Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Washington, D.C.—Single-family starts showed continued growth in August but overall housing production fell 5.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.42 million units due to a double-digit percentage decline in multi-family production, according to data from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Departments. The pace of single-family starts in August was the highest production rate since February.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Photo by Aaron Huber on Unsplash There is no denial of the fact that designing a kitchen is the most crucial aspect when it comes to building a house. The kitchen is the beauty of the house and should be designed in such a way that it sets a style statement of your house. It represents you and should be designed according to your wants and needs. All the kitchens which you may have come across your entire life must be different, and each of them uniquely suits the needs of the family.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Atlanta, Ga.— LG Hausys Floors introduced a new addition to its PRESTG line of premium SPC flooring products called the Artistry collection. Designed with realistic visuals and textures that aim to create a dramatic artistic statement for commercial interior spaces, the new collection features six plank and six tile visuals. “The Artistry collection is the perfect marriage of LG’s unrivaled leadership in design, quality and manufacturing innovation,” said Carol Lee, marketing communication manag

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Larry Scott. Bandera, Texas—Larry Scott, a veteran of the hardwood flooring and installation industry, passed away on Sept. 11, 2020. He was 69. Scott was born in Wick, W.V., on Feb. 18, 1951, and grew up in Ohio. He moved to Texas in the late ’60s where he spent the rest of his life. He started his flooring career in the ’70s as a hardwood flooring installer for French Brown Floors in Dallas.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

By Reginald Tucker. Hydrana in gray from Beauflor USA. It’s often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But when it comes to laminate flooring manufacturers striving to replicate genuine hardwood flooring visuals, make no mistake: it’s all about seizing market share. To that end, suppliers are pulling out all the stops, utilizing advancements in embossing techniques, screening and digital printing technologies to render not only extremely realistic wood visuals but also textures

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

By Megan Salzano. Inhaus’ Fruitville laminate features an oak wood-look design. Laminate flooring, once the darling of the industry, lost some of its luster years ago, observers say. Overshadowed by competing categories that promised more in the way of design and performance, the category has struggled to maintain market share. However, the tide may be starting to turn.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

By Lisbeth Calandrino. I recently received a call from a dear friend and business associate. He sounded down, so I asked him what was wrong. He said his printing business is non-existent and he’s not sure what he should be doing. Unemployment is helping, but he feels like he should be making decisions. (By the way, he is a “solopreneur” with no other employees.).

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

By Jim Augustus Armstrong. (First of two parts). “The most we can charge is 35% margins because people in our area won’t pay more.”. I was conducting a coaching session with a flooring dealer who wanted to grow his business, and he was trying to convince me that there was no way he could raise his prices. I, of course, was having none of it. “I’ll make a deal with you, Bill.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Scott Humphrey. Dalton—The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) announced its endorsement of the Problem Solvers Caucus (PSC) COVID-19 stimulus framework. With a focused goal to break the gridlock on the latest COVID-19 relief package, this proposal aims to encourage negotiators back to the table. The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus—25 Democrats and 25 Republicans, led by co-chairs Reps.

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