Tile Talk

MAY 13, 2014

This new collection, created by artists Guillermo Gomez Lama and Tania Marmolejo, boasts eight different designs, each presented with three color options. Guillermos research led him to train with Master Printer Marie Dormuth, with whom artists Andy Warhol, Peter Gee and Martin Mazorra received training in the art of lithography.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 12, 2023

According to Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, dealer and showrooms, Daltile’s residential remodel business was up almost double digits in 2022, but Daltile Statements dealers outpaced that growth. “As At the same time, Daltile has built the merchandising so the retail sales associate can close that sale.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

FCNews rounded up scores of retailers from around the country to get their advice and strategies on a host of topics—customer service, merchandising, marketing and promotion and hiring, training and recruiting. HIRING/RECRUITING/TRAINING Ideal traits to look for “A few characteristics I look for: Are they a job hopper?

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. I later worked as a sales manager for Laticrete International for seven years, before founding Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants (CTaSC) on May 5, 2002. TileDealer: You provide some of the CTDA’s online training.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

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. They are stylish yet classic and come in an array of shapes, sizes and colors—many of which can’t be replicated in other materials. Sustainability.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

CCA retailers saw 2023 numbers come down a bit from the previous year, albeit sales are up 10% from 2019, the last “normal” business year before the pandemic. I had a customer who took a few minutes to find the sample she liked, which happened to be the most expensive sample in the showroom, and it turned into a $6,000 sale.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Mark Pacacha, national sales manager, Seneca Millwork, agreed, adding, “It benefits the customer when the proper pro- file type, size, matching stain and finish are readily sourced for her, eliminating the need to figure this out on her own or find another supplier.”. But other challenges still remain. Be careful stating this today.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 15, 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. What Mohawk had to say: Watkins Floor Covering has been a strong Mohawk supporter since becoming a Mohawk Color Center in 2006.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

E-commerce’s share of total retail sales is expected to rise from nearly 21% to almost 24% in 2023, CBRE, a commercial real estate and investment firm, reported. “We For instance, multiple published reports referenced the best deals from Wayfair’s “Way Day” sale. Friend or foe?

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

By contrast, a great salesperson will ask questions that give him or her an indication of the current or desired style of the customer’s home so they can make the right recommendation as to color, pattern, design, etc. He now focuses full time on training and education. What about your furniture?

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Dalton—Happy Feet International is expanding its offerings to include new products from Welspun Flooring where a portion of every Welspun sale will go toward the Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF). The FCEF currently offers scholarships to make training affordable. When we elevate our craft, our whole industry succeeds.”.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 26, 2021

R etail sales associates looking to recommend the right hardwood flooring product for the customer when she walks into the store need to ask a series of fact-finding questions to determine her precise wants and needs. Finish tones the natural color of the wood up or down, making lighter or darker versions of the wood,” Miller explained.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

Floris Koopmans is the sales director of Unilin Technologies Carole Cross: Innovation Through Collaboration By Dave Geipel Carole Cross is an expert in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing and has been making a difference in the flooring industry for years. Bart’s determination has had a significant impact on the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

While it’s true that replications are getting closer to the real thing, the trained eye will know the difference. True hardwood floors can be easily differentiated from wood-look products by the variation in wood patterns from one plank to another,” said Brad Williams, vice president of sales and marketing, Mirage.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Sales Director for Independent Distribution. Thank you again for all your support. Looking forward to seeing all at Coverings. Dave Milanowycz. Florida Tile. CTDA Membership Committee Chairman. Editors Columns and Leadership Letters Featured Articles'

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 23, 2024

Hiring new employees while the economy is in recession will help your business in the long run as your team will be fully trained and prepared for the increased business activity that will accompany economic growth starting in 2025. Ted Kozikowski, president & CEO, Galleher Training programs are a must.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

Some of the roles include accounting, logistics, product development, marketing, HR, sales and operations. Today, as president and CEO of Nonn’s, he runs the largest independent flooring operation in Wisconsin, approaching close to $100M in sales. director of sales, O’Krent Floors. Gail Forster, sales/design, Precision Flooring.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

Cannon started at Mannington in 2007 as an intern doing color work for sheet vinyl and commercial carpet. I’ll change the colors on my walls and my accessories depending on the season, but not necessarily the furniture. We’re looking at home interior design, and what is trending in colors and accessories being used in the home.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

She was—and continues to be—on the frontline of customer engagements, leveraging flooring industry knowledge with her sales skills. She has created and implemented training programs for independent flooring retailers, distributors, manufacturers and sales reps for the past 50 years, developing programs to help grow their businesses.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, put it in perspective: “When you’re shopping within the 2.0 Everything is color coded in here so they see what comes together.”. aims to address these issues, but RSA training is still going to be key. “So was excited about the color change from dark to white in 2.0

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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

MAY 21, 2021

Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. of dollar sales for the gradually increasing hard surface market and 24.6% Imports vs. domestics.

