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Exclusive: MSI sees opportunities amid challenges

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Raj Shah, MSI co-CEO M S International, more commonly known as MSI, started making headlines about 15 years ago as an affordable source of ceramic tile and stone. We were buying both ceramic tile and pavers from Ukraine. The indirect impacts are the costs and availability of natural gas. So that has caused some obstacles.

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MSI’s Shah outlines his strategy for success

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We’re in all hard surfaces, we’re in countertops, whether it’s natural stone or quartz, and have leading market share in both of those. How does sourcing from countries beyond China and Vietnam benefit the retailer? We saw anti-dumping on quartz, we saw anti-dumping on ceramic tile. I would say first, that we exist.

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STATS: SPC segment continues to lead the charge

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When compared to ceramic tile, hardwood, laminate and other hard surface materials, resilient accounted for 50.6% Visual designs throughout the LVT category continue to improve and rival the look of real hardwood as well as tile and natural stone, all at lower prices than the real thing. increase from 4.564 billion in 2019.