Floor Covering News

JUNE 28, 2023

When the dust settled, Floor Covering News research found the resilient flooring category as a whole generated $9.522 billion in sales in 2022, a 13% increase over 2021’s $8.426 billion—much of that thanks to LVT. In terms of volume, the category accounted for 6.156 billion square feet (not including rubber) at the first point of sale, a 4.7%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

On one hand, sales eclipsed the $23 billion mark for the first time since 2006. FCNews’ exclusive research reveals total 2019 flooring sales topped out at $23.07 Note: These numbers are in wholesale dollars reflecting the first point of sale. On the other hand, the 0.4% billion and 19.07 billion square feet. What does that mean?

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2023

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. of all hard surface flooring products.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 8, 2015

Bellavita Tile, a leader in design and innovation for the North American tile industry, proudly announces status as the first manufacturer with production facilities in China to achieve Green Squared TM certification under ANSI standard A 138.1. Green Building Industry Insights Product Information' We are very proud.”.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

What’s more, much of the production of these waterproof products is happening right here in the U.S. As such, manufacturers have seized the opportunity to provide the powerhouse product category with the benefits of domestic production. One of the most invested suppliers in domestic manufacturing is AHF Products.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2020

More than 65% of LVP at Frazier’s Carpet One Floor & Home comes from outside China. And there’s a good reason why: Despite the reinstatement of 25% tariffs on all vinyl flooring made in China, dealers say the LVT category—led by rigid core/SPC— continues to dominate sales in 2020. By Ken Ryan. 24, 2018 to Aug. As the Aug.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2023

While there are still four months left before the calendar turns, category experts agree 2023 will likely see the first resilient sales decline for the category. The consensus among the major resilient flooring suppliers is that once the dust clears, 2023 will see resilient sales down mid-to-high single digits. “A

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. Ukraine is a major exporter of agricultural commodities such as wheat and corn, and the conflict has disrupted production and export capabilities.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 24, 2021

laminate flooring market that hadn’t occurred since 2015— the category actually grew in terms of both sales and volume. FCNews research pegged laminate flooring sales at the first point of distribution in the U.S. of total flooring sales and 5.6% By Reginald Tucker In 2020, something interesting happened in the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

And freight expenses once product reached these shores were through the roof. Back then it was about products like resilient tile and VCT. SPC/rigid core, the product known to consumers as water- proof, was responsible for a revival of many other segments. This compared to its overall sales of $151.2 in volume in 2017; 5.1%

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Floor Covering News

JULY 10, 2023

In fact, we’ve heard several manufacturers have returned a lot of what was being detained back to the vendors in Vietnam and China as the storage cost was mounting quickly—and in substantial amounts. The vendors themselves implore us to show those highlighted products that are still available.”

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2022

What is not unprecedented is the trailblazing resilient category, which continued its wild ride in 2021 with another year of major growth in both resilient flooring sales and volume—again led mostly by the red-hot rigid core subsegment of LVT. When taking total flooring sales into account, resilient flooring sales comprised 31.6%

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The successful trade remedy case against China, for dumping and subsidizing products, resulted in 562.52% to 689.5% FOB factory sales were $975.9 Italy remained the largest exporter to the US by value (CIF + duty) through 3Q 2020, comprising 32.3% of US imports, followed by Spain (23.1%) and Mexico (11.4%). Domestic shipments.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

Digital printing yields the most realistic representation of the product it seeks to emulate, whether that be hardwood or natural stone. The big advantage of digital printing is you can change your décor on the fly, but if your texturing cannot follow, you don’t have that huge advantage,” said Floris Koopmans, sales director, Unilin. “So

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

Jaeckle Distributors said it was informed by suppliers that product is being delayed by six to eight weeks. Furthermore, executives are predicting delays and product outages will get worse before any sense of normalcy returns. The coronavirus affects more than Chinese products,” he explained. Elk Grove Village, Ill.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2021

—There are a number of companies currently building facilities in the Southeast to manufacture rigid core flooring, but few are of the size and scope of Huali Floors—a family-owned business that was started by Huashou Yuan in Taizhou, China, back in 2002. manufactured Huali products rolling off the line in the second quarter of 2021.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

FCNews ’ third annual “Industry Disrupters” issue features innovative players and thinkers who are pushing the envelope in terms of product innovations, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Domestic Production. Below are this year’s Industry Disruptors. The mother of all disruptors .

