Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

FCNews has announced the winners of its second annual FCNnovation Awards —a program designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies unveiled in the current year. Premier Flooring Center. Premier Flooring Center. Europe and Asia/Pacific. Europe and Asia/Pacific.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FCNews reveals the winners of its third annual FCNnovation Awards—an initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies launched in the current year. Anderson Tuftex Discover Discover was designed with no pattern match required for installation.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Many people have asked us about how the newly implemented Chinese tariffs will affect the tile and flooring industry. The unglazed porcelain has a colored porcelain patterned layer on top and an uncolored porcelain body on the bottom, which remains unseen when installed, which is great for commercial use. Here it is.

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Cement Style

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

We have supplied our colorful cement tiles for residences and restaurants in Puerto Rica. Traditional floor designs made of cement tiles, “ Losa criolla ”(creole tile) or “ losa isleño ” (island tile), as they are called in Puerto Rico, are frequently laid out like a carpet or rug with a coordinating border just as an Oriental rug might.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Sylvie Atanasio, Head Designer and CEO of Studio S has traveled around the world to visit factories and build relationships. The group undertakes many activities to communicate to a global audience, from participating in trade fairs to organizing design competitions, hosting exhibitions and trade missions. Read about her travels below.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

It will come as no surprise that resilient—mostly by the rigid core sub-segments—registered gains in 2020 while many other flooring categories did not. David Thoresen, senior vice president, product and innovation, Armstrong Flooring, noted that resilient products continue to gain more share and have become extremely popular in the home.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

hardwood flooring arena, but nimble enough to make timely adjustments in manufacturing and sourcing to address shifting demand both domestically and abroad. One of the first moves AHF Products made was the 2019 acquisition of LM Flooring , a highly regarded hardwood flooring manufacturer based in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

By Reginald Tucker Las Vegas—Even before the current shipping woes fueled backlogs in deliveries of many rigid core products, industry observers had already begun gauging a renewed interest in the laminate flooring category—particularly homegrown products. Display orders are tracking well for both laminate lines,” Ward said.

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Decorator on Demand

AUGUST 16, 2011

They are large embroidered textiles originally from Central Asia. Do you feel the need to inject some color/life into your own color palette? Updating these beautful designs with modern color is really fun. Beautifully made and just popping with color. Input Form. Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Gracie said.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2022

By Reginald Tucker—After several years of losing market share to wood-look products, wood flooring is regaining momentum. That’s according to research conducted by the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), which estimates solid wood floors saw a 20% increase in 2021, ending the year with the highest share rate since 2007.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Republic Floor has come a long way in six and a half years. We had three displays of 14 colors each,” Eylor said. Everywhere I’m opening, I have the same 300 colors in stock. I’m even keeping a minimum 20,000 square feet of the worst color I have. Republic bills itself as a logistics company that happens to sell floors.

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Tile Talk

MAY 20, 2014

Islamic Star Patterns in Tile Design. Iran or Central Asia, 15th Century. Dating back to as early as the 7th century the Islamic Arts have influenced an array of cultures and societies, such as the notable geometric designs in their tile work. The color palette also extended to include oranges and yellows. Image Credit.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

By Reginald Tucker Las Vegas—Even before the current shipping woes fueled backlogs in deliveries of many rigid core products, industry observers had already begun gauging a renewed interest in the laminate flooring category—particularly homegrown products. Display orders are tracking well for both laminate lines,” Ward said.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 21, 2021

By Reginald Tucker W hen it comes to hardwood flooring sourcing , so much of the focus has been trained on Asia—rightfully so given the manufacturing prowess and scale of the scores of suppliers in that region of the world. A prime example is Boa-Franc, maker of the Mirage brand of hardwood floors. Pictured is Atmosphere.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 15, 2022

Inhaus sources and scans real hardwood flooring planks to create more realistic laminate visuals. Pictured is a design based on Brazilian walnut. million-square-foot facility—in anticipation of higher demand for laminate flooring in the U.S. Innovations galore.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Las Vegas—I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, has introduced True Grout on SPC/rigid core tiles and planks. Durability on rigid core products featuring True Grout technologies is maximized due to the addition of a colored wear layer between the décor film and the core.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 18, 2021

The crisis has undercut efforts by retailers, suppliers and distributors to capitalize on the booming demand for flooring and is projected to continue throughout the next several months. While supply issues have reverberated across categories, retailers note a greater challenge when it comes to resilient flooring in particular. “It

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Must-have characteristics to look for in a reliable wood flooring supplier. T here are scores of hardwood flooring suppliers in the market today, but not all are created equal. First, retailers need to look for a hardwood supplier that’s easy to do business with,” said Dewevai Buchanan, CEO of Nature Flooring-North America.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Hydropel, infused with proprietary technology to resist water for up to 36 hours, earned a Good Design award for 2019. When Brian Carson took the reins as president and CEO of AHF Products in February 2019, he announced “very aggressive plans” for the company that had been spun off from Armstrong Flooring the year prior.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

As it turns out, the flooring industry has its disrupters as well. For the flooring industry, the pandemic has caused major supply chain disruptions that impacted manufacturers and distributors and, eventually, retailers—who at times throughout 2020 were out of stock on certain products. Supply chain issues persist to this day.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

By Megan Salzano While 2020 was anything but ordinary, there was one thing the flooring industry could count on: the continued popularity of the resilient category. It will come as no surprise that resilient—led mostly by the rigid core/SPC sub-segments —once again registered gains while many other flooring categories in 2020 did not.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

In the grand scheme of things, the category still held strong as the third-largest sector in flooring, representing 12.4% Tile flooring, more so than most others, requires installation by highly trained and even artisanal tradespeople. Volume also experienced a drop off, registering a 3.5% of total industry dollars in 2020 and 12.7%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

When I made the move in 2017, we were Cali Bamboo with an eco-conscious consumer seeking the most sustainable flooring available. Think of us as the “In and Out Burger” of floor covering. When it comes to colors, you are a little different than some others out there. That is correct. The retail base was far from mainstream.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 24, 2021

Keynote: “Furniture for the City”: Recasting Urban Design through Micro-Activation. The Merchandise Mart has long been at the center of creativity and commerce in the city, and this session will explore its evolution as it takes on a new relevance to best serve the design and business communities of Chicago and beyond.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Flooring executives already know the coming year will harbor plenty of hardships that will need to be confronted. Steve Ehrlich VP business & operations Novalis “Ongoing uncertainty related to new home builds, home prices and mortgage rates and the impact they will have on flooring activity.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2022

laminate flooring market is currently experiencing is not merely a coincidence, but rather the natural course of a still-evolving product category that is continuing to grow in the face of intense pressure from competing hard surface segments. Some call it a comeback; others say it’s perfect timing. is no fluke.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 9, 2014

I will use this 3D model of my house to have design conversations with my wife who will probably appreciate how much easier it is to see the various design concepts we have been discussing. May sound stupid but that’s why I try so hard to make the design process fun, not just for me but for the people I work with.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

economy—and the commercial flooring market is no exception. COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on every aspect of the economy, including commercial flooring sales,” said John Stephens, vice president of marketing, Shaw Contract. Heading into 2020, commercial flooring was on pace to sustain modest growth across the board.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. This year’s Floor Covering News “Industry Disrupters” 2024 issue features all manner of players that are—or are poised to—shake things up. Changing the rules.

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