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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

Natural stone can be a hard product category for some retailers to get into. Not only does it require more knowledge on the part of the retail sales associate, but it also means successfully sharing that information with the consumer in a way that doesn’t turn them away from the category.

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Made in USA: Manufacturers ramp up domestic production

Floor Covering News

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. AHF Products, for example, has one of the most robust domestic production operations as any supplier in the industry. Daltile’s Dickson plant.

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Merkrete to introduce ProGrout Plus at Coverings 2023

Floor Covering News

ProGrout Plus is the latest step in our tile systems’ offering evolution,” said Merkrete director of sales, Todd Boos. “We We are excited to have once again delivered an innovative, new product that exceeds the expectations of our customers who demand a high-performance grout that provides bold, durable results without job site callbacks.

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TISE 2024: Resilient flooring focuses on innovation

Floor Covering News

I would probably say the market’s going to be, at best, flat, maybe even a little bit down,” said Dick Quinlan, VP of sales and marketing, Wellmade. I think it’s going to be a tough first half of the year,” noted Yon Hinkle, VP of product management, resilient, AHF Products. “We Units might be flat.

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March Madness: ACI’s Final Four Tile Matchups

Architectural Ceramics

But, for our Director of Product & Merchandising, Julie Taury, she gets fired up about one ceramic tile in particular: “My favorite ceramic is Euphoria from our Sonoma Tilemakers vendor, by far! AC’s Genesis Collection in the color Avio; image via architecturalceramics.com. There’s always next year.

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Ceramic: The pros and cons of natural stone

Floor Covering News

Not only is the product particularly unique, but it comes with a set of dos and don’ts consumers are often unaware of or afraid to deal with. To be successful with the category, retailers are tasked with educating themselves and the consumer on its pros and cons in order to facilitate a successful sale and installation. Sustainability.

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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

Floor Covering News

Las Vegas—While it has its challenges—low-end products creeping into retailer showrooms and U.S. 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. So, there’s a lot of pride behind the new products we’re putting out.”