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The Natural Stone Institute announces 2023 award recipients

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Building on this success, the Shahs decided to develop and grow MSI full-time, and moved the company to Southern California. By 2008, MSI was among the top importers of natural stone in the world, with materials from virtually every major stone sourcing country across the globe, including India, Brazil, China, Turkey, Italy, Spain and Mexico.

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Pelican Creations Home: People & product first

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By choosing the right spec, color and technology based on past and current consumer needs and flooring trends, retailers can be confident that our programs will translate into sales.”. After more than two years of rigorous research and testing across China and Europe—and a worldwide patent—the technology was unveiled at Surfaces 2022.

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Waterproof: Domestic manufacturing update

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Ward added that the new issues with port holds due to some issues in China underscores Mohawk’s commitment to domestic manufacturing. Our extensive product line will be made here, for here,” said Mike Ward, vice president of sales. Together those provide us with the most domestic capacity of any manufacturer in the U.S.” independence.”

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Supply chain: Disruptions ease, issues remain

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There remains a difference between product from China/Vietnam and rest of world. China/Vietnam has significantly improved but the rest of world remains difficult. As it relates to China/Vietnam, although availability and capacity have significantly improved, rates are still six times pre-pandemic rates.

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Fast & flexible: PDI touts strength

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“The good thing about us is we are small and can change things on the floor quickly,” said Adrian Van Raalten, vice president of sales and marketing for PDI, based in North Hollywood, Calif. “If What’s hot right now for PDI is its Poseidon laminate, a waterproof product it sources from China. We assume all the liability.

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Republic: Daring to be different

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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 started with laminate; we became the kings of laminate in California. 1,” Eylor said. “We

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35th Anniversary: 35 Women in Flooring

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She was—and continues to be—on the frontline of customer engagements, leveraging flooring industry knowledge with her sales skills. She has created and implemented training programs for independent flooring retailers, distributors, manufacturers and sales reps for the past 50 years, developing programs to help grow their businesses.