Fri.Feb 04, 2022

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Five Incredible Alternative Glazes

Diary of a Tile Addict

Enjoy ceramics with a huge range of curious features and finishes with this selection of five unique, alternative glazes from around the world. 1) Metal waste. The brainchild of designer Agne Kucerenkaite , the project Ignorance is Bliss only uses pigment from waste metals to colour their ceramic tiles. Due to the composition of each metal sludge mixture, every tile is unique with delightfully decorative specks and imperfects coating the surface.

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FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces: NovaFloor

Floor Covering News

Las Vegas— FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces coverage has kicked off at this year’s International Surface Event being held here this week. Every day at the show, FCNews host, Katie Ford, is visiting the top suppliers on the show floor to discuss their latest and greatest in product, technology and service. We’re taking a look at Novalis’ NovaFloor brand with Kim Hill, director of marketing, and Nate Hohenstein, director of strategic accounts, to discuss the brand’s evolution, key princi

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FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces: 1866

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Las Vegas— FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces coverage has kicked off at this year’s International Surface Event being held here this week. Every day at the show, FCNews host, Katie Ford, is visiting the top suppliers on the show floor to discuss their latest and greatest in product, technology and service. We’re here with Len Andolino, vice president, decorative division, for The Dixie Group’s Masland and Fabrica brands.

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FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces: The Dixie Group

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Las Vegas— FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces coverage has kicked off at this year’s International Surface Event being held here this week. Every day at the show, FCNews host, Katie Ford, is visiting the top suppliers on the show floor to discuss their latest and greatest in product, technology and service. Today, Jamann Stepp, vice president of hard surface for The Dixie Group, talks to us about TDG’s expansion into hard surface with its TruCOR product line, the evolution of that product line, the

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How to successfully live together, work together

Floor Covering News

To work together or not work together—that is the question. The thought of spending every waking hour with your spouse can be daunting. Will I get alone time? What if we disagree on something? How can we juggle family/home life and work meetings? To answer some of those questions, FCNews talked to Rod and Madeleine Bayless of RFMS; Sam and Margie O’Krent of O’Krent Floors; and Jim and Donna Mudd of Sam Kinnaird Flooring.

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FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces: Inhaus

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Las Vegas— FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces coverage has kicked off at this year’s International Surface Event being held here this week. Every day at the show, FCNews host, Katie Ford, is visiting the top suppliers on the show floor to discuss their latest and greatest in product, technology and service. Derek Welbourn, CEO of Inhaus , is here with us to discuss the company’s history and new products for 2022 across both the laminate and vinyl categories as well as the company’s sustainab

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FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces: AHF Products

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Las Vegas— FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces coverage has kicked off at this year’s International Surface Event being held here this week. Every day at the show, FCNews host, Katie Ford, is visiting the top suppliers on the show floor to discuss their latest and greatest in product, technology and service. We’re talking to AHF Products’ Brian Parker, vice president, product, to discuss the company’s ongoing growth and evolution over the last three years via product innovation and acquis

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FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces: Bella Flooring Group

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Las Vegas— FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces coverage has kicked off at this year’s International Surface Event being held here this week. Every day at the show, FCNews host, Katie Ford, is visiting the top suppliers on the show floor to discuss their latest and greatest in product, technology and service. We’re meeting up with Paul Domine, president of Bella Flooring Group , which supplies innovative hard surface flooring, to discuss the company’s impressive and vast evolution, the strength

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FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces: Wellmade

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Las Vegas— FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces coverage has kicked off at this year’s International Surface Event being held here this week. Every day at the show, FCNews host, Katie Ford, is visiting the top suppliers on the show floor to discuss their latest and greatest in product, technology and service. Today, Dick Quinlin, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Wellmade , talks to us about the company’s expansion beyond bamboo with the original innovation in HDPC, its focus on quality

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Selling a business can have tax implications

Floor Covering News

A ccording to a study by the Cornell University SC Johnson School of Business, it’s estimated that 40% of businesses are passed from the first generation to the second while only 13% are passed from the second generation to the third. In either case, it’s important to have a succession plan in place that not only transfers ownership but does so in a tax-efficient manner , allowing you to recoup more of the hard-earned value you’ve built over the years.

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FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces: Happy Feet

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Las Vegas— FCNEWS LIVE at Surfaces coverage has kicked off at this year’s International Surface Event being held here this week. Every day at the show, FCNews host, Katie Ford, is visiting the top suppliers on the show floor to discuss their latest and greatest in product, technology and service. Casey Johnson and CJ Johnson, founders of Happy Feet, are with us to discuss the company’s expansion since its initial launch 10 years ago, bringing new products, deep inventory and a family-run,

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FCNews asks: How are you adapting to the supply chain slowdown?

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The global supply chain slowdown has led to unprecedented delays and shortages of all flooring products and prevented retailers from achieving even greater prosperity in 2021. Perhaps most frustrating is there is no single reason for the shortages but rather a combination of factors. So, what’s a retailer to do? In the words of Tim Schoolfield, president of Countryside Carpets, O’Fallon, Mo., “You just deal with it.