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Stats 2021: Price hikes, organic growth drive wood’s increases

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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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STATS: Wood finds silver lining amid challenges

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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

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Award of Excellence 2022 awards winners

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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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Exotics vie for their fare share of the hardwood pie

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Gleaned from regions as close as South America and as far afield as Southeast Asia, exotic hardwood floors are a world unto their own. In order to generate awareness, sales and specifications in the market, the category must be promoted accordingly.

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Vote now for the 2022 Award of Excellence

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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.

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Vote now for the 2022 Award of Excellence

Floor Covering News

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.

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Obstacles fail to derail wood’s surge

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Suppliers across the board—including domestic manufacturers, Canadian importers, Brazilian producers and even those who source from Asia—attested to the positive impact the novel coronavirus had on purchases and installations of hardwood flooring in 2020 and beyond. Both of those segments are off.”. We see wide-width demand in 3?4-inch