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Retailers take the initiative on training

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In our industry the two biggest challenges are the ones that take the highest skill sets, which is carpet and ceramic tile,” explained Don Roberts, president/CEO. The retailer has held training sessions in two Alabama cities—a pair of two-day classes and a single one-day class—all focused on carpet. “In

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Waterproof: Domestic manufacturing update

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The waterproof label has transcended its rigid core roots and is now touted across a variety of flooring constructions—from SPC to tile and even hardwood and underlayment. Tile While it may be overlooked due to the enormity of the resilient flooring category, tile has long been touted as a waterproof building material.

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

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Shaw, for example, partnered with Nebraska Furniture Mart to launch the Anso Gallery. 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. Shoddy SPC For years, the meteoric rise of SPC flooring seemed unstoppable.

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NFA spring conference: Business is booming

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David Chambers, Nebraska Furniture Mart; and A.J. DeGraaf: We’re scheduling end of June and July for tile. Flick: We’re a week and a half to two weeks on everything but ceramic. With ceramic, because there’s just not a lot of ceramic installers anywhere, we could be nine weeks out. Wood, SPC, tile.