Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

By Megan Salzano—W ith the pandemic shaking up product launch strategies, the fall selling season has become a key product launch phase for many suppliers. While Surfaces remains the main stage for most manufacturers, new products are hitting the streets—and dealer showrooms—this fall that have never been seen before. New product offerings for the 2021 fall selling season cover all categories, from carpet to rigid core to laminate, wood and tile.

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Garden State Tile Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Choosing your tile color , shape , and layout are all important parts of designing your dream space. However, when it comes to the part that pulls the entire design together, we save the best for last – and that’s grout. Grout is generally defined as a mixture of water, cement, and other binding agents that is applied between the joints of your tiles after installation.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Following is the 13th edition of the Real Wood Coalition editorial coverage , which can also be seen in the September 13/20 print edition of FCNews. These features include educational insights, new and staple hardwood products and a spotlight featuring one of the Coalition’s members. A new edition of RWC coverage will be available in every print issue of FCNews throughout the year.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

By Gregg Hicks—Whether you are a flooring retailer or contractor, it’s important to have a good sense of where our market is and where it is headed. To that end, it is beneficial to step back from your perspective and take an objective view of the flooring marketplace. At Modernize, we strive to better connect homeowners with home improvement professionals.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Last month, the flooring industry lost a key member of its retail community. While her name might not be commonly known among the thousands of flooring dealers across the country, she nonetheless played a valuable role for one of those dealers and the countless customers she touched. Loretta Giannazzo joined Capitol Carpet & Tile, with multiple locations in Florida, more than 20 years ago, and served as goodwill ambassador.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Adairsville, Ga.—To support Habitat for Humanity’s local mission, Mohawk’s finance, logistics and legal teams have collaborated on an annual fundraising golf tournament since 2014. The 2021 event was held Sept. 13 at Barnsley Gardens here and raised more than $108,000 for Habitat for Humanity of Gordon County, according to the company. The Mohawk golf tournament has grown to become the Habitat chapter’s largest individual fundraiser, generating almost enough revenue each year to build a home for

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

By Steve Feldman—I hate obituaries. I find them to be boring. Then again, they’re not designed to be riveting. They’re simply obligatory summations of one’s life from beginning to end. Less about the legacy they left. Is that how you would want to be memorialized? I’m going to go out on a limb here: Steve Joss would not. For those of you who hadn’t heard, Steve, longtime owner of The Vertical Connection in Columbia, Md., passed away two weeks ago at the age of 72.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Washington, D.C.— Builder confidence inched up in September on lower lumber prices and strong housing demand, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Ending a three-month decline, builder sentiment in the market for newly-built, single-family homes edged up one point to 76 in September, according to the most recent NAHB /Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

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