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STATS: Flooring sales trend slightly lower in 2020

Floor Covering News

As consumers were forced to cancel lavish vacations and were stuck at home staring at old decors, they pivoted to home improvements as the avenue to spend their money. 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%. off in volume.

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Coverings 2023 energizes the masses

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Michael Ward, vice president of sales, Portobello America, put it simply: “Everybody’s here. Clark Cornelius, president and COO of Florida Tile, agreed, noting: “The show was excellent. Florida Tile also sees a bright future ahead. Florida Tile, for example, unveiled its BlueRun line at the show.

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Ceramic: Category reaps benefits of booming housing market

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suppliers are touting record-high sales in 2021 and expected ongoing growth as a result of changing consumer habits and a booming housing market —both spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, sales of newly built, single-family homes in September rose 14% to an 800,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to data by the U.S.

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Our Holiday Traditions

Architectural Ceramics

From the food, to the decorations, and best of all, the people. Courtney James, Marketing & Creative Coordinator: We always set aside a day to blast Christmas music and decorate the tree! Brittany Stephenson, Atlanta Commercial Sales: Christmas Eve is bigger in our family. What’s Your Holiday Tradition?

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Ceramic: How to capitalize on tile’s potential in 2022

Floor Covering News

By Megan Salzano-Birch—T he ceramic category can be a difficult nut to crack for the dealer community, but it’s one that should be embraced as the ongoing potential for record-breaking sales continues into 2022. In the virtual realm, digital tools such as visualizers are often essential to the sale.

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Valuable lessons shared (and learned) on the road

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Alabama; Florida; and New Orleans. If you care about your client and you want them to have a good experience, then help her decorate. He provides sales training, processes and systems for flooring dealers help them grow their business and profits while working fewer hours. I recently wrapped up a road trip in the Southeast U.S.

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

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When the dust cleared and all the numbers were counted and run through the wash multiple times, total industry sales in 2021 reached a record $26.701 billion, an enormous gain of 16.3% Note: These numbers are in wholesale dollars reflecting the first point of sale. This compared to its overall sales of $151.2 in 2018 and $1.11