryside Carpets Flooring America, O’Fallon, Mo., McMurtry is not alone. said his staff keeps it simple.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. of dollar sales for the gradually increasing hard surface market and 24.6% Imports vs. domestics.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. I later worked as a sales manager for Laticrete International for seven years, before founding Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants (CTaSC) on May 5, 2002. What does the training consist of?

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Architectural Ceramics

JULY 27, 2018

From porcelain to specialty ceramic, here are how a few materials compare in an exterior application: Porcelain & Glass. These two tile types are mentioned together, because porcelain and glass both undergo high heat and pressure when made. Porcelain & Glass. Thicket Porcelain. Cement & Terracotta.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

As the industry nears the halfway point of 2023, commercial flooring sales are tracking to sustain moderate growth, industry watchers say, with some end use segments faring better than others. Broadloom sales are expected to remain flat to slightly up this year, depending largely on market needs in hospitality and retail environments.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

“The good news is that as the year progressed, the A&D design activity increased across segments and this started to result in growth later in the year, which is expected to continue into 2022.”. billion commercial flooring business, rebounded in 2021 as sales were relatively flat after posting a double-digit falloff the prior year.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

suppliers are touting record-high sales in 2021 and expected ongoing growth as a result of changing consumer habits and a booming housing market —both spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. by volume vs. 2020, according to the Tile Council of North America (TCNA). Ceramic residential sales in the U.S. imported 1.10 from Q2 2020.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

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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Floor Covering News

MAY 5, 2021

We are seeing robust sales on the Advanced+ series after only being in the stores for a short period of time.”. Restoration now features the company’s SpillShieldPlus waterproof technology, offering best-in-class style and design. Mannington’s in-house styling team ensures each design offers the most realistic wood looks in the market.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In fact, according to the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), total U.S. The distinct challenges the industry has faced and continues to face start with inflation,” said Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, dealer & showrooms, Dal-Tile. ceramic tile consumption at 2.11 billion square feet, up 0.7%

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

FCNews research shows the category generated $6.589 billion in sales (not including rubber) in 2020—an industry-leading 21.3% In terms of volume, the category accounted for 5.455 billion square feet (not including rubber) at the first point of sale, a 19.5% of sales vs. 2019’s 45.1%. Existing home sales grew to 5.64

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Urban Wood is a beautiful new porcelain tile ideal for any application, especially for creative projects where the “look of wood” is typically not specified, in particular, for hospitality suites’ kitchens and bathrooms. Projects designed with Urban Wood being specified are eligible for LEED points. and a >0.50

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

Coming to America. Whether it’s the uncertainty with tariffs, supply chain issues or a desire to target the American consumer, several flooring manufacturers are coming to America to start domestic production of LVT and hardwood flooring. It has been designed as the quintessential DIY product. Domestic Production.

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