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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

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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. We were 100% sourcing out of China—it’s beneficial for us because we have a Shanghai office with a full flooring staff there—but we’re also sourcing out of Vietnam, India and now Thailand.”

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Executive forecast 2024: No signs of stopping resilient flooring

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LVT will continue to grow share in the resilient category, but economic concerns such as interest rates, consumer confidence, labor issues and tighter lending standards can and will have an impact on the overall flooring market. Novalis is now supplying out of China, Mexico, Korea, Vietnam and the U.S. and Vietnam.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

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The unglazed porcelain has a colored porcelain patterned layer on top and an uncolored porcelain body on the bottom, which remains unseen when installed, which is great for commercial use. Those white and black hexes, penny rounds in awesome colors? Many Chinese factories are setting up shop in Vietnam and other Asian countries.

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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

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PureGrain is said to offer greater color clarity (5x more compared to traditional film products, the company said), embossed texture dimension, enhanced abrasion properties and is designed with 35 unique planks. The manufacturers informed the dealers that they were moving to standard payment terms of net 30 days for all products.

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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

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How it works: The grout is applied at the factory via the addition of a colored wear layer between the décor film and the core. Since grouts are directly milled into this additional wear layer, the risk of grout damage, color deviations, staining and the gathering of mold is eliminated. Stainmaster. Mohawk Industries.

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

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We’re bringing in material from Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, and container rates out of those countries has been increasing. Plus, we’re checking to make sure that it’s up to the standards that we’ve set.”. We also let customers know that, ‘Hey, I know you selected this color for your project but we have this color now.