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What keeps retailers up at night 2024

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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. Keeping up with capacity “My greatest fear is being able to keep up with the sales and order processing workload.

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Flooring retailers express optimism heading into second quarter

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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.

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Retailers: Consumer views on American-made are mixed

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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. It’s also true, dealers note, that many shoppers are unwilling to pay a premium for a flooring product unless it meets other criteria, namely style and design.

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Edge Summit returns in dramatic fashion

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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.

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CCA Global kicks off winter convention

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The selling system, which will be launched in waves this year, is designed to make the shopping experience easier for consumers by offering fewer SKUs and color-coordinated displays intended to expedite the shopping experience and improve profit opportunities for retailers. Carpet One Floor & Home in Jacksonville, Fla.,

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Retailers reveal the suppliers they win with

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“Our product offering and approach to the market helps our retail partners enjoy higher sales tickets, better margins and a more profitable business.”. They are partners with integrity that focus on fashion, performance, quality and pushing the limits of design. Their designs are totally custom. What retailers had to say.

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Mohawk adds exclusive Edge Summit resources online

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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.