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An infusion of youth produces ‘Ultimate Floors’

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Now we’re shipping to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, all over Texas, Colorado—just in the past year and a half.” What makes it tick So, what’s behind this relatively new brand—other than young blood and drive? They have a good/better/best strategy, but they also have a wide variety of designs.

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Winning at Retail 2023

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We want customers to love the style and design of the products. BOBBY MERIDETH, Flooring America OKC, Oklahoma City, Okla. Execute and follow up in all aspects of the sale—from the start of the sale to getting the order to ordering the material to receiving the material through the installation process.

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Retailers React: What surprised you in 2022

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We are only off 9% on the retail sales—very encouraging as we had record growth of 45% in 2021. – Brian McCarver, Brian’s Flooring & Design Birmingham, Ala. Our monthly sales have remained strong, but due to the inflationary costs the margins have decreased. I never want to go backwards but last year was amazing.

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Time2Design: Outdoor Living | My GenX Design Studios Presentation

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Outdoor Living | My GenX Design Studios Presentation. As one of eight designers selected to participate in the KBIS Design Studios , I was asked to design a Outdoor Living Space for a hypothetical Generation X client and I would like to share that design with you here. 0^_VW]+4U#T^",SLR$D,^0. Outdoor drapery.

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Daltile makes a bold ‘Statement’

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the showroom-within-a-showroom concept serves as a destination within a store and is designed to increase profitability for dealers and simplify the shopping experience for consumers. Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, put it in perspective: “When you’re shopping within the 2.0 Dubbed Statements 2.0,

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CCA members extol virtues of Retail 2.0 system

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CCA retailers saw 2023 numbers come down a bit from the previous year, albeit sales are up 10% from 2019, the last “normal” business year before the pandemic. I had a customer who took a few minutes to find the sample she liked, which happened to be the most expensive sample in the showroom, and it turned into a $6,000 sale.

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Parterre, T&L Distributors form partnership

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T&L will be the exclusive Parterre distributor in several southern states, including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico. Brent Harris, director of commercial sales at T&L/E.J. Welch Company. and enhances the commercial LVT portfolio for T&L. “The