Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. Or it can be as simple as stripping down complexity to give consumers a more intuitive experience—something software/tech firms are getting rather good at.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

.— Mannington has always enjoyed the reputation of being a leader in styling and design. She and her colleagues Cristen Del Bove and Renee Cannon form one of the strongest design teams in the floor covering industry. The trinity works together to ensure Mannington maintains its styling and design leadership.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hannover, Germany—MeasureSquare, a provider of innovative flooring takeoff estimation solutions, is participating in Domotex 2024. Attendees will have the chance to see a live demo of its best-selling products, such as MeasureSquare Commercial Edition, a flooring takeoff estimating software designed to help users win more bids.

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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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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In fact, according to businessinsider.com , the amount of business software running on traditional, on-site servers shrank to 32% of all enterprise applications heading into the current year. ABCs of cloud-based software. is a browser-based software that can be run on any device with an internet connection. QFloor’s QPro 2.0

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 11, 2024

Las Vegas— Flooring software technology has made leaps and bounds in recent years, with many firms touting advancements meant to support the flooring retailer and distributor in the successful operation of their businesses. Leave a review’ or ‘Just want to see how things are going.’”

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2024

In a move that was panned by some flooring retailers, California consumers began paying as much as 36% more for carpet on Jan. The California carpet stewardship legislation (AB 2398, 1159 and 729) is designed to find ways to incentivize the growth of carpet reclamation and recycling and yet still allow the market to work.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When choosing the right software or ERP for your business, there’s a lot to keep in mind. Knowing where to find every detail and aspect about sales, orders, installations and more not only gives flooring businesses the ability to run more efficiently, but it can also make a business more profitable. Comp-U-Floor.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2021

FCNews has announced the winners of its inaugural FCN novation Awards, a new initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies in the flooring industry today. Hardwood—(Woodura) Valinge Flooring. Technology/Software—(All-in-One Selling System) Broadlume.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The nominations should contain category, product name and one paragraph describing the innovation, why it is important/relevant to retailers and consumers and how dealers can parlay this information into profit at point of sale. Flooring products will be judged based on design and/or performance (technology).

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Sales productivity—the time your team spends selling—has decreased. 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. What is sales productivity. Why should sales productivity be measured? The solution is two-pronged.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Sales productivity—the time your team spends selling—has decreased. 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. What is sales productivity. Why should sales productivity be measured? The solution is two-pronged.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Technology and software companies work with one goal in mind—to make life easier for the retailer. At TISE 2021 , tech companies launched software tools and updates designed to streamline a variety of essential tasks. Following is a sampling of some of the new software solutions providers are rolling out. Comp-U-Floor.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 11, 2020

Robust software systems aim to give specialty flooring dealers a leg up in the business and especially their competition. Flooring-specific software helps to not only manage the day-to-day but also streamline operations as a whole and build business. Following are some of the industry’s top cloud- based software systems.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The spirit of ‘we’re all in this together’ was reflected in this year’s Floor Covering News Retailers of the Year issue. 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.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2022

By Jacqueline Hinchcliffe—Technology is constantly evolving and updating, which requires new-and-improved software solutions to everyday business tasks in the flooring industry such as tracking leads, checking inventory and even giving customers the ability to try out products in their rooms via room visualizer apps. MeasureSquare.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2020

Three years ago, Retail Lead Management (RLM) hit the market as a first-of-its-kind software system specifically designed to help flooring retailers manage their leads. For Mindy Arnette, residential sales manager, Brian’s Flooring & Design, the system has updated stagnant industry norms. “We

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2020

Las Vegas—With an official ribbon cutting by QFloors owners Chad and Trent Ogden, the software company launched their new software, QPro POS+. Currently, a significant number of smaller-sized flooring dealers are not benefiting from all the savings technology can bring. For many, the issue has been cost.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

FCNews has announced the winners of its second annual FCNnovation Awards —a program designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies unveiled in the current year. Premier Flooring Center. Premier Flooring Center. Following are the 2022 winners: Carpet. The Dixie Group. True Grout.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 27, 2024

NeosAware (2017), first artificial intelligence software for the formulation of ceramic compositions. Klusss (2020) ceramic flooring with the same capacity to absorb sound as carpets. While you are focused on new developments, your competition is becoming stronger in your market with the development and sale of traditional products.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 21, 2022

