Floor Covering News

JUNE 8, 2023

Best Overall 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. All these floors are both designed and made in the USA.

Asia 52

Asia Sales Industry Flooring 52

Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 25, 2017

Photo: Chinoiserie vases, painted in traditional blue and white imagery, popularized in Eastern Asia. Eastern Asia: While China may not be known for it’s tile work, decorative ceramics reign from this area. Adding City Hall to a Designer Space. The kitchen backsplash, for example, plays with angles.

Ceramics 172

Ceramics Netherlands Tile France 172

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. in 2019 to 4.9%

Sales 86

Sales Report Meeting Flooring 86

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. For retail sales associates, PFC is intended to be the easiest way to sell flooring—with confidence and simplicity. True Grout.

Grout 98

Grout System Products Sales 98

Floor Covering News

MAY 20, 2021

hardwood flooring market generated approximately $2.207 billion in sales, a 4% decrease from 2019 and a shade below the five-year low of $2.23 While hardwood still represents the third-largest hard surface category behind resilient and ceramic with respect to sales, the gap continues to widen. sales, Mercier Wood Flooring. “We

South America 91

South America Sales United States Cambodia 91

Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Gilmore said exhibitors used that time wisely to schedule more appointments, which led to additional sales. International attendance, meanwhile, which had waned significantly during the pandemic, continued to make a comeback with greater representation from Asia and Europe. I met a lot of first-time people at the show, which I love.”

Las Vegas 105

Las Vegas Columbus Denver Asia 105

Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

“Our overall goal is to provide stable pricing and readily available stateside inventory while working in tandem with our Chinese manufacturing operations,” said Dick Quinlan, vice president of sales and marketing. “In Our extensive product line will be made here, for here,” said Mike Ward, vice president of sales. production.

El Paso 98

El Paso America Products Texas 98

Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Containers came down, supply chain would ease; More stuff from Southeast Asia in lieu of Chinese. Beyond their products that boast design and style. As sales in October began to fizzle. New products focus on performance and design; We saw it all thanks to Melissa and Caroline. Most suppliers continued to sell more.

Asia 98

Asia Texas Training America 98

Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

Unilin says digital printing has the potential to revolutionize the flooring industry by enabling manufacturers to create unique and personalized designs while maintaining cost-effectiveness. Repeatability of your design is very important when thinking of digital printing. But it’s also about design freedom and creativity.

Ceramics 98

Ceramics China Industry Asia 98

Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

Russia is a major supplier of birch wood to global markets, particularly to countries in Europe and Asia. PureGrain is said to offer greater color clarity (5x more compared to traditional film products, the company said), embossed texture dimension, enhanced abrasion properties and is designed with 35 unique planks. Statements 2.0

Industry 81

Industry Russia Ukraine Software 81

Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

On one hand, sales eclipsed the $23 billion mark for the first time since 2006. FCNews’ exclusive research reveals total 2019 flooring sales topped out at $23.07 Note: These numbers are in wholesale dollars reflecting the first point of sale. To put this in perspective, total LVT sales just five years ago were $1.14

Industry 98

Industry Flooring China Sales 98

Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

“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. Soft surface sales showed flat to low single-digit gains, with approximately $3.3 Category sales grew in the single digits to between $3 billion and $3.5

Sales 53

Sales Porcelain Ceramics Flooring 53

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. Bjelin Hardened wood flooring 3.0

North America 59

North America Tools Adhesive Sales 59

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

North America 98

North America Sales Research Products 98

Floor Covering News

MARCH 12, 2021

The key to recouping lost market share, suppliers say, lies in the application of new technologies designed to: increase the product’s resistance to moisture; expand its overall thickness to resemble that of real wood; and render more realistic visuals that reflect the demands of today’s consumers. But that could be a blessing in disguise.

Products 90

Products Asia Industry Sales 90

Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

FCNews research showed the category generated $6.589 billion in sales in 2020 —an industry-leading 21.3% Ana Torrence, hard surface category manager, Engineered Floors, pointed to resilient’s design and performance story to support its popularity. increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion.

Industry 98

Industry Sales Products Research 98

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. Those meetings were all really positive as well.

North America 98

North America Products America Flooring 98

Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

The new, 54,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will handle both finishing and automated packaging of products under the Concord Flooring banner manufactured at its sites in Asia and via its partner on the East Coast U.S. It has been designed as the quintessential DIY product. Challenging the industry to go bigger.

Industry 92

Industry Products China Tools 92

Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2024

DeCarlo, who was instrumental in building Shaw’s LVT business from the ground up, has designs on growing LX Hausys’ market share in the U.S. We are going to be mid-market to high market in terms of our positioning, and do that through our design and performance characteristics. The SPC is unique in that it’s on a continuous range.

South Korea 98

South Korea Asia United States Georgia 98

Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2024

While its origin has expanded beyond China to include other areas of Asia and Europe, imports have reigned supreme for years. The factory continues to undergo improvements,” Richard Quinlan, senior VP sales and marketing, Wellmade, told FCNews. Rigid core flooring like SPC is traditionally an imported product.

China 111

China Products North America Asia 111

Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2024

economy.” Jeff Meadows president of residential sales Mohawk “Over the past few years, we have survived some pretty dramatic events—a global pandemic, a ransomware attack, our primary fiber source abusively exiting the market and 40-year-record-high inflation—so I am sleeping well these days. There’s also too much turmoil overseas.

