Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Plano, Texas—AHF Products celebrated the opening of a new design showroom here featuring a cross section of products representing its full portfolio of brands, including Bruce, Armstrong Flooring, Hartco, LM Flooring, Robbins, Parterre, tmbr, Hearthwood, Raintree and others. Product designers from AHF headquarters in Mountville, Penn.,

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Las Vegas— Coverings 2022 was a showcase in innovative product design and immersive technology, which is thriving within the ceramic and stone category today despite obvious obstacles. The finish allows traditional indoor lines to become suitable for exteriors without any change to the visual design.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 3, 2022

Technical sales teams from Sika and Merkrete were on hand at at the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation’s (CTEF) headquarters recently to conduct tile-setting training. Pendleton, S.C.—Technical

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

As the industry nears the halfway point of 2023, commercial flooring sales are tracking to sustain moderate growth, industry watchers say, with some end use segments faring better than others. Broadloom sales are expected to remain flat to slightly up this year, depending largely on market needs in hospitality and retail environments.

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Granada Tile

MARCH 25, 2019

While function maintains precedence in kitchens, design is quickly moving up on the importance scale. Beautiful, sprawling kitchens which effortlessly show off a homeowner’s personality are a key goal in designers’ minds. When choosing a look for a kitchen remodel, a tile design that works with the individual’s taste is crucial.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2024

“We recognize that this assessment increase undoubtedly is a serious burden for the nearly 2,000 California carpet retailers and the 84 carpet mills with operations and sales in the state,” said Bob Peoples, CARE executive director. Anaheim-based Sterling Carpet & Flooring also adds the increase on a separate line item, like sales tax. “We

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 12, 2023

Dallas – This week, Daltile is hosting a multi-faceted meeting for its Statements Elite Daltile Dealer Program at the Hardrock Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The goal of our Statements Elite Daltile Dealer Program is to equip our retail partners for success with our products and increase their sales.”

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2024

“Innovation goes beyond just performance and durability with these new offerings,” said John Crews, vice president of carpet product design for Shaw. “In Whether that be new, trend-setting colors and patterns or unique innovations, we have a style to meet the specific needs of all of our customers.”

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% The lion’s share of sales (approximately 70%) was generated from specified contract while the remainder came from Main Street commercial applications, research shows. flooring sales, according to Floor Covering News research. from roughly $6.5 billion in 2021 to $7.34

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

For Catherine Church, FCICA executive director, the event picked up on the momentum generated during the association’s 2022 meeting—a milestone anniversary year. During a separate business meeting, Kelly provided an update on membership and program initiatives. This will be in lieu of a standalone FCICA mid-year meeting.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

Preliminary FCNews research shows the commercial flooring market totaled $6.488 billion in sales in 2021, an uptick of 6% over 2020. In commercial, hard surfaces surpassed carpet for the second straight year with hard surface sales reaching $3.5 of hard surface commercial sales and is the fastest growing category.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The bigger your sales and marketing teams get, the harder it is to align these efforts. Often called “smarketing,” sales and marketing alignment is critical to ensure that these departments are working in tandem to target the right customer base, create more conversions and drive more sales. Not sure how to get started?

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 22, 2018

Each January, AC has a company-wide meeting, where we reflect on the previous year and create goals for the new year. Here is the Best of 2017, inspired by our annual corporate meeting instead of popular products and tile trends. Each play a different role or function within a design. But, what role do each of us at AC play?

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 29, 2024

We come down here religiously every year—this is our big show,” said Timmy Garnham, manager at Carter Mountain Flooring and Design, Meredith, N.H., Fellowship certainly permeated the large showroom floor as NRF members reconnected since their last meeting and shared best practices. NRF cares about the customer,” he said. “I

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 17, 2019

Rachelle: I am an Interior Designer by education, but fell into sales when I lived in Arizona. After a couple years, Betty – the owner of Architectural Ceramics, asked me to help her manage aspects of the Rockville showroom remodel, as well as develop and implement a new sales platform called Salesforce. R: THE PEOPLE!

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Daltile has entered into a partnership program with students from The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), widely-known as the No. 1 interior design school in the country, the company said. The bottom line of everything we do is to help our customers most effectively bring their design visions to life.

