Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

F amily owned and operated since the founding of its parent company, Pelican Creations, nearly 25 years ago, Pelican Creations Home has made a name for itself in the ever-crowded flooring market by offering a variety of popular product categories and exceptional customer service to its retail partners. Product prowess. Customers react.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Sales productivity—the time your team spends selling—has decreased. Increasing your team’s productivity is essential for increasing your company’s revenue. 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.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Sales productivity—the time your team spends selling—has decreased. Increasing your team’s productivity is essential for increasing your company’s revenue. 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.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

—Karndean Designflooring has digitized its suite of architectural folders, available inside a “digital product library,” to keep its full selection of commercial products at professionals’ fingertips. Visitors to the library will find an architectural folder for each Karndean Designflooring product range.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2023

Following are the latest innovations from the industry’s top software technology providers: Broadlume Broadlume has long been supplying the floor covering industry with essential technologies such as websites and digital marketing tools but is now slightly pivoting. “We What’s the first thing they’re going to do on a hard surface product?

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 10, 2024

San Antonio, Texas Designer (2): Marie Page, sales design consultant Architessa Rockville, Md. Amala Raj Swenson, principal interior designer Amala Raj Interiors San Diego, Calif. Kali Pharand, product standards and sustainability coordinator Schluter Systems Plattsburgh, N.Y.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2024

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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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

MARCH 29, 2023

What makes online sales less than ideal for retailers and consumers alike is the fact that flooring is best sold in-person where shoppers can see and feel the real thing. Photos, and even today’s popular room visualizers, while useful tools in the selling process, rarely close the deal on their own. Keep it simple.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 12, 2023

This conference is held every other year and is designed to further solidify and increase the value of the partnership between Daltile and its Statements dealers as well as give dealers the chance to network with fellow members. A key strength of the Daltile brand is the breadth and depth of product that we offer,” Warren added. “The

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In choosing their top retailer partners, suppliers looked beyond sales volume to other key attributes such as communication skills, trust, company culture and even benevolence as differentiating factors. As we all became more educated on the product category—and the performance of it over time—this decision became clearer than ever.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

By Steven Feldman—Dallas—Shaw Industries heads into 2022 with a series of targeted introductions designed to line retailers’ pockets across its three signature brands: Shaw Floors , COREtec and Anderson Tuftex. Consumers will be drawn to this display from both the lighting and the breadth and depth of products.”. SPC/rigid core.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 14, 2020

AHF Products has launched its floor Visualizer, a new digital tool to help customers picture the latest flooring styles in their home before buying. This allows for a streamlined process and quicker turnaround on projects, and provides a fast, seamless way for homeowners and professionals to build confidence during product selection.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 25, 2020

While the LVT category and its SPC/rigid core subsegments continue to dominate the flooring market at the expense of other products, flooring retailers would be remiss to abandon carpet, laminate and sheet vinyl as viable revenue opportunities. Jamie Welborn, VP of product management, Mohawk. Travis Bass, EVP of sales, Swiss Krono USA.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Mohawk earned accolades from judges in two categories—sustainability/disruption (Color Wall) and technology (Omnify+)—as well as best booth design. Now in its 12th year, the awards program has become the benchmark for new product excellence and booth design at the industry’s premier trade show.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 24, 2022

According to the company, the recent upgrade was designed with the emphasis on better serving its dealer and distributor network and providing customers with an easy-to-navigate platform to find the perfect product for their project. ” The post Walker Zanger launches redesigned website appeared first on Floor Covering News. .

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

ceramic market will be down mid-single digits in sales and high single digitals in volume when the calendar flips to 2024. It was, however, a sizeable 23% increase in sales from 2020’s $2.844 billion when the category experienced its first decline since 2009 amid the Great Recession. Category experts agree the U.S. year-to-date.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2022

The popularity of bamboo and cork flooring remains strong despite the intense competition from the deluge of LVP/SPC products. That benefit speaks to many consumers who are wanting to shop and design more responsibly. However, despite all these positive attributes , bamboo and cork flooring products cannot sell themselves.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 26, 2019

At Architectural Ceramics, we often collaborate with local architects and interior designers to craft well-designed and personalized spaces. When working with Sagatov Design + Build , that meant creating a modern, rustic and bright farmhouse kitchen perfectly suited to their client’s style. Backsplash Tile. Upper Cabinets.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

—Aperion Surfaces, a flooring importer and distributor, launched its custom room visualizer tool to enhance the shopping experience for flooring retailers, distributors, designers and contractors. where they can ‘visualize’ any of the brand’s LVP or SPC products. It’s already working for us in the few weeks we’ve had it.”