Iran 98

Iran Panama Asia 98

Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2020

Last year saw companies actively rethinking their supply chain, either convincing their Chinese partners to relocate to Southeast Asia to avoid tariffs, or by opting out of sourcing from China altogether. The report found that manufacturing imports from China were the hardest hit. Three decades ago, U.S. billion in our U.S.

China 40

China Asia Report Georgia 40

Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2022

The second change is reflected in the Hardwood category, which is now divided into four sections by region of origin: domestic, Canada, Asia and Europe/South America. Finally, there is a “second best overall” competition where retailers write in their top supplier other than Shaw or Mohawk. Just pick one supplier in each category.

South America 98

South America Philadelphia Asia Survey 98

Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2022

The second change is reflected in the Hardwood category, which is now divided into four sections by region of origin: domestic, Canada, Asia and Europe/South America. Finally, there is a “second best overall” competition where retailers write in their top supplier other than Shaw or Mohawk. Just pick one supplier in each category.

South America 98

South America Philadelphia Asia Survey 98

Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It’s only a matter of time before the flooring industry is released from inflation’s grip and suppli­ers and their retail partners can take full advantage of strong housing fundamentals—including an aging housing stock in need of renovation and pent-up demand for new home sales. Precisely when that occurs is the $64,000 question.

Industry 59

Industry Flooring Sales Asia 59

Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

By Reginald Tucker— With the hardwood flooring category facing so much competition from alternative (and often less-expensive) categories designed to emulate real wood, one might assume that the upper-mid-range to higher end of the hardwood flooring might suffer. Paul Rezuke, vice president of U.S.

Portugal 97

Portugal Asia France Sales 97

Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

That resurgent popularity, observers say, is due in large measure to ongoing innovations in the form of more realistic visuals and textures, coupled with performance enhancements designed to improve laminates’ resistance to moisture incursion. Within the RevWood offering, for example, the Bellente line was a standout at the show.

Las Vegas 98

Las Vegas Asia Products Sales 98

Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

VP of residential sales, COREtec. But overall, we believe the sales of our main categories—Atroguard waterproof laminate, Firmfit SPC and Novocore Q acoustic engineered vinyl—will remain strong. For example, the slowdown in new and existing home sales versus the rise in multi-family segment. Steve Sieracki. Bill Anderson.

Asia 98

Asia Industry Products Sales 98

Ceramics of Italy

JULY 2, 2021

Laminam continues its Evolution by playing an increasingly leading role in the global market for architecture, interior design, furnishing and decor. The development of Laminam S.p.A.”, Over the last 10 years, thanks to our local partners, we have achieved significant results. The words of Laminam S.p.A.’s www.laminam.com.

Australia 52

Australia Italy Asia 52

Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Our sales that year were probably between $30 and $40 million.”. Today, Republic sells a little more than 300 SKUs, half of which is SPC at 60% of sales, with laminate about 25%-30% of sales and wood accounting for the remainder. We’re designing our own papers, we’re manufacturing, we’re exporting ourselves.

China 40

China Utah Phoenix System 40

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. Karla Wischmeyer, an interior designer at Verhey Carpets in Grand Rapids, Mich., But that’s not the only reason.

France 98

France Canada North America Standards 98

Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

People were increasingly going back to work, inflation and interest rates were going up, supply chains began to improve and ships coming from Asia and Europe got here faster. Consumer confidence is relatively low, and with inflation putting pressure on discretionary dollars, retail flooring sales could be a challenge. Jeff Meadows.

Asia 98

Asia Industry Ukraine Products 98

Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

We are styled with a designer in Southern California, but our coastal influence goes throughout the entire country. We do have commitments in multiple countries in Asia, so we’re able to not be single source with one country in Asia. Ideally, when you think about what we’re doing, it starts with design and style.

Asia 81

Asia California Products Sales 81

Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

That resurgent popularity, observers say, is due in large measure to ongoing innovations in the form of more realistic visuals and textures, coupled with performance enhancements designed to improve laminates’ resistance to moisture incursion. Within the RevWood offering, for example, the Bellente line was a standout at the show.

Las Vegas 66

Las Vegas Asia Products Sales 66

Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2022

Mohawk’s new Signature Technology, featured on select RevWood offerings, raises the stakes in design authenticity. From our point of view, laminate never left,” said David Sheehan, vice president, residential hard surface, Mannington, which continues to report double-digit sales increases in the category. is no fluke.

Industry 76

Industry Europe Asia China 76

Kitchens for Living

MAY 22, 2017

Kinks were resolved as the technology continued to advance in Europe and Asia. In fact, Ryan DeGraffenreid, Territory Sales Manager for Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean for Subzero-Wolf, ventures to say that when considering electric vs induction their clients are choosing induction most of the time!

Asia 125

Asia Research Kitchen Europe 125

Floor Covering News

MARCH 15, 2022

Pictured is a design based on Brazilian walnut. But while those attributes have helped the category maintain consistent sales volume of $1 billion-plus in the U.S. This is primarily to support surging sales of both its RevWood- and Pergo-branded product lines.

North America 75

North America Products Journal Report 75