Floor Covering News

JANUARY 4, 2024

The new custom-designed booth will highlight the company’s 15 leading flooring brands, spanning all hard surface categories, including hardwood, resilient, TimberTru (laminate) as well as porcelain and ceramic tile and accessories. Like AHF, their fun, informative and inspirational series is entering its 5th season.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This year’s enthusiasm inspires a positive outlook for business in 2024.” We’ve been putting a strong focus on the laminate flooring category for many years now, and we’re one of the largest suppliers right now in California for waterproof laminate,” said Isaac Lee, marketing director, Eternity.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2022

—Mohawk and Engineered Floors were the big winners in FCNews ’ Award of Excellence 2022 competition, with Mohawk winning Best Overall in the over-$5 billion category and Engineered Floors taking honors in the under-$5 billion category. In the mega over-$5 billion category, Mohawk edged Shaw. You inspire us to do better.”.

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JUNE 12, 2023

During this year’s annual Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards, special recognition in the International category was awarded to Casa MYM designed by Estudio Número 26 and Pastor y González Arquitectos. The environment of the property is filled with versatile building materials.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In the Area Rugs category, Mohawk Group earned a Gold Award for Rheo Morph. The Patcraft brand earned Silver for its Inspired Connection line. The Gold Award in the Modular Carpet category went to Shaw Contract in recognition of its Collective Collection, while Patcraft earned the Silver Award for Spatial Palette.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While it may not be at the same breakneck speeds, the category is poised for growth due to continued innovation within the category. Dick Quinlan senior VP sales and marketing, Wellmade What is your projection for the category in 2024? As a result, we’re projecting the resilient category to be flat or slightly up for 2024.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Retailers sing show’s praises As the flooring industry’s signature event, Surfaces represents absolutely the best place to see current products from all categories and almost all major vendors in one place. Resilient The resilient category had a lot to live up to coming into Surfaces 2023. “The future looks good,” he said.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 2, 2023

The category also requires savvy retail store owners and RSAs who aren’t afraid of a challenge. For those who can tackle the category at the retail level, benefits abound—higher profit margins and ticket sales as well as forging a reputation for style and design, to name a few.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

The category was up less than 1% in dollars but down 9.1% This category experienced more price hikes than any other due in large part to freight increases. Ceramic is more import-driven than other hard surface categories and is the heaviest of all flooring products on a square-foot basis. This category now represents 23.1%

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Granada Tile

APRIL 20, 2020

The spirit of resilience and creativity of people all around us has been awe inspiring. And finally, if you are looking for something different, creative and enjoyable to do, go to our Echo Collection , click on the category of choice, find a tile you like, then click customize and start playing!

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MAY 31, 2021

Take Inspiration From Unique Designs. If you’re looking to remodel or reface space in your home, the first step is to look for inspiration. We have categories from Get Inspired , Choosing Cement Tile , Get the Look that can help spark your next project.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Mohawk earned accolades from judges in two categories—sustainability/disruption (Color Wall) and technology (Omnify+)—as well as best booth design. The SmartStrand Color Wall is designed to inspire consumers to easily shop and confidently select a color and comfort level for their home.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

“It’s a testament to our commitment to innovation to have three award-winning products in three different product categories. Category — Healthcare: Flooring. Category — Hard-Surface Flooring: Vinyl/LVT. Category — Flooring: Workplace, Hard Surface. MedinPure PVC-Free Sheet. Rest and Refuge Rigid Core.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Las Vegas—The tile and stone category is not immune to the effects of encroaching vinyl flooring products and is perhaps the hardest hit by current labor woes; however, these obstacles have not stopped it from being one of only two aspirational categories in the industry. Decoratives.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

The segment posted astronomical gains year over year, beating out every other flooring category in terms of growth and stole share from carpet, hardwood, ceramic and laminate. For one, it pushed many SPC suppliers to elevate their game and introduce highly stylized and performance-laden product lines that have since elevated the category.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2023

I think our products are on trend, and we’re spending time inspiring the end consumer. Hopefully that pulls through for our retailers as we help inspire with all the different tools we employ from marketing to technology to social media, all of these tools that paint the dream. During the pandemic you didn’t have to inspire.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2024

In fact, it’s these attributes that have given the category the upper hand over many of its hard surface counterparts. We feel we have hit the on-trend visuals and color styles that today’s customers are asking for in our wood lines but in a laminate category,” Shaoulpour said.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 27, 2023

T he tile category is awash with benefits to the end consumer. The display is designed to help RSAs who are new the tile category as well as sales veterans. The post New merchandising concepts elevate tile category appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 20, 2024

