Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

With the bevy of products from which to choose today, consumers can sometimes seem overwhelmed with options. To combat this challenge, retailers say it’s important to not only present a clean, uncluttered environment that’s conducive to browsing, but to also arrange products in a fashion that facilitates easier decision making.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 9, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Daltile has launched its new Elevated Elements program that offers commercial professionals on-trend tile designs in versatile neutrals designed for the aesthetic and durability needs of commercial spaces. These colors, sizes and shapes reflect the level of sophisticated design needed in today’s commercial arena.”.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2021

When the dust cleared and all the numbers were counted, total industry sales fell just short of 2019’s numbers at $22.951 billion, a decline of 0.5%. FCNews ’ exclusive research reveals total 2020 flooring sales topped out at $22.951 billion and 18.969 billion square feet. This comes on the heels of 4.6% in volume in 2017; 5.1%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Mohawk earned accolades from judges in two categories—sustainability/disruption (Color Wall) and technology (Omnify+)—as well as best booth design. Now in its 12th year, the awards program has become the benchmark for new product excellence and booth design at the industry’s premier trade show.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Dallas, Texas—This Friday is National Tile Day 2024 and Daltile , the largest designer and manufacturer of tile in North America, wants to kick-off the celebration by highlighting the myriad of attributes that make tile an outstanding component of residential and commercial design, construction and remodeling.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 5, 2019

If these tiles don’t win you over, you’re sure to find your personal favorite by using our website filter: Wood-Look Porcelain Products. AC’s Century Wood Collection, shown in the Tangram pattern and Tinto color. AC’s Enigma Legno Collection, featuring the plank field in the color Rovere. Century Wood.

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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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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

To that point, FCNews reached out to several dealers across the country that heavily merchandise the luxury vinyl category and its three main iterations— LVT, SPC and WPC —to share their best sales strategies. That’s where our great sales associates step in and guide them through the options. Lupe Brookhart. Anaheim, Calif. “We

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Kicking off on March 15, Daltile and Carpet Exchange of Denver will jointly execute the “Ready – Set – Room Refresh with RevoTile” promotional campaign. Innovative RevoTile is unique; there is nothing like it on the market,” said Tony Wright, director of dealer sales, Dal-Tile Corporation. Increasing retailers’ sales.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

And would enough new product make it through supply chain bottlenecks, cost challenges and general pandemic-related issues to provide a positive outcome for dealers? When it comes to the resilient category in particular, it was clear it’s no longer about getting products to market first in an effort to be seen in a crowded category.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Daltile added a new color to its popular Unity porcelain tile collection. The addition of the new color “Taupe” rounds out the Unity collection to now offer three warm and three cool colors.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 1, 2023

Moderating colors, shades Many of the offerings across the Fabrica Wood brand are trending lighter—in keeping with today’s consumer tastes. Designers and manufacturing executives alike are witnessing a dramatic shift in the color palette for hardwood. “The People want to see warmer colors.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Our sales staff is happier, make more money [and do not work] nights or Sundays.” – Lou Morano. After COVID-19, we reduced our sales staff to a skeleton crew for a short period, closed at night and Sunday,” said Lou Morano, president. “As As we got busier, we started to take back more sales staff.”. on Saturday. “We

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Carrollton, Texas—LM Flooring said it is aggressively rebuilding its hardwood flooring portfolio and introducing new and innovative products. The new LM Flooring collections are designed to bring value to channel partners under the leadership of AHF Products, which announced the acquisition of LM Flooring last spring.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Despite maintaining extensive product selections, logistics hubs and customer service centers, Amazon and Wayfair appear to be flying under the radar in the residential flooring business. We are fortunate that in our market, people want to see product and touch it.” Oftentimes it happens right under their very noses. “The

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2021

The new year is moving right along, and with it has come new innovations and product lines from top brands across flooring categories. When looking for new rigid core flooring lines to onboard or turning to a proven collection to make the sale, flooring retailers seek out specific qualifications in both the product and supplier.

