Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

T he intense level of competition in the waterproof flooring segment —particularly the LVP/SPC/rigid core category—has resulted in aggressive pricing strategies to build market share. Lutea offers a wealth of design options and serene colors in wide planks to create a foundation for a luxuriously well-styled home.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

Flooring retailers, including those looking to gain back lost dollars from the growing popularity of vinyl products, would do well to turn to tile and stone, which offers high dollar sales and high margins, according to suppliers at The International Surface Event (TISE) held in Las Vegas earlier this year. Las Vegas—With the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

.— Coverings 2023, the tile industry’s premier North American trade show, took place here last month, April 18-21, to resounding industry excitement and palpable energy across the show floor. Heinold agreed it wasn’t just about the numbers but the vibrant energy being felt throughout the show floor. “As We’re thrilled with the turnout.”

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Decocer’s ceramic library offers a wide range of options in terms of color, finish, shape, format and design. However, according to Verónica Obrero, general sales manager, the company has made a “great investment in capacity” to increase sales in the US. In five years’ time, company executives intend to grow the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

These awards honor groundbreaking ideas and industry-changing concepts that have the potential to impact the way flooring is manufactured, promoted and sold. Premier Flooring Center. For retail sales associates, PFC is intended to be the easiest way to sell flooring—with confidence and simplicity. The Dixie Group.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Daltile’s Shop by Look wall features palette boards with QR codes to help guide consumers through the sale. Dal-Tile, for example, revamped its show strategy and provided not only a way for dealers to find new products but a way for those dealers to experience the shopping journey as their consumer does.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

Lux Flooring’s SPC products feature a 22-mil thickness and a virgin stone core for added durability. W hile some flooring companies aim to be many different things to many different retailers—providing a breadth of product categories from wood to resilient to ceramic—Lux Flooring’s focus is singular: SPC luxury vinyl flooring.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

With two decades of experience in design and marketing luxury products, Zurfluh will enhance Emser’s strategy and broaden its position in product development and trend forecasting, the company said. Zurfluh has spent the majority of her career in the floor covering industry focusing on both the residential and commercial segments.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The category remains the leader in flooring when it comes to growth—SPC the reigning powerhouse. So, the outlook of those exhibiting resilient flooring at TISE 2023 provided a glimpse into what the industry could expect for the coming year. Luckily for flooring, that outlook was bright. “We It really creates a dynamic story.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

FCNews spoke with several dealers across the country who have diversified product offerings to gauge the strategies that work best for them. Al Capaul, owner, Capaul Floors and Cabinets, Mauston, Wis. Product offerings: Flooring, window treatments, cabinets, countertops. Product offerings: Flooring, window treatments.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It’s been great; we’ve been swamped,” said Kathy Green, director of brand strategy and communications at Emser. “We The company also continued to highlight its “Shop By Look” wall, which features QR codes to help guide consumers through the sale. Color, for example, was at the forefront. I didn’t want people standing around.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Alliance Flooring has named Robbie Spurr vice president sales working out of the Alpharetta, Ga., Spurr will lead and develop the company’s sales strategy, enhancing and building on prior successes. We wanted a proven sales leader committed to success. Chattanooga, Tenn.—Alliance

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It’s no surprise as the ceramic category is the most visually dynamic and tried-and-tested flooring material available—in addition to being one of only two truly aspirational flooring categories in the industry. Not offering solutions for exterior spaces could mean the loss of sale for interiors,” she explained. told FCNews.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Wood products from Allstate Flooring undergo a special process to create unique visual appeal. Most flooring distributors carry a litany of manufacturer brands, but over the past 15 years more and more are distributing their own private-label collections to offer some differentiation to their customers. JetCore is not your typical LVP.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

By Megan Salzano Las Vegas—While the show floor at the 2021 edition of the International Surface Event (TISE) may not have been as chock-full of flooring suppliers as we’re used to, there certainly was no lack of innovation in the space. Following are four trends in resilient flooring that stood out. Rigid core reigns.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Customs detentions significantly impacting supply chains, to name a few—the resilient flooring category continues to offer consumers the styles and durability they need, causing demand to continue to exceed expectations. It’s way busier than last year,” said Jesse Woodrow, chief operating officer, Lux Flooring. More people are here.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

Cali Floors. Cali Floors has proven to be a trusted partner for retailers in the face of hardship. It’s this disruptive strategy that has helped put Cali on the 2022 Industry Disruptors list. Engineered Floors. Fast growing flooring brand keeps pedal to the metal. Disrupting through distribution.