Las Vegas—Daltile’s new Calligo collection has been selected by a panel of industry experts as a Best of KBIS Awards Finalist in the “Wellness Trailblazer” category. The ultimate winner in this category will be announced by the judges at the upcoming Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) 2024 being held here in February.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

have received the prestigious Living Product Challenge Petal Certification with 14 of 20 imperatives achieved in the seven categories. 2/2 for meeting requirements that included beauty and spirit, inspiration and education and positive hand printing. Crossville, Tenn.—Three Three tile collections from Crossville Inc., and Color Blox 2.0

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The recent boom in the housing market is a boon to the natural stone category. The flooring industry in general, and the natural stone category in particular, is starting to reap the benefits of such activities. This has brought additional focus to the category in recent months. By Megan Salzano.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Digital printing may just now be making its way into the manufacturing process of some flooring categories, but for ceramic it has been changing the game for more than a decade. Florim USA’s EcoStone pays homage to the timeless beauty of travertine with two distinctive surface finishes inspired by different cutting techniques.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Category bends, but doesn’t break, under pressure. Facing an unprecedented year of tumult, ceramic tile has continued its downward trend in 2020 following the category’s 2019 decline—its first loss in a decade. and numerous factors such as housing starts and mortgage rates have had a positive impact on the category’s outlook.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 8, 2023

—In a repeat performance, Mohawk and Engineered Floors were the big winners in Floor Covering News ’ 27 th annual Award of Excellence competition , with Mohawk winning Best Overall in the over $5 billion category and Engineered Floors taking honors in the under $5 billion category.

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Architectural Ceramics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

With over 750 manufacturers, and attended by 8,000+ designers, architects, owners, developers and specifiers, the two inspiring days each November are nothing less than exciting and drool-worthy. Wall coverings inspired by life, with tropical elements and textures, and some with a little fun added for spice. Collages of materials.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The innovative product was selected as a winner for Metropolis ‘s 2022 Planet Positive Awards for the category of Surfaces, Tiles, Materials. “We hope to be an inspiration to the tile and other industries, for conscious and positive impact on our planet and environment.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 25, 2021

By Ken Ryan W hile carpet isn’t ready to replace hardwood flooring for its aspirational appeal or supplant LVT as the fastest growing segment , the soft surface category is writing its own headlines lately with bold patterns and creative designs – tapping carpet trends and fueling a resurgence. If you can imagine it, it can be created.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Ceramic tile is by far one of the most design savvy, alluring categories in the industry. Because tile is such a permanent material, being able to touch and feel, get inspired and understand the final project right before your eyes means consumers are more likely to buy because they feel confident in their decision.”. By Megan Salzano.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2022

ceramic tile category saw high single-digit growth in 2021 compared to 2020. That $3.077 billion is a record amount for the category, and the 2.477 billion square feet is the second highest total since 2006 when housing sales and new construction were through the roof. Hearkening back to the success of its heyday, the overall U.S.

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Granada Tile

MARCH 14, 2023

If you’re looking for inspiration, Granada Tile Company offers a variety of handmade artisan tiles perfect for commercial designs. From restaurants to spas and coffee shops, tiles always add an extra layer of charm and character to any commercial space.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2023

The Lost Palms carpet tile collection features nine styles that offer stone-inspired visuals, sizeable scale, and large graphic patterns. Lost Palms celebrates biophilic design, with visuals that evoke everything from metamorphic rock formations to the distinctive Joshua tree.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2023

The Lost Palms carpet tile collection features nine styles that offer stone-inspired visuals, sizeable scale, and large graphic patterns. Lost Palms celebrates biophilic design, with visuals that evoke everything from metamorphic rock formations to the distinctive Joshua tree.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 13, 2023

In anticipation of the big show, flooring suppliers are readying new launches that span all product categories—and even new iterations of old product categories, like waterproof laminate, hybrid hardwood and various permeations of SPC. What’s more, Ocean Views includes an exclusive ocean-inspired designs by Envision.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The process of updating the grout palette was an exciting undertaking,” said Kim Snyder, product category manager of tile and stone installation systems. Each of the palettes draws inspiration from North America’s native landscapes and natural features, the company said.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

NeoCon is the epicenter of commercial interior design—a hub where people, products and programming converge to inspire innovation,” said Nubia Henderson, NeoCon’s director of programming. Online CEU sessions will be pre-recorded and streamed on the NeoCon Learning Hub.

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Architectural Ceramics

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

From her NY Times best-selling books, to her overnight hit show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo on Netflix, the KonMari method teaches us to focus on organizing by way of categories and to strive for a cleaner home filled with items that spark joy. A back-printed glass field tile from AC’s Batik Collection , with an Indonesian inspiration.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

By Megan Salzano T he year 2020 was a year unlike any other in recent memory and had lasting impacts on every category within the industry both residentially and commercially. In the grand scheme of things, the category still held strong as the third-largest sector in flooring, representing 12.4% Total housing starts for 2020 were 1.38

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