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STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

Floor Covering News

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. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. of dollar sales for the gradually increasing hard surface market and 24.6% Department of Commerce.

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A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic

Architectural Ceramics

Natural slate on a mountainside near Eltz Castle and the Mosel River in Rhineland, Germany. Brazil, for example is most known for it’s Brazilian Black slate. The cost is often a critique of natural slate. However, adding natural stone tile like slate adds value to any renovation. Designer Spaces.

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Exclusive: MSI sees opportunities amid challenges

Floor Covering News

Overall, sales growth was a bright spot. MSI, just like everyone, got over-inventoried because we assumed sales would continue to grow. We have come a long way from being just a natural stone company. Turkey, has a problem, Brazil. For many years, people thought LVT was just cannibalizing tile and stone.

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