Architectural Ceramics

JUNE 16, 2019

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? ACI: Alright, so we know which commercial line you like.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 6, 2023

When it comes to flooring, it takes a lot of expertise and a little bit of guile to run a successful business. Not only do flooring retail store owners have to tackle the traditional challenges that come with small business ownership but they must also confront nuanced topics like installation and expanded customer service.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 20, 2024

During Tile of Spain’s annual press conference, held on the second day of the exhibition, Vicente Nomdedeu, president of the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer’s Association (ASCER), reported on the tenacity of Spain’s ceramic sector, providing insight on 2023 production, sales and exports figures.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2022

The popularity of bamboo and cork flooring remains strong despite the intense competition from the deluge of LVP/SPC products. However, despite all these positive attributes , bamboo and cork flooring products cannot sell themselves. Position the products appropriately. Others recommend a different approach.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. 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. Empire Hardwood Flooring. Kindred Flooring.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I think the vibe is very good,” said Patrick Warren, vice president, residential sales, dealer & showrooms, Daltile. The product integrates porcelain tile with LED lighting to create a backlit look for users. The products Daltile launched at the show were Divinium, Acreage, Artcrafted and Gamma.

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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 As we came out of COVID-19, we went through two amazing years,” Warren told Floor Covering News. Consumer finance.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 22, 2013

It is the latest addition to the company’s family of ever-expanding HDP High Definition Porcelain® Products. As a Florida Tile porcelain product, TidesHDP is far stronger, more versatile, and easier to maintain than stone, meaning that the look can go virtually anywhere,” he adds. “By Florim introduces Jewel.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Despite headaches within the economy —namely high interest/mortgage rates— resilient flooring suppliers are pointing to continued growth in 2024. Dick Quinlan senior VP sales and marketing, Wellmade What is your projection for the category in 2024? Many supply chain risks remain for products imported from abroad.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Natural stone can be a hard product category for some retailers to get into. Not only does it require more knowledge on the part of the retail sales associate, but it also means successfully sharing that information with the consumer in a way that doesn’t turn them away from the category. Also, natural stone is classic by definition.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Sales productivity—the time your team spends selling—has decreased. Increasing your team’s productivity is essential for increasing your company’s revenue. In this article, you’ll learn the ins and outs of sales productivity. That includes tips to increase the time your sales reps have to spend selling.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Sales productivity—the time your team spends selling—has decreased. Increasing your team’s productivity is essential for increasing your company’s revenue. In this article, you’ll learn the ins and outs of sales productivity. That includes tips to increase the time your sales reps have to spend selling.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

T he intense level of competition in the waterproof flooring segment —particularly the LVP/SPC/rigid core category—has resulted in aggressive pricing strategies to build market share. Another step-up product from Aperion Surfaces is its New World II line, the company’s thickest, widest SPC collection in its portfolio.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett has entered into a new partnership with flooring distributor Goodfellow, Inc. The new relationship will help the organization distribute residential LVT products throughout Canada, the company said. The post Tarkett partners with Goodfellow distribution appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 5, 2021

By Ken Ryan Following a strong start to 2021, flooring dealers see no reason for a slowdown as they enter the second quarter. San Antonio-based O’Krent’s Abbey Flooring continues to see a brisk pace of sales activity despite the pandemic. In Knoxville, Tenn., It’s like that old Buck Owen’s song, ‘I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail.’”.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

There are definitely more positive consumer signs today than what we would have had three to four weeks ago.” Hicks said sales for the 2024 show are already encouraging, with many exhibitors interested in booking larger spaces. The category remains the leader in flooring when it comes to growth—SPC the reigning powerhouse.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Las Vegas—For the second year in a row Mohawk was a multiple winner in the 2024 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest cosponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). Radiant extruded glazed porcelain is unlike any collection in the Emser portfolio.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 21, 2022

Chicago— NeoCon 2022, held here last week, was abuzz with optimism as commercial flooring suppliers touted rebounding sales and specifications across commercial segments in 2022. Commercial flooring exhibitors agreed the show was a bright spot to kick off a good year of growth. “I Commercial’s comeback. 2022 is good,” he said.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

We give companies the knowledge and necessary licenses to produce exciting innovative products,” said Floris Koopmans, sales director, IP, at Unilin Technologies. “We We give companies the knowledge and necessary licenses to produce exciting innovative products,” said Floris Koopmans, sales director, IP, at Unilin Technologies.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 24, 2021

laminate flooring market that hadn’t occurred since 2015— the category actually grew in terms of both sales and volume. FCNews research pegged laminate flooring sales at the first point of distribution in the U.S. of the total flooring market in 2019. of the total flooring market in 2019. increase over 2019.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Louis—The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has released a formal definition of wood flooring to help industry professionals as well as consumers identify the difference between real wood and “wood-look” flooring products.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

