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Hawaiian Home for Cosentino

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Honolulu becomes base for surfacing company in Aloha State. HONOLULU -- Cosentino Group opened its Hawaii showroom here earlier this summer. The new showroom highlights Cosentino’s international growth and continued expansion in North America. and is the first outside of the contiguous United States.

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Retailers React: Retention or recruiting in 2023?

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Roy Tokuhama, Abbey Carpet & Floor of Hawaii, Honolulu In our case, I think it’s more important to retain the employees we already have. Mike Foulk, Foulk’s Flooring America, Meadville, Pa. During that period, you are pouring in your time, resources and finances with a 50% chance they are the right hire to get a return.

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Natural disasters impact businesses across industry

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With six retail showrooms in Texas, My Flooring America, for example, has plans at the ready. “We In certainly helps that most of the technology My Flooring America employs is Cloud-based. “We We start with staff communication processes using Group Me,” said Kelby Frederick, owner. Businesses and homes were destroyed in an instant.

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Retailers React: What gives you hope 2023 will be a good year?

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Bobby Merideth, Flooring America OKC, Oklahoma City, Okla. Roy Tokuhama, Abbey Carpet & Floor of Hawaii, Honolulu The post Retailers React: What gives you hope 2023 will be a good year? Yes, you must be reasonable with projections. So long as there’s no leak in the boat, we should be able to weather the storm.

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Flooring dealers: We’re prepared for challenges

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A slowing economy is an opportune time to take market share from weaker competitors or those pulling back too much, according to Roy Tokuhama, president of Honolulu-based Abbey Carpet & Floor of Hawaii, which has been honored in the past as the island’s top retailer. Retail is a little slower but commercial has been strong.

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35th Anniversary: 35 people under 40

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After 15 years in corporate America, Mollie Surratt decided to re-evaluate her executive path in search of a fuller life. president, The Carpet Shoppe, Honolulu, Hawaii. Arita, founder, The Carpet Shoppe, Honolulu, Hawaii. I know I can always call Matt and hear a practice that will benefit other retailers. Mollie Surratt.

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Abbey Carpet gets down to business

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I’m not a generational dealer; I came from corporate America,” he told Floor Covering News. “I All the things you think you don’t want when you work in corporate America I was missing as an independent dealer. Kelly Brye, owner of Abbey Carpet of Fernley in Fernley, Nev., I wanted somebody to chew me out.