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2022

Spain has supplanted China as the largest exporter of ceramic tile to the U.S. The Tile Council of North America (TCNA), a trade association representing manufacturers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials, tile equipment, raw materials and other tile-related products, has released its 2021 U.S. Ceramic Tile Market Update.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2024

Engineered Floors started 100% production of its new rigid core offering, PureGrain DLVT, at its Seretean Plant in Dalton in 2023. Rigid core flooring like SPC is traditionally an imported product. While its origin has expanded beyond China to include other areas of Asia and Europe, imports have reigned supreme for years.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

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%. increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The speed with which the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the flooring industry during the early spring wreaked havoc on distributors nationwide as they suddenly faced product shortages resulting from disruptions at manufacturing facilities and shutdowns at the retail level. Galleher still sources LVT from China, but less each year.).

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Floor Covering News

MAY 20, 2021

hardwood flooring market generated approximately $2.207 billion in sales, a 4% decrease from 2019 and a shade below the five-year low of $2.23 While hardwood still represents the third-largest hard surface category behind resilient and ceramic with respect to sales, the gap continues to widen. FCNews research shows the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Las Vegas—While it has its challenges—low-end products creeping into retailer showrooms and U.S. So, there’s a lot of pride behind the new products we’re putting out.” Pelican Creations Home, for example, has always been focused on better quality products. It might be dirt cheap, but you’ll be paying the price later.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 24, 2022

It would be an understatement to say that product delays have frustrated distributors like Elias Wilf, which partners with a small core of vendors who source both domestically and globally. “No It’s our job to keep the supply chains open for the retailer and product continuing to flow. relationship with China will go.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Over the past decade, the 48-year-old company got into the SPC game in a huge way, becoming the second-largest supplier of that product in the U.S. The company continues to grow through innovation, a diverse product assortment and holding true to its core tenet: “Making Dream Surfaces Attainable.” We’ve added new product lines.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to their son, Raj Shah, president, it’s in the company’s DNA to continuously find ways to engineer methodologies in logistics, product innovation and merchandising and marketing strategies to make flooring and countertops more affordable and accessible to the consumer without sacrificing manufacturer or retailer profitability.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 8, 2024

Ask flooring retailers whether American-made products matter to their customers and you’re likely going to get a wide range of answers—from affirmative to apathy. The consensus is that unless retailers point out country of origin during the sales process, most consumers have no idea where their flooring was made. Few will make [U.S.-made]

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Due to rising costs, suppliers are raising prices on some products. New York— FCNews has learned several flooring companies plan to raise prices on select resilient and soft surface flooring products in the coming months. minimum increase per square foot on resilient plank products and a $0.15 Shown is SPC from Republic Floor.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 4, 2022

For example, if we end up saying LVT is going to be manufactured in China, that’s an absolute mistake. When EF launched with solution-dyed poly, you told me this product was going to be the best value for the dollar in the industry. Best product out there for the money? Thoughts on Invista getting out of fiber production?

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Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2020

The product is made in Dalton. The report found that manufacturing imports from China were the hardest hit. Last year saw companies actively rethinking their supply chain, either convincing their Chinese partners to relocate to Southeast Asia to avoid tariffs, or by opting out of sourcing from China altogether. By Ken Ryan.

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Ceramics of Italy

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The collaboration between the two companies has seen Laminam products used in high-level architectural projects in both the private and public sectors, in the contract and hospitality industry and in the world of retail, with international luxury brands such as Toyota, Lexus, Shiseido and Tiffany all choosing Laminam. LtdPresident.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Cartersville plant was built in 2020 with equipment arriving from China in February 2021. By November, product was rolling off the lines for testing. Our product is harder—a 1.9-per-cubic-meter It’s also a closed cell material, so water can’t enter the product and it mills better. We knew we had a winner.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

AHF Products is launching Robbins Pro-Tekt, a new line of rigid core products. The new introduction addresses customer demand for a wood floor alternative with the quality and fine design associated with the Robbins brand, and like all Robbins products will be sold direct to retailers, the company said. “In Mountville, Pa.—AHF

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Carrollton, Texas— LM Flooring has announced its largest product launch in the brand’s 20-year history with four new collections as well as extensions to four of its most popular lines, totaling 55 new SKUs launching in the fall. Lauderhill: This entry price point product in a 3/8 x 6.5

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. Some of the roles include accounting, logistics, product development, marketing, HR, sales and operations. director of sales, O’Krent Floors. CEO, Johnson Hardwood.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 29, 2021

AHF Products has announced it will increase prices on select hardwood and vinyl flooring products in the U.S. “As a result, we find it necessary to increase prices on certain products.” ” Wood product increases average: 7%-13% on engineered hardwood products produced in the U.S. Mountville, Pa.—

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales growth persists despite stumbling blocks. FCNews research put the category at $5.433 billion in sales in 2019, an industry-leading 10.5% 9 when the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese-made resilient flooring products went back into full effect following a year of exemption for certain category subsegments. By Megan Salzano.

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