Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

Flooring retailers, Strahil Chernev and Sharon Cherneva, traveled nearly 5,000 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, to attend the Alliance Flooring convention. Orlando—As Alliance Flooring celebrated its 25-year history here last week, it was hard not to focus on the group’s bright future. So, they opened their own store.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 3, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Originally scheduled to kick off on March 15, Daltile and Carpet Exchange of Denver officially launched the “Ready – Set – Room Refresh with RevoTile” training blitz and sales campaign. With RevoTile, genuine porcelain tile is now just as fast and easy to install as any floating floor on the market.”.

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Architectural Ceramics

JULY 14, 2017

While Encore Ceramics calls Oregon home, Architectural Ceramics is pleased to offer their product on the east coast. Check out Encore Ceramic’s 2017 Online Catalog to view the full product line or to learn more about their environmentally-friendly processes. Euphoria, is handmade by artisans in Colorado.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

While flooring is still largely ruled by well-established legends and pioneers, there’s a new generation in town. Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. CEO/president, Nonn’s Kitchen Bath & Flooring.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2020

Chicago—The North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) welcomed ProKeep as the newest addition to its roster of strategic partners that deliver exclusive benefits to its member firms. ProKeep is a new NAFCD Service Provider member and will be supporting the 2020 NAFCD Annual Convention this November in Colorado Springs.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Refined is a new PVC-free hard surface offering reminiscent of both rigid core and laminate flooring. The TruCor brand from The Dixie Group is solely focused on providing its retail partners with the best waterproof flooring in the market. I truly feel this mineral fiber core is it, and I’m very bullish on this.”

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

“This transaction is another example of the Mancini family investing for the long-term in the flooring distribution business,” said Paul Castagliuolo, president of Belknap-Haines. The company primarily sells private label product, which Belknap-Haines plans to grow, while adding other branded products to the STC portfolio.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Not only does the resilient flooring category continue to take market share from most other flooring categories , it is still reporting growth despite challenging times. As such, flooring dealers have had to stay educated on each subsegment’s features and benefits and where each will thrive once installed in the home.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2020

Amy Manley, divisional vice president of the Northwest, Shaw Floors. When it comes to women in flooring, Amy Manley stands out. She has risen through the (male-dominated) ranks since 2009, ultimately reaching the position of first female divisional vice president for Shaw Floors. FCNews : What drew you to the flooring industry?

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Moreover, with the STC purchase, Belknap-Haines’ 2022 sales are projected to be $700 million. . This transaction is another example of the Mancini family investing for the long term in the flooring distribution business,” said Paul Castagliuolo, president of Belknap-Haines, Mansfield, Mass. . The acquisition, which closed Oct.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2022

Dalton—Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership, the world’s largest network of full-service independent flooring contractors, has selected Taylor Adhesives as its newest preferred vendor, beginning April 1. Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership has over 390 locations across the U.S. and Canada.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Carpet Exchange, a flooring store with 17 locations across Colorado and Wyoming, has been named the 2023 Edge Retailer of the Year by Mohawk. The company has demonstrated its business savvy in embracing innovation, leveraging Mohawk’s best-in-class products, while remaining the top dealer in its market since 1987.”. Calhoun, Ga.—Carpet

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. This year has been steady; we are seeing average ticket sales up but the number of jobs sold down. This year has been steady; we are seeing average ticket sales up but the number of jobs sold down.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

W ith the industry’s top-tier distributors (Belknap-Haines, Tri-West and Galleher) growing organically and through acquisition—gobbling up regions and states in the process—could the stage be set for the emergence of a bonafide national flooring distributor? Flooring historians will recall that former heavyweights L.D. Tri-West Ltd.,

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

When I was 5, he opened a small floor covering store in Manchester. So my first exposure to flooring began at a young age. It was out of that group that Bill DiPaolo, who was the executive vice president of the National Home Furnishings Association, said, “There’s no major national association [for flooring].”

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2021

California-based Republic Floor , manufacturer of a host of resilient, hardwood and laminate flooring products, continues to expand both its product portfolio and geographical reach through acquisitions. Hughes Western has been a Republic Floor distributor for the past three years,” said Rotem Eylor, CEO of Republic. “It

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

B ehind every successful floor covering manufacturer is a network of retailers and distributors that support that supplier by either moving their products efficiently through the supply chain or by actively and enthusiastically promoting and merchandising those products to the consumer or end user. Their products are first rate.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Following what for many was a record 2021 , flooring distributors weren’t certain what to expect in 2022 given inflationary pressures, interest rate hikes and recessionary fears. As it unfolded, the majority of FCNews ’ Top 20 distributors are forecasting sales increases for 2022, including a few with double-digit jumps. .

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2020

As Georgia became one of the first states to relax restrictions amid the still ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the state’s largest flooring companies say they were not influenced by Gov. Mohawk said it is “100% in business” with products in stock and trucks, with deliveries flowing nationwide. “As Brian Kemp’s decision. Retailers adapt.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether you work in retail, auto sales or a B2B business you’ll have far more success if you’re familiar with the characteristics of your target buyer and thoroughly qualify each prospect against that matrix. And regardless of what industry you’re in or what type of organizations you sell into, a few sales axioms hold.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The spirit of ‘we’re all in this together’ was reflected in this year’s Floor Covering News Retailers of the Year issue. In choosing their top retailer partners, suppliers looked beyond sales volume to other key attributes such as communication skills, trust, company culture and even benevolence as differentiating factors.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2023

The fundamental element that made it compelling was an over-the-top depiction of how much our SmartStrand product can take and still perform.” There is a new audience today vs. 2016 that’s purchasing products for their homes,” Widdifield noted. “We This includes causal elements and sustainability, not just product itself.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Mohawk said it recognized the need for retailers to see new products for the spring selling season against a backdrop where most other shows had been canceled or postponed. The main difference is that in previous Dallas markets a retailer might bring six or seven people,” said Trey Thames, senior vice president, residential sales, Mohawk.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Chicago—The North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) has launched its 2020 programs and member offerings in support of its strategic plan. NAFCD’s Annual Convention has developed into the premier event for connecting decision-makers within the flooring distribution channel.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Such was the case with the North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD), which held its annual virtual conference in conjunction with the National Building Materials Distributors Association (NBMDA). The NAFCD/NBMDA Virtual Xperience kicked off in earnest on Nov.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

To get an idea of how siblings can work seamlessly together to successfully operate a family-owned business, FCNews rounded up Christina Smith and Palmer Johnson of Johnson Floor and Home; Kelli Kadlec and Ethan Strauch of Floor Craft; and Dean and Deb DeGraaf, co-owners of DeGraaf Interiors. I would say we still do that to this day.”

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 15, 2022

Two years later, COD was held here without that uncertainty as the company’s top sales associates from 2020 and 2021 were acknowledged. It’s not about product; it’s about a feeling. I get calls all the time from dealers asking about products that aren’t even mine. People are paying high dollars for our product.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 6, 2024

—Bostik’s XL Brands products, a leading brand of flooring adhesive solutions, is now available forpurchase through Intermountain Wood Flooring. Entering this new distribution partnership with Intermountain Wood Flooring reinforces the Bostik, Inc. message to customers: Stick with the brand you know and trust. “It

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Lions Floor has taken another big step toward building its national supply chain infrastructure with the recent grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art distribution center in Houston. In addition to flooring products, we have moldings, transitions and moisture barriers. Lions Floor is not one of those companies.

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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. This year’s Floor Covering News “Industry Disrupters” 2024 issue features all manner of players that are—or are poised to—shake things up.

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