Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

. “Novalis is continually innovating to provide customers with the highest-quality products in luxury vinyl flooring and a key focus area is on the product’s sustainable attributes—from raw material extraction to end-of-life expectations,” said Jay Thomas, executive director, VSC.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

But back then it was less expensive products like VCT, vinyl sheet, resilient tile and less expensive carpet. About 90% of the product comes from Asia, thus making it the segment most impacted by supply chain disruptions. Home Depot reported flooring sales of $9.225 billion, up 13.1%, or $1.05 billion, up 11.4%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2022

In addition to Best Overall (over-$5 billion category), Mohawk’s Aladdin brand won for Main Street Commercial, and perennial tile winner Daltile claimed Group A for ceramic. Winning Best Overall in the Award of Excellence is an achievement we don’t take lightly,” said Jeff Meadows president of residential sales for Mohawk.

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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.”

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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.

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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. in 2019 to 4.9%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 8, 2023

In addition to Best Overall (over $5 billion category), Mohawk’s Aladdin brand won for Main Street Commercial and perennial tile winner Daltile, a Mohawk brand, claimed Group A for tile. We compete against the best in the industry,” said Jeff Meadows, Mohawk’s president of residential sales. “So, All were repeat winners.

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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. FlinTile even enables the installation of different panel formats such as square tiles and the combination of different formats.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The flooring industry has felt the pressure as shipping container shortages, not just from China but most of Asia, have caused an ongoing freight crisis and rising prices for importers and their customers. Flooring suppliers told FCNews they have seen as much as 400% increases in shipping container prices over the last six months. “The

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

“From the standing-room -only educational programming to the thousands of innovative product launches, events and activations, this year’s edition underscored that NeoCon is a powerful platform and community hub that is essential to the industry’s ecosystem,” Morton told Floor Covering News. Monday] was an awesome day.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2020

The product is made in Dalton. 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. By Ken Ryan. Mohawk’s SolidTech is a vinyl plank hybrid featuring waterproof core construction.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Ceramic tile, which has been faced with ongoing challenges for several years now, was no exception. 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. of total industry dollars in 2020 and 12.7%

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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. On the other hand, the 0.4% billion and 19.07 billion square feet. What does that mean?

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2023

After turning in a stellar performance in 2021 with growth rates in both sales and volume landing in the high double-digits, the U.S. Industry observers attribute the disparity in sales to volume activity primarily to higher material and production costs in the face of slower sales. of all hard surface flooring products.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

FCNews ’ third annual “Industry Disrupters” issue features innovative players and thinkers who are pushing the envelope in terms of product innovations, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Domestic Production. Below are this year’s Industry Disruptors. The mother of all disruptors .

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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%. increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 12, 2021

Thicker, beefier laminate products are offering retailers higher margin opportunities. Fast forward to 2021 and the laminate flooring category finds itself in a position that requires fortitude and strength of a different sort, as it seeks to reassert itself among other durable hard surface products such as LVT, SPC and rigid core hybrids.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Kyle Gorny: Well, insofar as LVT, we’re buying a lot of made-in-America products so it’s a lot easier for us to get. Derek Brooks: We buy a lot of product from Europe—probably equal to Asia. So the raw material impacts on both sides, whether it be Asian products or European products, are softening because capacity is opening up.

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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. Next we had All Tile selling to Crown; The latest of many distributor deals that were going down. Most suppliers continued to sell more.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2021

Jay has been with Mannington for 29 years, all of them in sales. As seasoned professionals, they were able to strategically plan the production of the 2021 Flooring Markets with safety top of mind after watching similar-sized and larger events convene safely with no outbreaks reported. Products need to be touched and seen in person.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2021

Jay has been with Mannington for 29 years, all of them in sales. As seasoned professionals, they were able to strategically plan the production of the 2021 Flooring Markets with safety top of mind after watching similar-sized and larger events convene safely with no outbreaks reported. Products need to be touched and seen in person.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2022

After experiencing declines in both sales and square footage in 2019 and 2020, the U.S. FCNews research shows wood flooring sales at the first point of sale in 2021 totaled a record $2.67 Hardwood’s performance in 2021 helped the category increase its share of total floor covering sales, albeit slightly, to 10%.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

Pictured is Daltile’s Vertuo, a mix and match collection of porcelain tile featuring two different nature-inspired looks. 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. Plus, the designs are more attractive.”.

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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. Ukraine is a major exporter of agricultural commodities such as wheat and corn, and the conflict has disrupted production and export capabilities.

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