Tue.Apr 21, 2020

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Colourful Café

Diary of a Tile Addict

Injecting colour into formerly drab office spaces has been known to bolster the moods and wellbeing of workers. In Broadgate’s 1 Finsbury Avenue Square in London, a refurbished 1980s public space/office building is now home to a punchy burst of colour. The architecture firm who spearheaded the project, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris , incorporated an expressive use of vibrant colours throughout the building, including coloured stairways, furniture, and an eyecatching ‘1FA’ instal

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Building code update expands tile market opportunities

Floor Covering News

The change would allow extremely large and extremely thin tile to be used on building exteriors. Seen here is Daltile’s Industrial Selection-Panoramic Porcelain Surfaces. Anderson, S.C.—An update to the International Building Code (IBC) will allow designers to use adhered porcelain tiles as large as 48 x 48 inches or 36 x 72 inches on building facades.

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TCNA collaboration provides material transparency

Floor Covering News

Anderson, S.C.—Tile Council of North America (TCNA), the trade association representing producers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials and related products in North America, has entered into what it calls a transformative collaboration to provide industry-wide material ingredient transparency. This collaboration, covering the ingredients from which ceramic tile and cementitious grouts and mortars are made, will produce a Material Ingredient Guide that includes Certified GreenScreen Asses

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Mohawk supports ILFI, Living Future Conference

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Cahoun, Ga.—Mohawk Group is the Luminary sponsor of the annual Living Future Conference. This year’s event, a completely virtual experience, will take place May 7–8, 2020, and be followed by six additional weeks of sessions and summits. The Living Future Conference is a platform and program created by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) for the green building movement’s most innovative leaders to come together to ideate and exchange expertise.

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PPP Loans are not the only loans out there

Floor Covering News

The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) released the following guidance on available loans for small businesses aside from the much talked about Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loan. “Whether or not a flooring retailer, contractor or installer was able to secure a PPP loan, they are likely to need additional financial support. Even with a PPP loan, it covers only eight weeks of payroll and part of a business’s other expenses.

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Interface to lead virtual Earth Day sustainability session

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Interface’s Chief Sustainability Officer Erin Meezan will lead the Earth Day session at Conscious Capitalism’s Expanded Virtual Conference, addressing “How to Create a Sustainability Approach that Endures.”. Meezan’s webinar will take place at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, in tandem with the 50 th anniversary of Earth Day. The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate action, providing an appropriate backdrop as Meezan brings to life Interface’s 25-year journey to carbon neutrality and future end

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Rugs made from broadloom: A potential profit center

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By Ken Ryan. To help retailers, Karastan offers a Cut Above Custom Rug Program that can be placed through flooring dealers. Shown is Karastan Cosmopolitan. As hard surface has taken a larger share of the residential flooring space in homes, consumers are increasingly turning to rugs as a way to reduce noise and add a comfortable, warm surface underfoot.

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Karndean’s Korlok rigid core receives EPD

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Karndean’s Korlok Select in Salvaged Barnwood. Export, Pa.—The Korlok Select and Korlok Reserve rigid core ranges by Karndean Designflooring have received a third-party verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) that details the ranges’ environmental performance. “Consumers and specifiers are savvier than ever when it comes to choosing safe products with low environmental impact for their home and commercial projects,” said Steve Huth, technical supervisor – claims & environmenta

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Tax implications of COVID-19 stimulus

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( Second of two parts ). Roman Basi. In the first installment of this column, I provided an overview of the main components of the recent $2 trillion stimulus package signed into law to provide economic relief in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic ( FCNews , March 30/April 6 ). This segment will cover other measures of the law, including tax credits for business owners.

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Make sure customers never forget you  

Floor Covering News

By Lisbeth Calandrino. The daily news coverage and sobering statistics about the economic impact on top of the health implications brought on by the novel coronavirus can be overwhelming, to say the least. I find I’m also being bombarded by an influx of ads and email communications—as most people are, I’m sure—while we’re all hunkering down under shelter-in-place orders.

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Retail’s best practices during dire times

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Retailers are finding success utilizing new technologies to remain viable during the pandemic. By Ken Ryan. As flooring retailers navigate through unchartered waters during this coronavirus outbreak, they have increasingly tapped into their enterprising skills to keep business going. After all, there is no playbook for operating amid a pandemic, what with showrooms shut in many cases and customers sequestered in their homes.

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