Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Steven Feldman Las Vegas—Alliance Flooring, parent company of CarpetsPlus Color Tile and Carpetland, has entered into a strategic partnership with Nationwide Marketing Group—a resource entity consisting of 5,300 members (14,000 storefronts) doing a collective $18 billion in sales—to offer flooring to its 3,300 furniture stores.

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Kitchens for Living

AUGUST 27, 2018

Naturally, I focus a lot on the kitchen including cabinetry and all the other components but one way to really personalize your heart of the home and give it a fresh look is with your dining table. More and more we are seeing open kitchens that incorporate dining rooms. If you are on a budget and […] Read more. The post Show Stopping Dining Tables: Vintage to Modern appeared first on Artful Kitchens.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2018

Want to sell your home faster? Cut clutter. Image: Benning Design Construction Putting your house on the market is always a little emotional. The home that’s served as the canvas for so many of your favorite memories is about to become someone else’s. At least, that’s the plan. Now that you’ve listed your house, you’re probably ready to find a buyer ASAP, but you may run into unexpected delays.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Mara Bollettieri As a natural, renewable material, cork has inherent benefits that appeal to a designer’s visual, practical and environmental senses—a virtual trifecta. But it is perhaps on the first attribute that suppliers have made the greatest strides. Thanks to the advent of digital screening and printing […].

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2018

We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. There’s a lot to do before an open house. You need to clean top to bottom, spruce up your home decor, remove any hyper-personal touches and emotionally prepare yourself for a bunch of strangers poking around your closets and cabinets.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Steven Feldman In this day and age, it seems like everyone has a startup idea. In fact, according to Fast Company, “It’s estimated that more than 500,000 new businesses are started every month in the U.S. alone—that’s more than 11 million people starting something on the side […].

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Trendir Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2018

Everyone wants their residence to feel just like a vacation home but with a little more style and a whole lot of relaxation. Discover a few new vacation home design ideas and get inspired to upgrade your living space with a hint of vacation all year round. Bring on the Blues The different shades of blue add a welcoming effect that screams vacation home.

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Ceramic Industry Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2018

Morgan Advanced Materials has developed a proprietary alumina-based leachable material that reportedly cuts investment casting times in turbine engine blades by up to 20%.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Lindsay Baillie As WPC and SPC flooring products continue to grow in popularity, molding manufacturers are looking into developing new, matching accessories. While some companies are specifically developing multilayer moldings, others are enhancing their current profiles to create products that are made of other materials but ultimately […].

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Ceramic Industry Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2018

IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries® recently announced the June 2018 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

Export, Pa.—The U.S. corporate headquarters of Karndean Designflooring has been voted by employees as one of Pittsburgh’s Top 100 Workplaces for the seventh consecutive year, according to a recent survey conducted by Energage, LLC (formerly WorkplaceDynamics). “Empowered employees are the heart of Karndean Designflooring,” said Larry Browder, chief sales and marketing officer.

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Ceramic Industry Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2018

HarbisonWalker International (HWI) recently celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art monolithic refractories manufacturing plant in South Point, Ohio.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

Lancaster, Pa.—Armstrong Flooring has recycled more than 100 million pounds of post-consumer flooring materials and kept 50,000 tons of materials out of landfills through its On&On Recycling Program. To date, the program has saved 1.3 billion gallons of water or 2.7 million bathtubs full of water; 44 million kg of greenhouse gases eliminated, which is equivalent […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 Shaw Industries recently received the Service Providers Association for Developmental Disabilities’ (SPADD) Employer of the Year award for its work on the “Project SEARCH” program—a nine-month employment preparedness initiative for individuals with intellectual and learning disabilities. Participants receive training and workplace skills, preparing them to enter the workforce. […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Jim Augustus Armstrong (Last of three parts) In my last two columns, I outlined the ultimate floor marketing system, which consists of three simple steps: “before,” “during” and “after.” The first step is what you do to attract new customers before they have purchased from you. The […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By K.J. Quinn This special FCNews Retail Education series, sponsored by 3M, is designed to help specialty retailers build their business through proven merchandising and marketing strategies` as well as general best practices. When seeking out training opportunities for their sales and installation teams, dealers need to look […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Ken Ryan Maya Angelou famously said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Brand marketers have often said that a brand is more than the name or visual element […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Ken Ryan Orlando—The role of the installer has never been more vital to the health of the flooring industry. That statement underscored the main theme of the 25th International Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) convention here earlier this month. During the meeting, which drew record attendance, CFI released […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Steven Feldman In this day and age, it seems like everyone has a startup idea. In fact, according to Fast Company, “It’s estimated that more than 500,000 new businesses are started every month in the U.S. alone—that’s more than 11 million people starting something on the side […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By David Romano Dear David: I am getting fed up with my new batch of employees. When I give them an inch, they want a mile. Last week, two of my sales associates cornered me and told me the rest of the staff is upset because I stopped […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Tom Jennings I recently had occasion to attend meetings in a large hotel in Atlanta. As I was walking through the main lobby, I noticed a bowl of bite-sized candies on the registration counter. Since I possess no will power when confronted by this temptation, I reached […].

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2018

Paris—Tarkett has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Lexmark Carpet Mills. Lexmark produces high-quality carpet, primarily for the North American hospitality segment. The company is a well-recognized brand among leading hospitality chains. In recent years, the Lexmark has extended its product range to address the residential market. "The acquisition of Lexmark will position Tarkett […].

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