(This article was provided by QFloors , a user-friendly flooring software designed to streamline operations for small, mid-size and large flooring stores. A few years ago, the flooring industry faced the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic. Hyland does just that using QFloors flooring software.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Floor Covering News is now accepting nominations for its third annual FCNnovation Awards , which is a way to recognize and showcase groundbreaking and industry-changing ideas. Flooring products will be judged based on design and/or performance (technology). H untington S tation , N.Y.—

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

‘s Donato Pompo, citing findings from Catalina Research, the primary source for ceramic tile industry data, ceramic tile is leading the floor covering sales recovery, as tile manufacturers leverage the rebound in existing home sales and housing starts. floor coverings manufacturer dollar sales and 12.9

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2023

B efore starting her own software company, Kristen Stensby worked in her family’s flooring store in St. She decided to create Showroom Pricing, a software company that allows flooring dealers to update pricing in real time. Our software integrates with both non-B2B price lists and B2B distributors,” Stensby added. “We

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

QFloors officially released its QPro POS+, a new browser-based cloud software. Las Vegas—Flooring technology, just like flooring products, continue to evolve every year. As businesses grow, the software and digital programs that assist flooring dealers with their day-to-day operations must stay in lockstep.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 18, 2020

—RFMS said it will host a second series of free live webinars to all users of the RFMS software. The educational series, titled “RFMS Conversations and Coffee Webinar series” allow RFMS users to join the RFMS sales and training teams for discussion on their favorite software modules and features. To register, click here.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

When owning a business, the software you use behind the scenes is as important as the product you put on your showroom floor. Relying solely on pen and paper—or a non-flooring-specific software—can not only clutter your business processes but create difficulties down the road. Joplin Floor Designs, Joplin, Mo.,

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The range of retail flooring software applications available today can help dealers manage a number of essential tasks, including estimation and measurement, warehousing and shipping, billing and collections and even lead management. Following is an overview of some of those offerings: American Business Software. MeasureSquare.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 23, 2021

By Megan Salzano In an effort to continue evolving the Retail Lead Management system and bring advanced software innovation to the flooring industry, Jason Goldberg, founder and CEO of America’s Floor Source, has rolled out Remote House Call (RHC). But the new software is billed as more than your average video call.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

South Jordan, Utah—QFloors made it easier for flooring retailers to access the benefits of flooring-specific software without needing to learn the ins and outs of a new accounting system, the company said. In order to make QuickBooks work for flooring retailers, you have to do all kinds of workarounds,” he said.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Broadlume – A digital program provides aligned retail dealers access to more consumers and a robust digital-to-physical shopping experience proven to increase lead generation, sales and customer satisfaction. B2B / EDI has made it efficient and a condition of doing business in dozens of industries, including flooring.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2020

This is the third installment in FCNews’ ongoing series about how floor covering retailers are adapting to not only survive but thrive in today’s challenging business environment.). Joey Zengel, owner of Top Notch Flooring America in Bel Air, Md., Sales reps adapt to a virtual environment. Dealers like Bel Air, Md.-based

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 23, 2024

“We are proud to have received the Google Premier Partner designation,” said Carole Cross, managing director of Mobile Marketing, a Cyncly Company and the flooring industry’s leading web services and digital marketing solution provider in North America. “We This designation reflects that dedication to our clients.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2022

—Material Bank, the world’s largest marketplace for searching, sampling, and specifying architecture, design and construction materials , has acquired Amber Engine, a software development company with a mission to democratize the product information management (PIM) space.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 15, 2021

Available to all QFloors customers, the in-house product is controlled entirely by QFloors, which is intended for flooring retailers to get transparent processing statements without hidden costs or junk fees. QProPay is designed to have an easy setup and usage thanks to its advanced integration with QFloors software.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 24, 2020

Known throughout the flooring industry for developing its own unique visuals , Karndean Designflooring is making its design team available for collaboration with commercial partners for free through its new Designflooring Services program. Export, Pa.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 27, 2020

Schönox has been successfully helping building professionals address subfloor challenges from the everyday to the extreme for over a century,” said Carol Morris, sales operations manager at Schönox HPS North America, Inc. Each product model is engineered to integrate with Autodesk Revit, the leading software for architectural design.

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