Floor Covering News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Dalton—The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) will add five new board members to fill open seats left by members whose terms have expired. Each board member has been selected for his or her experience and dedication to the ongoing support needed to recruit and train new flooring installation craftsmen, according to the company.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

He routinely volunteered to help out CTEF at trade events and conferences; he served as CTI Evaluator to help expand the certification program; and he promoted tile installation best practices to interior design students so they could better specify tile projects. Gundlach Company as a tool sales representative.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 27, 2023

Lucida Surfaces, designer and manufacturer of innovative flooring solutions, continues to expand its sales team with the appointment of Yehuda Fisch as the new regional sales manager in the Southeast. “We are confident that his expertise and passion will drive our sales success in the Southeast. .

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 22, 2018

Each play a different role or function within a design. As a result, a great feature of porcelain tile is that it makes an excellent flooring option in commercial and residential spaces. From management to sales, or from customer service to the warehouse, each team helps to carry out our day-to-day processes.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Atlanta—Coverings, the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has revealed a select lineup of featured educational opportunities for Coverings 2024 , which will take place April 22-25, 2024, here at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

The waterproof label has transcended its rigid core roots and is now touted across a variety of flooring constructions—from SPC to tile and even hardwood and underlayment. Vinyl, hardwood, laminate Luxury vinyl flooring and all its iterations remains one of the hottest categories to date with growth outpacing all other categories.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 15, 2023

The conference is held every other year and is designed to further solidify and increase the value of the partnership between Daltile and its Statements dealers as well as give dealers the chance to network with fellow members. “The He spoke of a unique project he did with his father in northwest Georgia using Daltile products.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

B arcelona , S pain — Unilin Technologies, the IP and technology arm of Mohawk Industries, and its digital printing partner Barberán recently hosted an open house here where the two companies showcased the technical aspects of digital printing for the flooring industry, particularly for SPC and laminate. Why do people want no repeats?

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2020

Chicago — In keeping with Domotex USA’s 2020 trade show theme “The World At Your Feet” attendees will discover floor covering trendsetters from around the globe. 5-7 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. based interior designers and to expand its sales across North America.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

While flooring is still largely ruled by well-established legends and pioneers, there’s a new generation in town. Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. CEO/president, Nonn’s Kitchen Bath & Flooring.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Across all flooring categories suppliers are ramping up their domestic production to meet the needs of their customer base and consumers across the country. One hundred percent of our solid wood flooring has been—and still is—made right here in the U.S. quarry tile); Sunnyvale, Texas (floor tile); Muskogee, Okla.,

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Tile Talk

MARCH 12, 2013

So imagine my excitement when I was selected to participate as a panelist in an educational session for tile and stone professionals, Selling Tile: The Internet, the Industry & the Consumer, during Coverings 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. At Coverings 2012, Bill Buyok shares tips on How a Social Media Presence Improves Retail Sales.

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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. Supply chain challenges.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

Cali Floors. Cali Floors has proven to be a trusted partner for retailers in the face of hardship. This strategy has worked for the brand given that it has grown substantially over the last few years—including its recent acquisition by global flooring company Victoria PLC—and continues to expand its specialty retail network.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

By Ken Ryan B ehind every successful floor covering retailer is a supplier—or core group of vendors—with a vested interest in the health and vitality of that retailer. Our product offering and approach to the market helps our retail partners enjoy higher sales tickets, better margins and a more profitable business.”. Engineered Floors.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 5, 2021

What he witnessed in 1986… “In the 1980s there were hundreds of small carpet mills scattered across northwest Georgia, and carpet and rugs comprised about 80% of the flooring sold in the U.S. A major difference from that era was the sales channels. ” Q&A.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As the resilient category continues to expand into various subsegments, flooring dealers have had to stay abreast of where each product—once installed—will truly thrive. SPC can also be the ideal product for a consumer looking for a high-performing floor. Tim Schoolfield, owner, Countryside Carpets Flooring America, O’Fallon, Mo.,

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Architectural Ceramics

JUNE 8, 2018

This year took place in Atlanta, Georgia. Because of its slip-resistance, most of the domestically-available recycled glass seemed to be designed for residential floors and followed the brasserie style. For further questions about the tile featured here, or to place a tile order, please contact sales@architecturalceramics.com.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2020

Having existing inventory is key for flooring interests during this time of plant and production shutdowns. Down but certainly not out, the flooring industry is taking proactive steps to deal with an unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that has changed life as we know it. Retailers seize opportunities.