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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

MAY 15, 2023

We want customers to love the style and design of the products. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada MERCHANDISING Show more with less “At Westvalley Carpet & Flooring, we have made a practice of focusing on the quality brands and products that consumers are looking for. And then we will discuss price and performance.” It’s pretty simple.”

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Tile Redi® wins new product award. Tile Redi®, world-leading manufacturer and marketer of pre-formed, one-piece shower pans and related accessories, received the award for “Surfaces 2013 Best New Product” sponsored by Floor Tends and Tile magazines. The product is offered in 40 popular models. Mike Ward, U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Indeed, the NFA showcase is mutually beneficial for both parties as vendors look to create or expand their business while NFA retailers seek niche products to fill out a line or to meet potential customers. While most new products were introduced earlier in the year, this year’s show still provided great value for those in attendance.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 18, 2020

Dalton—Emily Morrow Home has partnered with Horizon Forest Products, a distributor with a 75-year history of exceptional service along with one of the most comprehensive flooring inventories around, according to the company’s founder and CEO, Emily Morrow Finkell. “We Each meticulously crafted plank is manufactured in the U.S.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

DECEMBER 3, 2013

This beautiful table is for sale. Its also for sale. Kevins asked me to broker the sale of this piece as a test to gauge what interest there is out there for his kind of wood working. color scheme. (47). COTE DE TEXAS. This beautiful table is for sale. Homepath Products. Posted by Paul Anater.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

Karndean’s Korlok Select remains one of the few rigid products with a 5G fold-down locking mechanism, and is available in a variety of wood and stone looks. From stellar customer service to head-turning product design, the company continuously strives for excellence in an effort to support its retail partners.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

While Indusparquet has been producing hardwood for 50 years, its products really landed along these shores back in 2006, when it was the major supplier to BR-111, the company that created the demand for exotic species such as Brazilian cherry. sales and marketing. But 100% of the solid products they sold were made by us—everything.

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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 21, 2022

FCNews’ fourth annual Industry Disrupters issue features innovative players and thinkers who are changing the game in terms of product enhancements, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. AHF Products. Cali Floors. Disrupting through distribution. From takeover target to blazing the acquisition trail.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The top suppliers, many floor covering retailers agree, are the ones that help specialty retailers maintain healthy profit margins—especially in an extremely competitive environment inundated with so many me-too products jockeying for market share. They stand behind their products, they don’t play games with us.

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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. “The Exhibitors’ spaces were packed with opportunities to demo and touch and feel products.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Bush Airport, currently houses 80,000 square feet of each color in the company’s expansive SPC offering—culminating in roughly 3.5 In addition to flooring products, we have moldings, transitions and moisture barriers. Beyond the immediate vicinity, Guo said the Houston distribution center will cover Southern Texas and Louisiana.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

Now, more than ever, sheet—and to an extent, LVT—is the flooring product most specified for aseptic areas such as operating rooms or patient rooms that require floors to be sanitary heat-welded for infection control. Absolutely, [the pandemic] will have a positive effect on sheet,” said John Green, regional sales manager for Beauflor.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2023

After a seven-year hiatus, Mohawk’s rhino campaign is back in full swing—but this time with a deeper message linked to the Rhinory in Texas. The response to the new campaign, directly tied to the launch of the new SmartStrand Color Wall, has been fantastic, according to Kelli Widdifield, senior vice president of marketing.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 23, 2024

Alan Beaulieu, president, ITR Economics B uild your product knowledge There are so many products and specifications today. Raj Shah, co-CEO, MSI F ront – load your p rojects in 2024 Being an election year, 2024 may only have three productive quarters. Promote a brand, not just a product. manufacturing.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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. As Lions Floor continues to expand our product offering, we are honored to be partners with Jimmy, Ian and the entire Flooring 101 team.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

Jerry Guo, president of Lions Floor, previewing samples of some of the company’s latest rigid core products at Surfaces earlier this year. By Reginald Tucker—Some suppliers take a “one-size-fits-all” approach in their product development and marketing efforts. A total of 36 colors—all EIR—are planned for the California mar- ket. “We

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