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Specialty retailers rise to challenge from Floor & Decor

Floor Covering News

A s Floor & Decor expands to well beyond 200 stores across the U.S.—with That nugget was conveyed at a grand opening of Floor & Decor’s first New York City store in Brooklyn earlier this month. Then again, Floor & Decor casts a big shadow. “I However, that pricing may be all their customer gets.

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Stats 2023: Laminate resurgence drives sales higher

Floor Covering News

laminate flooring category generated in late 2020 and throughout 2021 continued to positively impact segment sales in 2022. laminate flooring market generated approximately $1.382 billion in sales last year at the first point of sale—an uptick of 6% over the year prior. of sales—in keeping with the percentage from 2021.

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Emser releases new tile product catalog

Floor Covering News

Los Angeles—Emser Tile announced its complete suite of products with a new 2022/2023 tile product catalog , available both in print and online. It’s truly inspiring to see so many facets of our business align with the launch of this year’s product catalog,” said Mara Villanueva-Heras, vice president of marketing.

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A glimpse into the Floor & Decor playbook

Floor Covering News

I recently had the opportunity to attend a private press tour of the first Floor & Decor location within New York’s five boroughs (see story on page 3). The massive, 129,000-square-foot store carries about 3,400 SKUs of product. Many of you already compete against Floor & Decor and have determined your competitive advantage.

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Employee Spotlight: Commercial Sales Manager David Arabe

Architectural Ceramics

For Father’s Day we interviewed a new dad, our Commercial Sales Manager, David Arabe, and got his thoughts on his new role as a dad and leading our commercial sales team. Since we have over 100,000 products, what would you choose as one of your favorite tile collections? What is your decorating style like at home?

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Laminate: State of the Industry 2024

Floor Covering News

Co nventional wisdom would suggest that softening conditions in the new home construction market over the past eight to 10 months might put a damper on laminate flooring sales in that bellwether sector. After all, it is estimated that new residential construction accounts for anywhere between 15%–18% of category sales in the U.S.

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Decorative Kitchen Tile Ideas

Realstone

Decorative Kitchen Tile Ideas In this guide we will give you some decorative kitchen tile ideas. These tiles are typically crafted from stone then glazed , or ceramic or porcelain, with pigments added during the production process to achieve a variety of colors. How is it made? How is it made?