L as V egas —With every major flooring manufacturer represented, and with international attendees returning at their highest level in years, Surfaces ’24 very much hit the mark as the industry’s most important flooring event. “A Flooring dealers agreed Surfaces 2024 stood out in a number of ways. “I

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 22, 2018

Here is the Best of 2017, inspired by our annual corporate meeting instead of popular products and tile trends. Yes, we’re proud of the products we offer as a member of the tile industry, but we’re also proud of our company’s growth throughout 2017. We’d like to let you in on a bit of what went on.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Carrollton, Texas— LM Flooring has announced its largest product launch in the brand’s 20-year history with four new collections as well as extensions to four of its most popular lines, totaling 55 new SKUs launching in the fall. The Reserve offers a 7.5-inch inch fixed width; and The Glenn a multi-width 4-inch, 5-inch and 6.5-inch

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Time2Design

MARCH 14, 2013

DESIGN TERMS | DEFINITIONS. Labels: Cabinetry , definition , design terms , dovetail , dovetail joint , furniture , interior design , mortise and tenon , wood dovetail , woodworking joinery. DESIGN TERMS | DEFINITIONS. definition. floor covering. DOVETAIL JOINT. Created entirely from wood. From Wikipedia.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

By Megan Salzano Las Vegas—While the show floor at the 2021 edition of the International Surface Event (TISE) may not have been as chock-full of flooring suppliers as we’re used to, there certainly was no lack of innovation in the space. Following are four trends in resilient flooring that stood out. Rigid core reigns.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 16, 2023

laminate flooring category has been well documented. SPC and WPC) due primarily to supply chain challenges with some popular, imported resilient products. This phenomenon forced specialty retailers and distributors to fill the void with domestically produced laminate flooring. laminate flooring market from the get-go.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FCNews reveals the winners of its third annual FCNnovation Awards—an initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies launched in the current year. The grout can be easily applied and cleaned afterward, resulting in a fully installed waterproof floor within a couple of hours.

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 25, 2018

Here, we love that this bathroom renovation keeps it simple and features the 12″x24″ mosaic as an accent wall behind the freestanding tub, and the 24″x24″ large format field tile on the main floor. For information about our Ancient Stone Collection, visit the Product Page on our website, or download a Data Sheet here.

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Architectural Ceramics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

From left to right: Joey Caponiti / Maryland Commercial Rep, Kersi Press / Baltimore Commercial Rep, Betty Sullivan / Owner and CEO, James Lewis/ National Hospitality Rep, David Arabe / Commercial Sales Manager and David Benson/President and Principal (not shown). and can be installed as-is on a wall or floor, or fabricated.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

” For several flooring retailers, these are the first words now found at the top of their websites following the COVID-19 outbreak. Our sales staff is happier, make more money [and do not work] nights or Sundays.” – Lou Morano. many of the measures flooring dealers implemented during the early days remain in effect.

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Time2Design

MAY 8, 2013

DESIGN TERMS | DEFINITIONS | Fleur-de-lis. Labels: definition , design terms , FLEUR DE LIS , FLEUR-DE-LIS , new orleans , sarasota interior design , SYMBOL. DESIGN TERMS | DEFINITIONS | Fleur-de-lis. definition. floor covering. Fleur-de-li s. In honor of my recent trip to New Orleans, what is a Fleur-de-lis?

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

And, each glazed porcelain Pietra Romana tile is produced using High Definition Graphic (HDG) Technology, a state-of-the art inkjet process creating a stone-look that is so realistic… it might just cause a geologist to reach for his magnifying glass! of Sales and Marketing, “Wood looks are definitely the fashion of the moment.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 3, 2022

A strong sales strategy creates the foundation for a cohesive and successful sales organization. Sales strategies and initiatives also align salespeople on shared goals and empower them to do their best work—keeping them happy and successful, too. Increase online sales through social media. So, what’s the catch?

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As a relative ‘newbie’ to the industry, I found the depth and breadth of products and services to be astounding—it’s hard to get the scope of the industry until you see how big it really is.”. That’s something we’re definitively moving forward with next year.”. Those are more valuable than any product presented to me.”.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

.— Coverings 2023, the tile industry’s premier North American trade show, took place here last month, April 18-21, to resounding industry excitement and palpable energy across the show floor. Heinold agreed it wasn’t just about the numbers but the vibrant energy being felt throughout the show floor. “As We’re thrilled with the turnout.”

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

It will come as no surprise that resilient—mostly by the rigid core sub-segments—registered gains in 2020 while many other flooring categories did not. FCNews research showed the category generated $6.589 billion in sales in 2020 —an industry-leading 21.3% increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion.

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