Floor Covering News

AUGUST 25, 2020

RSAs need to be familiar with current design trends in order to have a conversation with the consumer. Travis Bass, EVP of sales, Swiss Krono USA. Barron Frith, CFL North America president. Point out the styles and designs. Frank Hargadon, Regional sales manager, Beauflor. Sell the design. Form a connection.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Coverings , the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has released a lineup of featured conference sessions for Coverings 2022. The Secrets of Pool Design and Installation. Designing for Outdoor Living. Arlington, Va.— Workforce & Profits.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

By Steven Feldman—Dallas—Shaw Industries heads into 2022 with a series of targeted introductions designed to line retailers’ pockets across its three signature brands: Shaw Floors , COREtec and Anderson Tuftex. Shaw is maintaining its 2021 strategy of phased introductions to ensure it can offer the hallmark service on which it prides itself.

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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

JANUARY 26, 2022

Las Vegas—Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, has announced a comprehensive roster of both popular and new programs for Coverings 2022 —which will take place April 5-8, 2022, at the Las Vegas Convention Center here. Three educational stages. between April 5-7, 2022.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In choosing their top retailer partners, suppliers looked beyond sales volume to other key attributes such as communication skills, trust, company culture and even benevolence as differentiating factors. Additionally, in 2020, the team gave their showroom a complete re-design, creating a beautiful and pleasing environment.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Now, easy, flexible shopping means everything from mobile design appointments to curb-side pickup and even at-home and virtual experiences. Consumer financing is probably the most underutilized sales tool by most flooring retailers,” said Keith Spano, president of Flooring America/Flooring Canada. “On The best average 35%.

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Atlanta—Coverings, the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has revealed a select lineup of featured educational opportunities for Coverings 2024 , which will take place April 22-25, 2024, here at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2022

Best Overall in the Award of Excellence 2022 measured suppliers in 10 categories—product innovation, design, service, ease of doing business, professionalism of sales force, training/education, handling of claims, digital tools, on-time delivery and credit terms. Engineered Floors, meanwhile, was victorious in Group A for carpet.

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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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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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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

T he intense level of competition in the waterproof flooring segment —particularly the LVP/SPC/rigid core category—has resulted in aggressive pricing strategies to build market share. Lutea offers a wealth of design options and serene colors in wide planks to create a foundation for a luxuriously well-styled home.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

“AHF Products has continued to invest in our domestic operations since our inception three years ago,” said Chris King, senior vice president, sales and marketing, AHF Products. “We We manufacture in eight plants throughout America, and manufacture around 70% of our total volume in the U.S. the company said.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

FCNews rounded up scores of retailers from around the country to get their advice and strategies on a host of topics—customer service, merchandising, marketing and promotion and hiring, training and recruiting. We want customers to love the style and design of the products. BOBBY MERIDETH, Flooring America OKC, Oklahoma City, Okla.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. Some of the roles include accounting, logistics, product development, marketing, HR, sales and operations. director of sales, O’Krent Floors. CEO, Johnson Hardwood. Jason O’Krent.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

PureGrain direct digital print DLVT flooring uses digital embossing technology to create high-definition designs directly on a high-density rigid core. Broadlume Broadlume’s Digital Retailing initiative aims to reinvent the shopping experience for the consumer while creating a more fluid selling strategy for the retailer.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

She was—and continues to be—on the frontline of customer engagements, leveraging flooring industry knowledge with her sales skills. She has created and implemented training programs for independent flooring retailers, distributors, manufacturers and sales reps for the past 50 years, developing programs to help grow their businesses.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

C hi c ago —The 54 th edition of NeoCon, the commercial design industry’s premier tradeshow event held here earlier this month, was alight with enthusiastic optimism and collaboration as the show truly emulated its 2023 theme: “Together We Design.” I think design follows that. Monday] was an awesome day.

