Tile of Spain USA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer’s Association (ASCER) announces the call for entry for the 2022 edition of Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project. Celebrating twenty one years of ceramic excellence, the highly coveted Tile of Spain Awards program honors the outstanding use of Spanish ceramic tiles in architectural and interior design and highlights projects from all around the world.

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Granada Tile

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Granada tile caters to the needs of top architects, decorators, and interior designers who have found the Olvera Collection to be their choice for 2023. These cement tiles are a favorite because they allow professional decorators to create the most innovative, beautiful, and versatile projects you’ll find anywhere. . Granada Tile specializes in designing and creating handmade cement tiles for residential and commercial projects.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Consumers are spending more money on creating outdoor oases using products like Daltile’s My Stone Moon collection, seen here. . The past two-plus years have shown the strength of the tile industry as consumers flocked to the ceramic tile aisle for their home renovation needs in droves during the height of the pandemic. It’s no surprise as the ceramic category is the most visually dynamic and tried-and-tested flooring material available—in addition to being one of only two truly aspiration

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Rubble Tile

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Adex USA’s highly functional and timely porcelain collection, Floor, is on display at Rubble Tile. All of the tiles in this collection are produced using recycled material ranging from 39% – 98%, making Floor a great choice in sustainable design. Designers love the tiles’ natural.

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Garden State Tile Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Forma Collection from Garden State Tile is a 3-part wall and floor tile collection unlike anything seen before. The comprehensive collection features a unique array of full-body porcelain tile, through-body ceramic wall tile, and glazed porcelain wall tiles that are inspired by cement and resin. To round out the collection, unique decos capture a botanical twist for a soft, biophilic design.

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JG Kitchens

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I took the occasion to ponder her taste, style and influence on home design with three design industry leaders. I hope you enjoy this look at her private quarters, gardens and, yes, those irrepressible pups she loved so much! . The post Queen Elizabeth’s Home Style, Influences and Legacy comes to you courtesy of Jamie Gold, CKD, CAPS, MCCWC, Wellness Design Consultant and Author.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

(This article was originally published on Houzz.com and has been edited for content and style.). The global home renovation market is expected to surpass $1 trillion by 2027, according to Global Market Insights. Add in the facts that 56% of homeowners are planning to undertake at least one home project in 2022 and nearly nine in 10 are hiring pros to help (per Houzz research) and you’ve got a state of affairs positively brimming with potential for home pros.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett North America introduced Discovery, a new collection designed to aid architects, designers and facility managers in creating inspiring education spaces for every learner. According to Tarkett, Discovery includes two soft surface options and a coordinating LVT, all of which were designed around the unique needs of students and educators.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Miami, Fla.—The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer’s Association (ASCER) announced the call for entry for the 2022 edition of Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project. Celebrating twenty one years of ceramic excellence, the highly coveted Tile of Spain Awards program honors the outstanding use of Spanish ceramic tiles in architectural and interior design and highlights projects from all around the world.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Dallas, Texas—Daltile has launched its new Farrier collection, expertly designed with a hand-crafted clay look made to capture the essence of old-world charm made anew. “Farrier’s perfectly-imperfect glazed ceramic wall tile assortment features uneven surfaces in modular sizes,” said Laura Grilli, director of product design for Dal-Tile. “These artisan-styled tiles can monochromatically serve as the serene canvas upon which to build a space’s overall design or can be mixed and matched to form p

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Harbor City, Calif.—A vibrant interplay of movement and shape comes to life in Momentum tiles from Lunada Bay Tile, a three-dimensional ceramic tile collection that can be customized into exclusive wall art for residential or commercial spaces. According to the company, a special hand-sculpting technique makes this one-of-a-kind wall art possible. “Momentum tiles create walls that seem to expand space, thanks to their third dimension and dramatic size,” said Feras Irikat, director of desig

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Dallas, Texas—Daltile launched its new Scrapbook glazed porcelain tile collection that offers vintage-inspired decorative 80-inch hexagons with corresponding 2 x 8 floor tiles and concrete visuals. It is available in muted colors. “Inspired by ancient heritage and encaustic tile traditions, Daltile’s new Scrapbook collection beautifully weaves the old and new to create an instant heirloom effect,” said Laura Grilli, director of product design, Dal-Tile.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

W ith congestion at the ports beginning to ease, many flooring manufacturers find themselves in a position in which they are now facing a surplus of inventory heading into the fall selling season. That’s certainly good news for retailers who hope the infusion of new fall flooring products will reinvigorate the market at a time when dealers are trying to entice consumers back into the showroom.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Dalton—Shaw Industries’ ReWorx flooring has been recognized in Fast Company ’s Innovation by Design awards for 2022, which honor the designers and businesses solving the most crucial problems of today and anticipating the pressing issues of tomorrow. ReWorx flooring received honorable mention in three categories: Circular Design, Materials and Sustainability.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Livonia, Mich.—Virginia Tile Company has appointed Dana Kropke as the new vice president of commercial and national account sales. As part of her responsibilities, Kropke will oversee the development and execution of sales strategies for new and existing, multi-regional commercial and national strategic markets, products and channels. In addition, the company said she will manage Virginia Tile’s growing team of commercial and national account sales professionals and collaborate with other depart

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The annual Floor Covering News Fantasy Football for a Cause League closed this year with 12 teams : American Flooring Distributors, Consolidated Carpet, Dillabaugh’s Flooring America, FCNews, Flooring Lines, Great Northern Associates, Karndean, Mannington, Salesmaster, Republic Floor, Spartan Surfaces and Tarkett. All teams are playing for worthy causes of their choice (see list below for a snapshot of each cause represented by the league’s participants).

