Architectural Ceramics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Top 5 Design Posts of the Week. As we inch closer to cold weather and dig out our winter wardrobe, let’s take some time to once more appreciate some inspiring outdoor entertainment spaces and get inspired this winter for an exterior addition to enjoy this spring! As cold weather encompasses us, it’s the perfect time to think about refreshing ways to enjoy the distant warm weather and day-dream about getting tan on your new patio or gazebo.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Arlington, Va.—Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, is now accepting submissions for its 2021 Coverings Installation and Design (CID) Awards and nominations for its Rock Star Awards. Competitor submissions of tile and stone projects for entry to the CID Awards, and nominations for Rock Stars, will be accepted online through Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at 5 p.m.

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Ceramics of Italy

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

ABK Group is continuing its growth programme and despite the difficult period for the global economy has completed the acquisition of the 100% share capital of Ceramiche Gardenia Orchidea S.p.A., a historic company that owns the Gardenia Orchidea and Versace Ceramics brands and posted a turnover of more than €38 million in FY 2019. Since it was founded in 1992, ABK Group has grown steadily and reached a turnover of over €110 million in 2019.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is no escaping it: 2020 is the year of COVID-19, and flooring distributors of all sizes dealt with the myriad effects—an abrupt shutdown that upended the second quarter followed by a resurgence. As 2020 winds down, the industry’s top wholesalers are looking for a strong finish to a challenging year. FCNews ’ annual top 20 distributors’ listing not only looks at the industry’s leaders but also reveals the 10 highest-volume wholesalers in the waterproof vinyl flooring category as well as the

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Stone Update

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Online event sponsored by iQ Power Tools, includes NTCA and American Lung Association.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

By Ken Ryan. Tarkett’s John Mazzullo, left, chats with A.J. Rose’s A.J. Boyajian during the meeting. The in-person fall meeting of the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) apparently was successful on multiple fronts—suppliers and dealers enjoyed the fellowship as they worked on business deals, and none of the 150 attendees in Savannah, Ga., have been reported to have contracted COVID-19.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

By Ken Ryan. Elias Wilf has become the first flooring distributor to carry Välinge’s hardwood flooring , with exclusive rights to sell the line in the Mid-Atlantic region from New York to North Carolina. Jeff Striegel, president of the Owings Mills, Md.-based distributor, said he regards Välinge Flooring as among the first true innovations in wood flooring since aluminum oxide was developed in the mid-1990s.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sponsored Content. Customer loyalty is essential for building a successful business. Every business owner wants loyal customers, but how do you encourage loyalty? Synchrony, a leading provider of retail credit programs for businesses nationwide, examined the topic in its 2019 Loyalty Study. It conducted an online survey of 1,500 consumers with questions designed to probe the psychology, motivations and emotions of shoppers.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

By Ken Ryan. Flooring distributors have dealt with slowdowns and recessions before, but usually they had time to prepare in advance. Not this time around, as COVID-19 arrived quickly—and with a vengeance. “COVID-19 changed everything we do every day in our personal lives as well as our business,” Keith Slobodien, president of Apollo Distributing Company, Fairfield, N.J., told FCNews.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

By Ken Ryan. The SPC/rigid core subsegment of the LVT category continued to grow by double digits for distributors in 2020 as a percentage of overall business, and in a few cases now represents 50% or more of some businesses. This trend is expected to continue for the next year. “Retail sales associates typically push products that they want to sell, and LVT is what they want to sell as there is an absolute love affair going on with the LVT category,” said Jeff Striegel, president of Elias Wilf,

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

By Steven Feldman. The cover date of this issue is Nov. 2. That means if you are reading this on that date, tomorrow is Election Day. There’s a side of me that wants to pontificate about this election, but there’s also a side of me that doesn’t want to hear it from half of you. Because at the end of the day, on Nov. 4 (or maybe a year from now until all the mail-in votes are counted and recounted 10 times) half the population will be happy and the other half will be rioting—er, protesting, accor

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

By Scott Perron. (Second of two parts). In part I of this series, I talked about how COVID-19 has forced us as an industry to respond to unprecedented challenges. In this installment, I will discuss the importance of embracing change in order to move forward to meet these challenges head on. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic , we looked to secure the necessary supplies ranging from masks and sanitizer to plexiglass barriers and toilet tissue.

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