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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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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 15, 2023

—Longtime flooring executive Steve Sieracki has been named senior vice president for Flooring America, Flooring Canada, International Design Guild and The Floor Trader divisions of CCA Global. Most recently, Sieracki was vice president of residential sales for Shaw Industries.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2023

During that time, I have acquired extensive experience and knowledge of the sector, both internationally and in North America. Before joining Panariagroup USA, I held various executive roles in the industry, including sales and marketing, product development and operations. market share.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales growth persists despite stumbling blocks. FCNews research put the category at $5.433 billion in sales in 2019, an industry-leading 10.5% We started the year with a very strong first quarter, carrying over the positive momentum we had built in 2019,” said Noah Fulton, vice president of business strategy, Karndean Designflooring.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2020

Laticrete has named Joseph Rizzo associate director of sales, concrete remediation. In this role, Rizzo will lead the Laticrete sales team in the creation and execution of strategy for all aspects of concrete remediation sales, which includes the NXT, SUPERCAP and Specialty Mortar product brands. Joseph Rizzo.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

We were co-chairmen of the Billion Dollar Sale, which raised the level of sales in the entire industry. The strategy and planning was both of us on almost everything. It came out of when we did the Billion Dollar Sale. We realized we wanted a presence in every city in North America, and we wanted it for two reasons: No.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

It’s this disruptive strategy that has helped put Cali on the 2022 Industry Disruptors list. This strategy has worked for the brand given that it has grown substantially over the last few years—including its recent acquisition by global flooring company Victoria PLC—and continues to expand its specialty retail network.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

sales and marketing. Once Indusparquet and BR-111 parted ways, Indusparquet embarked on establishing its own brand in North America. sales efforts for Indusparquet from the beginning. What we had was the Design Tower, which is still in the marketplace today. Wholesale strategy. It’s the same premium quality.”.

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Building Moxie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

James Hardie products now appear on over 8 million homes in North America. *. At the top most levels, pros earn a badge, for exclusive use in advertising and sales materials. A product doesn’t end up on 8 million in North America by chance. Topics covered include installation, job-site safety, and in-home sales strategies.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 13, 2024

While a few dealers are boldly forging ahead with strategies already in place, many are taking a wait-and-see approach, seemingly more concerned than excited about AI, reflecting more feelings of trepidation about the technology. Fellow CCA Global retailer Paul Deschenes, general manager of Schneider’s Flooring America, Vernon, Conn.,

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2022

Storey joins TDG as regional vice president of sales for the Midwest region. As it is with our current RVPs, Storey will also have input into our product development, marketing and sales strategies. . And he brings very strong relationships with many high-end retailers in the Midwest region and across North America. .

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 22, 2022

As a result, the resilient flooring category registered a staggering $8.426 billion (not including rubber) in sales in 2021 —an industry-leading 30.3% In terms of volume, the category accounted for 5.881 billion square feet (not including rubber) at the first point of sale, a 9.8% increase over 2020’s revised $6.463 billion.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Flooring is one of those things sellers often overlook when bogged down with the intricacies of a home sale. Let’s say a realtor has a house that needs full flooring replacement, but the owner doesn’t want to replace it before the sale. This can be a credit on the asking price or can be deducted from the sale price.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 13, 2023

Michel Vermette America’s Floor Source (AFS) , one of the largest retailers in the country with 2022 sales just south of $200 million, has named former Armstrong CEO and Mohawk business unit president, Michel Vermette, as the company’s new CEO/CFO. We have designed our own brand and we’re sourcing it internationally,” he said.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 11, 2023

Mobile Marketing is offering members two options, both designed to highlight and promote Alliance Flooring’s brands. Websites will include CarpetsPlus Colortile and Carpetland USA product catalogs, as well as seasonal promotions, SEO strategies and more.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 23, 2024

“We are proud to have received the Google Premier Partner designation,” said Carole Cross, managing director of Mobile Marketing, a Cyncly Company and the flooring industry’s leading web services and digital marketing solution provider in North America. “We This designation reflects that dedication to our clients.”

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 15, 2022

These established speakers will lead sessions on the latest trends in distribution leadership, management, corporate culture, economics, sales/marketing and labor retention/recruitment. This workshop, designed for distribution managers, will focus on team leadership and leading change. Jeff Havens. ” Ian Heller. Alex Chausovsky.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2021

Fulfilling the promise of its mission, Fabrica manufactures carpets and rugs for the most demanding segments of the high-end residential and designer market. Masland: “Inspired by Design.” Dixie Home was founded on the premise that fashion and design should not be limited to the high end of the market. in 2020.”. Inventory. “We

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