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Dalton—The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) released a new Tom’s Tips. In the series, Tom Jennings, retail training expert, presents short video tips for improving customer service and optimizing staff performance. In the end, it’s all about understanding the importance of being 1% better than your competition, he says. In this week’s Tom’s Tips , Jennings talks about making the ending magnificent.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. This week we asked: How do you handle a disgruntled customer? Here are their responses: The most critical component is communication. Most customers realize mistakes happen or that certain conditions transpire during the installation.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

From left: Dan Mandel, board member; David Chambers, incoming VP; Larry Flick, outgoing board member; Jason McSwain, outgoing president; Ian Newton, incoming president; Eric Mondragon, outgoing treasurer; and Raffi Sarmazian, outgoing board member, attending the NFA fall meeting. Mackinac Island, Mich.—The National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) held its fall meeting here at the Grand Hotel where the group elected new officers that start their terms at the beginning of 2023.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the current inflationary climate , one might assume subsegments such as the ultra-high-end hardwood flooring market—defined as products that retail in the $14-$25-per-square-and-up range—might take a big hit. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth as discerning consumers with loads of disposable income to spend continue to demonstrate a strong appetite for high-end hardwood products boasting equally upscale visuals and features.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Lisbeth Calandrino—By now I’m sure everyone has seen “Flo,” the fictional, insurance-obsessed salesperson from the Progressive Insurance commercials. For Flo, who clearly loves her job, it’s all about saving her customers money. (She’s also charming and filled with enthusiasm—the perfect combination for a great salesperson.) The latest Progressive Insurance campaign features real-life actor Jon Hamm, who is clearly infatuated with Flo.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

(This article was originally published on Houzz.com and has been edited for content and style.). With homeowners spending more time at home these days and reconsidering their spaces, many design pros report business is booming. If you’re in the fortunate position of having more work than you can handle, perhaps it’s time to take a fresh look at how you select clients and projects.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Jason Spangler—W ith today’s technology, moisture testing isn’t backbreaking work anymore. And yet some professionals still overwork themselves trying to get accurate moisture readings through unreliable or time-consuming methods. Sure, not all standards should change. But as the industry becomes more innovative, some standards need to be broken to create new ones.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Calhoun, Ga.—Mannington Commercial is one of the newest members to join the Drawdown Georgia Business Compact (Compact), a consortium of Georgia businesses that are working collectively to address growing climate solutions in the state and that share a goal of transitioning Georgia to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Compact is focused on scaling solutions in ways that address other societal priorities such as equity, health, environmental quality and economic opportunity.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Dalton—The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) is expanding its team to include a new education project manager and named Jen Zurn, a CFI-certified hard surface installer, to the position. The foundation said this role will be essential to implementing technical college programs across the country and making the training needed to become a flooring installer more readily available.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Taylor Adhesives introduces new, user-friendly sizes of it’s popular products: Edge-lock and Resolute. Dalton—Two of Taylor Adhesives products are now available in new user-friendly sizes. Taylor’s Edge-lock will now be available in an 8-ounce squeeze bottle. According to the company, Edge-lock is popular with installers as the go-to carpet edge sealing glue and will now be easier to use.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

As part of its rebranding strategy, Broadlume launched a new website that aims to increase functionality and ease of use for retail members. In perhaps its biggest initiative to date, Broadlume has launched a rebranding effort to incorporate all of its historical and legacy brands—FloorForce, Creating Your Space, Bridgeway Interactive, Retail Lead Management, RollMaster, Freetail and Banaboom—under the Broadlume banner.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

As if freight surcharges and a labor shortage weren’t enough, flooring distributors who rely on goods coming from California now face a double whammy— AB5, a new law that essentially labels all truckers as employees , and a measure by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) requiring semi-trucks and other diesel commercial vehicles to meet new emissions standards by 2023.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Jim Armstrong—I n the first two installments in this series, I covered why building and maintaining trust is more important than ever and strategies for making this happen. In this final installment I’ll continue to add advanced trust-building strategies for any dealer who wants to become an advisor marketer. Free reports. Flooring prospects are looking for information.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Roman Basi—W henever a partner decides to enter a sale or exchange of their partnership interest , there can often be tax implications lurking. One of the most common lurking issues stemming from partnership interest sales involves triggering income from so-called “hot assets”—often in the form of unrealized receivables and inventory—that are held by the partnership.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. This week we asked: What do you look for when hiring an RSA? Here are their responses: We’re looking for team members that have a passion for design and a willingness to grow every day. We hire people with positive attitudes that actively listen in order to qualify our clients’ needs.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Salem, N.J.—Mannington is partnering with Roomvo to allow retailers who utilize its tools to add Mannington as a manufacturer in Roomvo applications. “At Mannington, we recognize dealers want to keep their customers on their website,” said Lori Keith, VP, residential marketing. “Both Roomvo and Mannington received requests for Mannington floors to be a part of the platform.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I have a surprise for you. On second thought, it probably comes as no surprise at all. After a little bit of a sales slowdown as spring turned into summer and fear-mongering claims of recession grew, flooring retailers en masse are telling me sales have picked up again. It might defy logic, and it certainly contradicts the fears caused by media-favorite words like “inflation” and “recession.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Dalton—The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) welcomed Curt Hutchins, president of residential carpet at Mohawk Industries, to its board of directors. Hutchins has been leading powerhouse businesses for nearly 20 years. Prior to starting his role at Mohawk Industries, Hutchins led several large groups within Eaton—a multi-billion-dollar power management company doing business in more than 175 countries.

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