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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

To successfully add natural stone to your product lineup, natural stone suppliers say it’s important to understand the basics Know the product and its place “Retailers should be versed on where natural stone products can be installed and used as not all are designed for each project space. It’s the best way to increase overall resale value.

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A Note From Jim: MIA Focuses on 2015

StoneDimensions

MIA represents the entire supply chain with industry segmentation as follows: fabricator (42.5%), slab distributor (25.6%), quarry/producer (7.5%), equipment suppliers (7.8%), installers (5.8%), restoration (4.6%), consultant (2.6%), and other (3.7%). It is our intent to also feature classes that will benefit the design community.

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A Note from Jim - May/June 2014

StoneDimensions

Since January 1st the following have been added: A host of industry statistics, trends, and data references - this includes the latest fabricator benchmarking survey, which has information of interest for fabricators and stone & equipment distributors - see www.marble-institute.com/data. Four new safety toolbox training documents.

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