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 8, 2021

Held every other year, the conference is designed to further solidify and increase the value of the partnership between Daltile and its Statements dealers as well as to give dealers the chance to network with fellow members. Warren added that a key strength of the brand is the breadth and depth of the product it offers.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 17, 2021

By Jacqueline Hinchcliffe W hether it’s estimating, inventory management or general lead-generation or customer relationship management systems, software tools can go a long way in enhancing the operations of any flooring business. The thing about software is it allows you to use it in a more productive environment,” Flannick explained.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Attendees will have the chance to see a live demo of its best-selling products, such as MeasureSquare Commercial Edition, a flooring takeoff estimating software designed to help users win more bids. ” MeasureSquare Mobile is the mobile counterpart in the line of products.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

We give companies the knowledge and necessary licenses to produce exciting innovative products,” said Floris Koopmans, sales director, IP, at Unilin Technologies. “We We give companies the knowledge and necessary licenses to produce exciting innovative products,” said Floris Koopmans, sales director, IP, at Unilin Technologies.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 16, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—T he ceramic category can be a difficult nut to crack for the dealer community, but it’s one that should be embraced as the ongoing potential for record-breaking sales continues into 2022. Dal-Tile’s Martinson agreed, noting consumers want several product lines from which to make their selection.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FCNews reveals the winners of its third annual FCNnovation Awards—an initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies launched in the current year. Anderson Tuftex Discover Discover was designed with no pattern match required for installation.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 27, 2024

Where was your production? For personal reasons I returned, but with the intention of looking for innovative products, founding Neos Cerámica & Comunicación, parent company of Neos Additives. Thousands of square meters were manufactured, but the 2008 crisis made further production unnecessary. At our Nules facilities.

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Building Moxie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Of course, I didn’t know what this “new” siding product was. James Hardie products now appear on over 8 million homes in North America. *. We’ll learn about the benefits of Hardie products, many you already know, and hopefully, you receive the info you need for deciding whether this Program is a good fit for your organization. *.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Whether you are working with a designer or like to do-it-yourself, we can all learn from professional tile contractors and installers. metro-area designer Cheryll Bowie of CKB Design , her client embraced natural stone and its natural variation. Designer: Cheryll Bowie of CKB Design, Vendor: Architectural Ceramics, Inc.,

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

All educational sessions are designed to provide show-goers with the informative content they need to excel in today’s highly competitive tile and stone marketplace, according to Coverings. The Secrets of Pool Design and Installation. Designing for Outdoor Living. Workforce & Profits.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2020

This is so company employees can be productive and take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about their trade and job skills while at home. Throughout the course professional sales techniques and tactics are taught. The course describes how stone is installed with all of the various installation products.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The “Installation & Fabrication” track is designed to assist attendees in refreshing their knowledge of industry best practices and staying abreast of cutting-edge techniques in the installation and fabrication of tile and stone. These insights aim to keep attendees well-informed and ahead of the sustainability curve in 2024.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. Ukraine is a major exporter of agricultural commodities such as wheat and corn, and the conflict has disrupted production and export capabilities.

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Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The Fargo Resource Center is a tool for our wholesale, architectural and design communities to see our extensive product lines. The new space will be open by March 2015 by appointment only with our architectural sales rep Kristen Hillrud. We will be announcing more details in the coming weeks.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Attendees will have the chance to see a live demo of its best-selling products, such as MeasureSquare Commercial Edition, a flooring takeoff estimating software designed to help users win more bids. ” MeasureSquare Mobile is the mobile counterpart in the line of products.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

FCNews ’ third annual “Industry Disrupters” issue features innovative players and thinkers who are pushing the envelope in terms of product innovations, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Domestic Production. Below are this year’s Industry Disruptors. The mother of all disruptors .

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 6, 2023

As retailers kick off the key spring selling season, Mohawk is launching the “Floor Adore” campaign designed to give its Edge dealer partners new tools, assets and even some training to meet an expected surge in remodeling business. It’s a tie-in throughout the process.”

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