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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. Jason O’Krent.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 11, 2024

Las Vegas— Flooring software technology has made leaps and bounds in recent years, with many firms touting advancements meant to support the flooring retailer and distributor in the successful operation of their businesses. Leave a review’ or ‘Just want to see how things are going.’”

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 7, 2021

By Megan Salzano While the challenges of 2020 hit us all pretty hard, the final months gave the industry an unexpected boom in business that flooring dealers are still enjoying today. They are fantastic partners,” said David Chambers, director of flooring, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Omaha. It’s not just tile.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

In fact, many successful flooring retailers know when to turn away business, even telling potential customers that they might be better served going elsewhere. What can I do to help you narrow down your selections?’” —TRAVIS CARLSON, Carlson’s Flooring America, Fort Myers, Fla. Have you installed any new flooring in your showroom?

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

The show itself, while slightly lagging behind in attendance compared to pre-pandemic years, was awash with flooring suppliers, dealers, distributors, designers and architects who were excited to get back to business and meet their partners and peers face-to-face to build business in 2022. “The And we’re happy to facilitate that.”.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Numerous exhibition spaces and private showrooms touted new flooring lines based around collaboration from both a design and narrative perspective. Ian Burt, director of sales and marketing at Aquafil USA, agreed the show kicked off to a roaring start. We see a lot of color, more warm colors, too—not cool grays as much.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

By Steven Feldman—Dallas—Shaw Industries heads into 2022 with a series of targeted introductions designed to line retailers’ pockets across its three signature brands: Shaw Floors , COREtec and Anderson Tuftex. Shaw is maintaining its 2021 strategy of phased introductions to ensure it can offer the hallmark service on which it prides itself.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

O’Krent Floors employs a receptionist to greet arriving customers and keep them occupied in the event a salesperson is not immediately available. ” Eckard also added that if customers are not ready to be helped, keeping your sales staff visible gives them the chance to ask questions when they are ready.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

The list virtually covers the flooring eco-system—with manufacturing, technology, distribution and installation all represented this year, along with an outlier. No matter their company affiliation or title, many of the honorees share at least one thing in common: They are having an impact on the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 14, 2022

R esidential carpet sales grew an impressive 17.2% Consumers crave premium style and design in a quality product they can invest in and live on for years to come,” said Natalie Cady, director of premium brands residential channel strategy for Shaw Floors. in Q1 2022. High-end carpet fits the bill.”. Home values rising.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

By Steven Feldman Miami—If you think you know hardwood flooring manufacturer Indusparquet, you probably don’t. But much has changed over the past few years—changes that create significant profit dollar opportunities for flooring retailers. It seemed like exotics became one of the largest hardwood flooring categories overnight.

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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. The Reserve and The Glenn offer the same colors and proprietary reactive staining techniques.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

“The shows that have staged in the first quarter that are in the construction and building industry have had a real excitement and energy about them,” Jennifer Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies, the event planning company for Coverings, told FCNews. So, we are very positive and optimistic about the 2022 show.”.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Despite the intense competition from alternative hard surfaces, wood flooring still ranks high among the most aspirational flooring products on the market today. Among the key findings: Fifty-two percent of homeowners said they have wood floors in their homes, compared to 75% who say they have carpeting and 58% who said they have tile.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2023

Megan Salzano-Birch, senior editor/digital director at Floor Covering News , recently sat down with Pesce to discuss what he’s bringing to the table and his short- and long-term goals for the future of the company. The post New Panariagroup USA CEO shares plans for growth appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Across all flooring categories suppliers are ramping up their domestic production to meet the needs of their customer base and consumers across the country. One hundred percent of our solid wood flooring has been—and still is—made right here in the U.S. quarry tile); Sunnyvale, Texas (floor tile); Muskogee, Okla.,

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Las Vegas—Six manufacturers were voted top of their class in the 2022 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest cosponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). The winners, announced on the show floor, are as follows: Innovation: AHF Products. Innovation.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

From the abundance of news products, tools and merchandisers on the show floor—to the bevy of educational sessions in the meeting rooms—there were more than enough enticements to get retailers to make the trip. “We The show floor was busy all three days of the event. Mohawk unveiled its ‘reimagined’ space at the show.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By Reginald Tucker—“Offering great products that translate at the point of sale in the right way so RSAs can understand what we’re trying to drive home to the consumer.” Exclusive to Mannington, it will be available on select Adura Max and Adura Rigid resilient floors to make them better resemble real hardwood.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2021

Armstrong Flooring is boldly walking into the future with a revitalized brand, an optimized collection of flooring products and adaptive solutions for its customers. The company continues to evolve as a leading global manufacturer of flooring products and one of the industry’s most trusted and celebrated brands. Floors for all.

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