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Focus Floors and Furnishings

APRIL 8, 2013

The concept of flooring tile goes back thousands of years when hard surfaces of various rock forms, baked clay, and ceramic were being used. The early users of these initial tile flooring types needed something to cover their dirt floors that were of a size that could be easily carried to where the floor was located.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 5, 2022

flooring producers—both domestic and global—announced myriad plans to bring floor manufacturing stateside or expand existing operations. Much of that new domestic production is coming in the form of the waterproof flooring segment—namely SPC, WPC and sheet vinyl. Domestic producers grow capacity.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2024

Engineered Floors started 100% production of its new rigid core offering, PureGrain DLVT, at its Seretean Plant in Dalton in 2023. Rigid core flooring like SPC is traditionally an imported product. At the time, the retail community collectively shrugged at the news given the sheer volume of rigid core flooring it was selling.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2020

flooring mills including Mohawk, Shaw and Mannington continue to expand domestic production as they seek to control their destiny through vertical integration and supply change management. manufacturing appeared first on Floor Covering News. the ability to foresee and adapt to unforeseen systemic shocks.”. billion in our U.S.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 13, 2021

Wielsbeke, Belgium—Beaulieu Flooring Solutions, a business unit of the Beaulieu International Group (B.I.G.), said it is building from strong sales results in 2020 to deliver flooring that answers design, functional and sustainability demands in the future. Wim Coppens. Over the past five years, B.I.G.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 8, 2020

Our Georgia facility is fully operational, available and here to support your needs. While your customers and designers may be spending more time online, for the first time, our consumer site swatch fees will be waived through April 30. DECORATIVE WATERPROOF FLOORING (aka DWF). We’re all in this together. You build it.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2024

DeCarlo, who was instrumental in building Shaw’s LVT business from the ground up, has designs on growing LX Hausys’ market share in the U.S. LX Hausys was grouped around mostly interior building materials, from windows to countertops to wall coverings to flooring. How big is the opportunity for LX Hausys in the U.S.?

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 4, 2022

Feldman and Mr. Shaw talked at length about Engineered Floors (EF), the industry at large and global/national dynamics that are shaping the world today. Realistically, when will Mrs. consumer have an LVT product on her floor that comes out of this plant? Last year EF had a record year in terms of sales. Probably a year from now.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 16, 2021

Dalton—During its first in-person board meeting with new executive director, Jim Aaron, at the helm, the Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) brought together representatives from all aspects of the flooring industry—trade organizations, suppliers, training professionals and retailers—to tackle the installer shortage.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 7, 2022

—AHF Products, a leading manufacturer of hardwood flooring in the U.S., is introducing the Clearwater SPC Yosemite collection, the first line of rigid core flooring under its tmbr brand. With tmbr, people can revitalize their homes with a floor that captures a little bit of the outdoor experience every day.”.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2022

By Reginald Tucker—After several years of losing market share to wood-look products, wood flooring is regaining momentum. That’s according to research conducted by the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), which estimates solid wood floors saw a 20% increase in 2021, ending the year with the highest share rate since 2007.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 14, 2021

The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) will induct three industry leaders to its Hall of Fame. Gheesling will be honored in September during his celebration of life in Georgia. Gheesling began his career selling industrial equipment before becoming involved in the flooring industry. Dalton, Ga.—

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

trade war with China—and the subsequent reciprocal tariffs and duties on both sides—has had tangible ramifications on the flooring industry. This is particularly evident in segments such as LVT, SPC and WPC , but also engineered hardwood and laminate flooring. Engineered Floors. The protracted U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 13, 2024

Floor Covering News ’ annual “People making a difference” special section is a tribute to those in the flooring industry who go about their daily business lives striving to make a positive impact. This year’s list represents all facets of the flooring industry—manufacturing, distribution, retail and installation.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 1, 2021

By Reginald Tucker A ny experienced floor layer who has installed stair treads or nose caps is acutely aware of the pitfalls of some conventional accessory systems. David Requa and Cory Bodette, co-owners of Snaptech Solutions and operators of a flooring retail store in Raleigh, N.C., recalled how the idea behind SnapCaps was born.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

As it turns out, the flooring industry has its disrupters as well. For the flooring industry, the pandemic has caused major supply chain disruptions that impacted manufacturers and distributors and, eventually, retailers—who at times throughout 2020 were out of stock on certain products. Supply chain issues persist to this day.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

The list includes household names familiar to flooring industry observers as well as names you may never have heard of—until now. The specialty flooring retailer—you and me—is why Danny and the entire SFN team show up every day. Jennifer Homeyer is owner of The Design House in Denton, Texas. And it’s true. By Dana Hicks.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2023

San Diego —Some would say the main thing that makes Cali unique is its West Coast inspired designs and California lifestyle culture. It wasn’t that long ago that Cali was a young bamboo startup serving a specialty niche in the flooring industry. With regard to the greater market, I think people are always going to need floors.

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