Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Orlando, Fla.—Tile of Spain, the international brand representing more than 120 ceramic tile manufacturers from Spain, announced its schedule of events for Coverings 2021, North American’s largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference being held here July 7-9. Visitors to the Spanish Pavilion will explore rich collections as well as a full range of ceramic formats and applications from more that 40 Spanish manufacturers.

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Garden State Tile Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

Raw textures and gentle colors combine to create harmonious escapes with the Tribeca collection from Garden State Tile. Featuring 12 glossy porcelain wall tiles and 9 coordinating urban-inspired porcelain wall and floor tiles, Tribeca has all you need to create transitional industrial designs. The collection offers an array of popular field tile sizes in a matte, raw, or chiseled finish with coordinating mosaics and trims – all made in the USA!

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

By Megan Salzano It’s no secret that the flooring industry has been a predominantly male world for decades. In fact, it has lacked in the area of diversity in many respects, be it gender, ethnic or societal. But times are changing. In 2021, “inclusion” means more than just touting a woman- or minority-owned business. It means looking at how real diversity can help move the industry forward and become representative of our end user, creating a booming powerhouse where more than the “few” su

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Crossville, Tenn.—Crossville, Inc. has launched its new Shades 2.0 porcelain tile collection. The unique appearance of the line carries the cachet of the original Shades by Crossville even further with 13 elemental hues, patterned accent tile and a range of size formats, the company said. “We created Shades 2.0 to answer the evolution of design,” explained Lindsey Waldrep, Crossville vice president of marketing.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Provisions such as sanitizing stations at New Braunfels Flooring in Texas are expected to remain even though COVID-19 restrictions and cases are falling. By Reginald Tucker With many parts of the United States reopening—thanks in large measure to the combination of increased vaccinations and declining COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths—many business sectors are beginning to invite customers back into their brick-and-mortar stores again.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Dallas, Texas— American Olean (AO) launched its new Montesano collection of stone-look porcelain tile featuring StepWise technology. The new product is designed to give customers a chic and contemporary quartzite visual for use on both floors and walls. With the addition of StepWise technology, the tile and mosaic assortment is beneficial indoors and outdoors, according to AO.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Attendees stream into the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Vegas for the start of Surfaces 2020. By Ken Ryan Seventeen months after its last in-person gathering, The International Surface Event (a.k.a Surfaces) convenes this week at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. More than 150 vendors have secured booth space for the slimmed-down conference and trade show, led by Mohawk and its family of brands, which is positioning Surfaces as the last stop on its 2021 Momentum Roadshow follo

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Washington, D.C.—INSTALL, the North American leader in floor covering installation training and certification, and Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) are celebrating five years of a successful partnership. Together, they focus on preparing and placing veterans into rewarding construction careers starting as United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) apprentices.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

I have never thought of myself as an anomaly, but here we are in 2021 and I can count on one hand the number of black women that I personally know in the construction industry. I am the president and co-owner of Smith Flooring Inc., a commercial flooring company headquartered in Pennsylvania. My mission as a woman business owner is to support MBE (minority business entity)/WBE (women business entity)/DBE (disadvantaged business entity) businesses and, more specifically, to support women in const

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

By Steven Feldman—It’s hard to believe 2021 is nearly halfway in the rear-view mirror. Things are just about back to normal across the land—although I would pay top dollar to see a real concert in a real venue. And I’d love to ditch the masks on planes. (Full disclosure: No one can nurse a can of club soda longer than me—basically from New York to Florida.).

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

By Elisabeth McGowan The extension of unemployment benefits has been helpful for those receiving it, but some employers say they are paying the price. Many flooring retailers FCNews spoke to say unemployment benefits have caused furloughed workers to stay home due to the additional wages unemployment affords vs. traditional pay scales. Some are luckier than others, however, noting they haven’t experienced any negative impacts regarding staffing levels.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Viken, Sweden— Välinge Flooring Hardened Wood Floors featuring Woodura surface technology has achieved Greenguard Gold certification. Greenguard Gold certified products are required to meet stringent industry standards and emission limits for indoor use—meaning Välinge Flooring Greenguard Gold-certified floors do not emit significant chemical compounds into the air, providing peace of mind to retailers and consumers that the floors are low-emitting and contribute to healthier indoor air quality,

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

By Kevin Frazier As independent retailers, we find ourselves constantly faced with myriad obstacles within our flooring business. There are the ongoing serious systemic challenges in both labor supply and product availability to contend with, as well as the “classics” like retail traffic, acceptable close rates and claims. Running a retail flooring operation is a significant challenge—so much so that we can easily lose sight of the forest for the trees.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

By Jason Goldberg When it comes to leads, there is one word that’s more important than any other—repeat. We all know that repeat leads are the least expensive leads to get into the funnel, and they’re also the leads that we are most likely to close (followed by referral leads). But there’s another aspect of “repeat” that’s key to generating and closing leads: repeating what works.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Doug Jackson of Cali. Laguna Beach, Calif.—One of the industry’s best success stories over the last four years is Cali, the company formerly known as Cali Bamboo. Under the leadership of former Shaw executive, Doug Jackson, Cali has entered other product categories , including the skyrocketing SPC segment. Not only has it grown its business from $9 million to $75 million at specialty retail, but it has also developed a strategy to circumvent many of the logistical issues plaguing other importers

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

By Reginald Tucker Many U.S. residential construction markets remain red hot , while nonresidential segments are still grappling with aftershocks related to COVID-19 and hits to commercial facility utilization. That was the main thrust of “Construction Market Trends—Mid-2021,” a recent webinar presented by ITR Economics. Moderated by Connor Lokar, a senior forecaster with the firm, the webinar addressed the runaway growth of residential construction and how long the industry can expect it to con

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