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LVT, WPC, SPC—which is right for your customer?

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October 14/21, 2019: Volume 35/Issue 8. By Lindsay Gonzalez. As the resilient category continues to expand into various subsegments, flooring dealers have had to stay abreast of where each product—once installed—will truly thrive. LVT, WPC and SPC—arguably the three most popular resilient products today—all have different nuances that make one better than the other for different projects.

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Installation: With underlayments, silence is the golden rule

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September 2/9, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 6. By Megan Salzano. Flooring underlayments don’t often get their due when it comes to the successful completion of a flooring installation. However, without these sundry products consumer needs can often be left unmet, including the need for sound abatement. Sound abatement is not often top of mind for consumers when looking to install or upgrade their flooring, but it should be a key selling point for retailers.

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Tile: New applications expand segment’s potential

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September 2/9, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 6. By Megan Salzano. Daltile’s Panoramic Porcelain Surfaces are resistant to water, heat, stains, scratches, chemicals and traffic. While the tile market is under pressure from the realistic visuals and waterproof technologies of resilient product lines, porcelain is taking its market share back through innovative new products.

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Quality glues make installations stick

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October 28/November 4, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 9. By Lindsay Gonzalez. A good-looking floor at a fair price is only half the battle. To ensure a customer is completely satisfied with her new floors, top quality must be achieved at every level—especially the installation phase. That’s why it’s so critical that the right adhesive is specified for the project at hand.

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Fall intros: Innovations entice dealers to sell better goods

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September 16/23, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 7. By Ken Ryan. The newest product introductions in the flooring industry run the gamut from latest in rigid core construction to carpet tiles engineered for exterior applications. What these disparate products have in common, however, are technology advancements that will help define and differentiate these innovations as they hit the market at the height of the fall selling season.

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Ceramic: Producers push innovation as consumption falls

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Nov. 25/Dec. 2, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 11. By Megan Salzano. Daltile’s Panoramic Porcelain Surfaces suit the growing demand for slab-style countertops. As was predicted this time last year, consumption of ceramic tile in 2019 is lower than that of the previous year. The downward trend began in 2018, and the residential ceramic business slowed for the first three quarters of 2019.

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Carpet: Significant innovations enrich category in 2019

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Nov. 25/Dec. 2, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 11. By Ken Ryan. Behind every great carpet is an innovation that went into the design and engineering of the product to create something unique and different. In a year in which carpet sales were lagging, there was no decline in the area of innovation as carpet mills delivered pioneering dyeing processes, enhanced twisting technologies and other performance-enhancing methods to the market.

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Laminate: Latest click systems serve multiple purposes

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September 16/23, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 7. By Reginald Tucker. Valinge 5G’s seal, utilized here on a Beauflor laminate product, is tight enough to lock out spills for up to 72 hours. When glueless installation systems were first incorporated into laminate floors back in the early ’90s, the primary aim was to expedite the installation process. The innovation behind the snap-and-lock, tongue-and-groove panels allowed installers to finish a job in a shorter amount of time and not have to deal with

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Wood-rigid hybrids promise to change the game

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October 28/November 4, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 9. By Reginald Tucker. The beauty of real hardwood married with the performance of rigid core technology. That’s what the latest innovation in flooring is offering consumers in an age where waterproof is king. For the past few years, the wood flooring category has watched as competing hard surfaces—particularly LVT, WPC and SPC—have nipped significant market share.