Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2021

By Reginald Tucker Floor Covering News , with the launch of The Great Reveal, is providing manufacturers with creative ways to get their new flooring products in front of specialty retailers around the country so they may be better prepared to present consumers with new products, colors and designs to help them complete their renovation projects. The raging coronavirus pandemic has forced convention and confer­ence organizers to postpone winter and spring selling mar­kets to later in the year—or

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Rubble Tile

JANUARY 28, 2021

Adex USA’s highly functional and timely porcelain collection, Floor, is now available at Rubble Tile. Designers love the tiles’ natural semi matte glaze, classic shapes, and neutral colors that have made them a popular choice for both traditional and transitional spaces. But what defines Floor’s.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Kay Bearfield. Dalton— Since 1981, the Floor Covering Industry Foundation (FCIF) has been assisting flooring members who are faced with catastrophic illnesses, life-altering injuries and severe disabilities. Last year, FCIF helped dozens of families across the U.S. by providing a FCIF grant for medical expenses and basic needs such as housing, transportation and food.

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The A to Z of Building

JANUARY 28, 2021

Cementex, the safety tool specialists, announces the release of a new lift-front hood in their Ultralight Series of Arc Flash PPE. The lift-front hoods provide a larger viewing area through the.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2021

By Ken Ryan This year more than 20 states will see increases in minimum wage for workers. Most of these changes took effect Jan. 1, although some states—including Connecticut, Nevada and Oregon—will see increases later in the year. Florida will join them in September. The hikes prompted the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) to remind flooring retailers that just because they pay more than minimum wage doesn’t mean they can ignore the increases.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2021

By Steven Feldman In what has become a tradition, I like to use this space in one of the first two issues of the year to reprint a portion of something that Pami Bhullar , retail trainer extraordinaire, sends me every year—his New Year’s resolutions for flooring professionals. He believes if retailers can implement at least three of the following resolutions and/or objectives, they will see improved results.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Jim Aaron. Dalton—Continuing the expansion of its leadership team , Jim Aaron has been named the executive director of the Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF). Aaron will start in his new position in mid-February 2021. “For years, the floor covering industry has been challenged by a lack of qualified, skilled individuals who can install floor covering in homes and commercial settings,” said Scott Humphrey, chief executive officer of the WFCA.

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