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Heath Ceramics

MARCH 24, 2016

Edith Heath, who with husband Brian co-founded Heath, was not just a master of design but a master of the technical aspects of glazing, always finding innovative ways to create extraordinary colors and textures. Glaze is made up of a number of minerals and metals that define color, opacity, and finish. More on this later.)

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I’m looking forward to attending this year for the training and to see all the new products and technologies that Mohawk has to offer,” said Rick Costner, owner of Jacksonville, Fla.-based That’s the case with our sales reps all the way up to our district managers and even the vice presidents. So many reasons to attend.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

market roughly 15-20 years ago—is that the color palette over time fell out of favor with American consumers enamored with oak and maple. They are looking for that unique color palette combined with the hardness of those exotic species. Indusparquet has evolved their color palette to include more on-trend visuals. SELLING TIPS.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2023

It’s also an opportunity to find out who has a unique product that can help you beat the competition with design, style and color. These include but are not limited to: marketing, sales, hiring and managing employees. What a great time to interview suppliers and let them compete to earn your business. How is their inventory?

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

He was colorblind, so I would sort the tile because he couldn’t tell the colors. We were co-chairmen of the Billion Dollar Sale, which raised the level of sales in the entire industry. It came out of when we did the Billion Dollar Sale. I was bringing them on quicker than we could train them in flooring.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

JANUARY 25, 2014

Social Media Training. The lamps are finished with an oil finish and the woods left its natural color. Silence Lamps are readily available in the EU and you can find out more information about EU sales on Umbertos website. color scheme. (47). Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. Flight 001 4-in-1 Adapter A series of color-coded adaptors that can snap together like Legos makes a great travel gift. TRTL Travel Neck Pillow This award-winning neck pillow allows you to sleep comfortably on a plane, train or long road trip.

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Time2Design

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

From the moment we arrived at the train station it was a whirlwind walk thru the snow covered streets of Amsterdam. Our lovely tour guide and fellow blogger Louise de Miranda, author of the blog 30s Magazine , met us at the train station to help us navigate our way to our hotel. color selection. color specialist.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 21, 2021

By Reginald Tucker W hen it comes to hardwood flooring sourcing , so much of the focus has been trained on Asia—rightfully so given the manufacturing prowess and scale of the scores of suppliers in that region of the world. said Paul Rezuke, vice president of sales. That’s no coincidence, according to the folks at Boa-Franc. “We

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

“These guarantee the milling, grade and moisture content of the wood has been manufactured within industry standards and the resulting planks are stable and sound and won’t split, crack or warp when properly installed,” said Brett Miller, vice president of technical standards, training and certification, National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA).

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 11, 2020

Bill Treiber, technical sales and education manager, Artistic Finishes, explained that the expectations presented by the retailer must be met or their reputation may be on the line. For Mark Pacacha, national sales manager, Seneca Millwork, it’s all about relationships. Bill Treiber, technical sales and education manager.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

At the end of the week, I had him highlight the different task categories with different colors. I also had him train his staff to do the following: Instead of automatically forwarding a call to Jared, they would first try to handle the issue themselves. He did this every day for a week. Most of the time they were able to.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Social Media Training. color scheme. (47). This beautiful table is for sale. Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. 04 December 2013. Old techniques, new furniture. Posted by Paul Anater. at 7:30 AM. My friend Patrick Shilling is a master woodworker in Bethnal Green, London. kitchen design.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Social Media Training. I dont think its a lie on the part of the sales person who told you that, I think he or she was just parroting back the Home Depot party line. But again, your money will go to a company that pays its employees a living wage, trains them and rewards them for knowing what theyre talking about. at 6:00 AM.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

“Consumers of these products are willing to cut corners elsewhere if needed in order to get the best possible hardwood product on their floor,” said Kevin Whaley, vice president of sales and product at LM Flooring, a division of AHF Products. “In In the upper-end, hardwood still sells well and will continue to sell.”. MSRP: $23 per sq.

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