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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

Retailers and product-based companies in many consumer categories are affected by the new tariffs and countervailing charges implemented on goods from China. Before 2019, the duty for tile imported from China was: 8.5% Now you know why China isn’t an ideal source of supply anymore for ceramic and porcelain tiles.

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Smith & Fong expands palmwood floor offering

Floor Covering News

San Francisco—Smith & Fong, a company specializing in sustainable interior finishes, has added six new colors to its award-winning Durapalm line of palmwood flooring. “We The new Durapalm flooring colors include: Reef—which expresses the tonal range of palm featuring sunburst patterns, deep notes and dynamic grain.

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New and notable at TISE 2023

Floor Covering News

Franken Schotter Booth 4920 Franken Schotter offers a wide range of top-quality natural stone products made in Germany. Each of its factories are equipped with the most modern stone cutting technology today. Tesserae offers a full suite of applications that were built from the ground up on a no-code platform.

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Decorator On Demand: Decorating For China

Decorator on Demand

Decorating For China. I recently got a long distance client, and in long distance I mean Bejing, China of all places. Labels: Bejing , China , corporate lobby , interior design. Decorating For China. #1 Walls of Stone. My client's foyer was definitely lacking some color, interest and well even some love.

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Experimenting with More Color

The Perfect Bath

It started with the launch of our new Architectonics palette (expanded to 123 colors) and has continued to the installation of more active and colorful stones. I also noticed that when writing my book, The Perfect Bath , there were a number of photo submissions with colorful wallpapers and paint. on average.

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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

Floor Covering News

The company made its foray into the eco-friendly field with its Stone + Wood line, a PVC-free hybrid touting waterproof capabilities and enhances scratch resistance. The Stone + Wood collection—my dad, [Michael Raskin, CEO], has been working on for two years, picking out the right colors and really fine-tuning it.

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Member Blogs-Sylvie Atanasio

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Sylvie recently traveled to Turkey for the CTDA Trade Mission as well as China. We bought a lot of stuff whether we got a good deal or we will never know, I think we need to stick to negotiating tile and stones prices…. CHINA: JULY 2015. She is a long-time CTDA member and serves on the Board of Directors. TURKEY: JUNE 2015.