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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

Natural stone can be a hard product category for some retailers to get into. Not only does it require more knowledge on the part of the retail sales associate, but it also means successfully sharing that information with the consumer in a way that doesn’t turn them away from the category.

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Sylvie Atanasio talks about the industry, design, and CTDA

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Instead of coming up with custom, high-end $150-a-square-foot product, I created products that looked and felt custom, but were ready made, in stock, on the shelf, could be shipped within 48 hours and cost just $26 a square foot. My commitment is to bring forth beautiful tile and stone products.

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Made in USA: Manufacturers ramp up domestic production

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By Megan Salzano-Birch—Across all flooring categories suppliers are ramping up their domestic production to meet the needs of their customer base and consumers across the country. AHF Products, for example, has one of the most robust domestic production operations as any supplier in the industry. Daltile’s Dickson plant.

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TISE 2024: Resilient flooring focuses on innovation

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I would probably say the market’s going to be, at best, flat, maybe even a little bit down,” said Dick Quinlan, VP of sales and marketing, Wellmade. I think it’s going to be a tough first half of the year,” noted Yon Hinkle, VP of product management, resilient, AHF Products. “We Units might be flat.

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A glimpse into the Floor & Decor playbook

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The massive, 129,000-square-foot store carries about 3,400 SKUs of product. An average F&D store is filled with about 70,000 square feet of hard surface product. What’s more, consumers or installers can come in every day, purchase a product and start the project that same afternoon. Design centers. Merchandising.

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Ceramic: The pros and cons of natural stone

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Not only is the product particularly unique, but it comes with a set of dos and don’ts consumers are often unaware of or afraid to deal with. higher profit margins, greater application opportunities, unique style and design. Natural stacked stone—3D walls—are also a show stopper.” – Emily Holle, trend/design director, MSI.

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Natural Stone Institute inducts new board members

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He is an MBA graduate with a strong background in sales, marketing and business development. Having joined Rugo Stone in 2010, Arcot has spearheaded the company’s marketing initiatives to promote natural stone products and to strategically diversify operations to target niche markets, according to the Natural Stone Institute.