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AFS Group acquires Lewis Floor & Home

Floor Covering News

Columbus, Ohio—AFS Group (America’s Floor Source), a top-five independent flooring retailer, has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Lewis Floor & Home (Lewis). Lewis is the premier flooring, countertop, cabinet and window treatment dealer for the north shore of Chicago with sales of more than $20 million annually.

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Exclusive: Credit card scam swindles flooring retailers

Floor Covering News

Luckily, our operations people intervened because they recognized some of our standards were not met. The customer is usually in a hurry and needs the product right away. We actually had this happen to us,” said Sheldon Yoder, owner of Budget Carpet and Flooring, Columbus, Ohio. This way we caught it before we got burned.

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Flooring dealers tackle credit card scam

Floor Covering News

Luckily, our operations people intervened because they recognized some of our standards were not met. How it works Although there are different variations to how the scam might be executed, here is one familiar scenario: A potential “customer” contacts the retailer and orders products over the phone requesting a will-call pickup.