Remove Design Remove Nashville Remove Products Remove Sales
article thumbnail

What keeps retailers up at night 2024

Floor Covering News

Until the Fed lowers interest rates, existing home sales can be expected to remain slower than usual. It feels overwhelming at times.” — Chris Maurer-Doncaster , Doncaster Flooring and Design Mishawaka, Ind. We are looking at other options for products to sell that we are currently not selling.

Ohio 98
article thumbnail

Flooring retailers express optimism heading into second quarter

Floor Covering News

In fact, many retailers are seeing an uptick in their top-line sales. This led to March being incredibly strong with retail sales up over 20% for the quarter—and we were up 8% when compared to 2021. “We As he explained, “Retail traffic is down substantially; however, sales are not.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Retailers: Consumer views on American-made are mixed

Floor Covering News

Ask flooring retailers whether American-made products matter to their customers and you’re likely going to get a wide range of answers—from affirmative to apathy. The consensus is that unless retailers point out country of origin during the sales process, most consumers have no idea where their flooring was made. Few will make [U.S.-made]

Nashville 105
article thumbnail

Retailers reveal the suppliers they win with

Floor Covering News

The top suppliers, many floor covering retailers agree, are the ones that help specialty retailers maintain healthy profit margins—especially in an extremely competitive environment inundated with so many me-too products jockeying for market share. They stand behind their products, they don’t play games with us.

Tulsa 75
article thumbnail

Belknap-Haines expands distribution of LM Flooring

Floor Covering News

—Belknap-Haines, a leading full-service flooring distributor , will help expand the influence and territory of LM Flooring, an AHF Products brand, in New England and relaunch in the Southeastern United States, effective immediately. AHF has been growing and investing in the brand since it acquired LM in 2019.

article thumbnail

Edge Summit returns in dramatic fashion

Floor Covering News

Nashville—After a pandemic-induced hiatus, several postponements and years of planning, Mohawk finally kicked off its much-anticipated Mohawk Edge Summit 2023 here. As the best retailers, you are the perfect partners to optimize new sales technologies, introduce new and innovative products and re-energize the selling process.

article thumbnail

Mohawk adds exclusive Edge Summit resources online

Floor Covering News

This year’s Edge Summit had a record-setting attendance, and we want to share the tools for success with our retail partners who were not able to join us in Nashville,” said Angela Duke, Mohawk’s senior director of residential marketing. To access Mohawk’s exclusive Edge Summit curriculum, visit MohawkToday.com.