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Bella Flooring Group re-emerges anew

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Bella’s leadership has completely changed in the last year and a half, and we’re more focused on taking care of our partners first,” explained Paul Dominie, president of sales and marketing. Dominie said Bella Flooring Group sales team is currently in the field working with its partners to help implement the new price reduction.

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FCNews’ Annual Top 20 Flooring Distributors

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“The concern here is that there’s only so much capacity, not merely in terms of plant output but also with regard to logistics,” said Scott Rozmus, president and CEO of FlorStar Sales, Romeoville, Ill. Furthermore, it’s not as simple as deciding one will produce in Vietnam, Taiwan, etc., It was a complicated transition.”

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Stats 2023: Hardwood flooring cedes share

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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. last year to $2.41

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STATS: SPC segment continues to lead the charge

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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

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Wood: State of the Industry 2023

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Furthermore, we also make our own plywood in Cambodia. The Baltic birch plywood challenge put stress on everyone from an availability, cost and communication point of view,” said Brad Williams, vice president of sales and marketing, Mirage. market—domestic and otherwise—took adequate precautions. Additionally, the Commerce Dept.

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Tariffs on Chinese hardwood imports linger

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Given the fact that so much hardwood production has shifted to Southeast Asian countries—including Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam—one could argue that the impact of tariffs on engineered wood from China might be blunted in the grand scheme of things. over the next 12 months as it was the last 12 months.”.

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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

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laminate flooring market is currently undergoing a resurgence—and it’s also clear that products like Mohawk’s vaunted RevWood line is driving much of that sales activity. retail sales often experience a noticeable dip during election years, as consumers curtail discretionary spending. Mohawk There’s no doubt that the U.S.