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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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Ceramics of Italy

MARCH 18, 2024

The award recognises Italian companies’ international sales achievements and their ability to enhance the global standing of Italian industry based on official statistics from the Italian Customs and Monopolies A gency. Designed to meet the needs of the global design community , Boost World transcends the concept of a collection.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

We want to make sure the before, during and after sales experience meets each customer’s obtainable expectation. We’re going to have more team meetings and try to work together more as a team identifying issues, resolving issues and finding more ways to drive business. Our major area of emphasis will be the customer experience.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 14, 2023

Our distribution partners offer local stock, sales, marketing, logistical support and a team that is dedicated to commercial customers.” Bird commercial division offers flooring products and installation solutions for commercial and light commercial applications with special programs for the builder, architectural and designer communities.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Decocer’s ceramic library offers a wide range of options in terms of color, finish, shape, format and design. However, according to Verónica Obrero, general sales manager, the company has made a “great investment in capacity” to increase sales in the US. In five years’ time, company executives intend to grow the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 12, 2023

The ceramic, stone and porcelain tile category remains one of only two truly aspirational product categories within the industry, meeting the needs of the high-end market in several ways. Tile can be tailored to specific design requirements, allowing customers to create unique and exclusive spaces.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 17, 2021

“Aligning ourselves with strong partners in distribution is essential to our growth across our business, and this is especially true for the commercial segment,” said Chris King, vice president-sales, AHF Products. Our distribution partners offer local stock, sales, marketing and logistical support.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2022

.— Stanton Carpet Corporation has made additions to its sales team. In addition, Dawn Macias, Brian Locklear, Susan Kates and Rachel Preciado have also joined the sales team. Prior to Aperion, Witkin was the executive vice president of sales for Avalon Flooring for six years.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 8, 2021

Riviera Maya, Mexico— Daltile is hosting a multi-faceted meeting for its Statements Elite Dealer Program here at the Rosewood, Mayakoba Resort that kicks off June 8. The goal of our Statements Elite Daltile Dealer Program is to equip our retail partners for success with our products and increase their sales.”.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 30, 2023

Schönox representatives, including principal owner Thomas Trissl, (third from right) are “Ön It” as they meet with representatives of Sliwinski Floor Covering, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., We’ve had some meetings early in the conference where we did a business update—anecdotally speaking,” Bischoff told Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

“The increase is necessitated by rising costs, as experienced in multiple industries today, exacerbated by declining carpet sales, the funds from which support carpet recycling operations in the state. CARE said it will continue to supply point-of-purchase material as well as training support materials for sales staff.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Dumais has been the sales and logistics manager of Miller Druck Specialty Contracting, Inc., Over the years, her role has become multifaceted to include all aspects of the stone industry, starting as early as design development and continuing throughout installation and final completion.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 25, 2021

FCNews research shows commercial flooring revenues (including specified business as well as Main Street sales) totaled $6.134 billion last year—a falloff of 11.1% The corporate market took the biggest hit in 2020 as its share fell from 42% of sales in 2019 to approximately 38% last year. compared to 2019. in 2019 to 4.9%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

Aladdin Commercial products provide end users with both design and performance attributes. The Main Street marketplace is—and always will be—a driver in the market economy,” said Glenn King, vice president of sales, Southeast region, Stanton Carpet. The heart and soul of local communities witnessed a resilient rebound.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

. “We have been extremely successful working with the Fuse Alliance in offering Fuse members our hardwood flooring brands Monarch Plank and Reward Flooring,” said Joe Walker, Galleher commercial sales manager. “We

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

—For Karndean Designflooring , the word “design” is more than part of the company name. That commitment to artistry, craftsmanship and creativity has just been recognized with a 2024 ADEX Platinum Award for new wood-inspired designs for its Karndean LooseLay collection. We’re proud and humbled by the recognition.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 20, 2024

The partners said the company has felt the resurgence in laminate and is all too happy to provide high-quality product to meet the demand. “In They have a good/better/best strategy, but they also have a wide variety of designs. They are great,” Redondo Flooring & Design’s Arce said. The owner, the sales reps.

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Granada Tile

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Check out these design ideas featuring our line of eco-friendly, long-lasting cement tiles, and discover some inspiration to take your bathroom remodel to the next level. This elegant shower design makes use of our Droplet tile. The blue helps offset the soap shelf while adding a touch of accented class with a double-teardrop design.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The father of one of our new sales guys who came over with the Crossville acquisition was a Bruce distributor. That shows us that the brand means something to a lot of people.” “We focus on providing value, stylish products and designs that allow our customers to be more successful,” Carson said. He was so proud.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% The lion’s share of sales (approximately 70%) was generated from specified contract while the remainder came from Main Street commercial applications, research shows. flooring sales, according to Floor Covering News research. from roughly $6.5 billion in 2021 to $7.34

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