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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

Floor Covering News

That’s what industry disrupters are doing when they innovate to the point that it shifts the traditional paradigm. In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. Changing the rules.

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Ceramic: State of the Industry 2022

Floor Covering News

Daltile’s Rekindle tile flooring collection features StepWise and Microban technology, making it more slip resistant while also eliminating 99% of bacteria on the tile surface. In 2019, the tile flooring category experienced its first decline in a decade as tariffs and antidumping legislation hit the market. billion square feet, up 0.7%

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

Many people have asked us about how the newly implemented Chinese tariffs will affect the tile and flooring industry. “ White wall and floor tiles are still the predominant tiles sold in the USA, and most come from China primarily comprised of mosaics , white subway tiles , and larger thicker white wall tiles. Here it is.

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Industry reconnects with vigor in Las Vegas

Floor Covering News

The “show,” of course, was Surfaces 2022 —the first fully vested flooring convention since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Surfaces 2022 event, meanwhile, featured all the major players as well as top-tier flooring retailers. Judy Rosas, Sergio Rosas Flooring, Valencia, Calif., I am new to the flooring business.

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Natural Stone Institute announces Thor Lundh Quarrier Award

Floor Covering News

Thor Lundh Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) has released a new industry recognition award for 2024. The award is named after Thor Lundh, founder of Lundhs AS, the largest natural stone producer in Northern Europe. He industrialized larvikite production in Norway and today the company is developing a global brand.

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Alliance Flooring ushers in new era of leadership

Floor Covering News

Flooring retailers, Strahil Chernev and Sharon Cherneva, traveled nearly 5,000 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, to attend the Alliance Flooring convention. Orlando—As Alliance Flooring celebrated its 25-year history here last week, it was hard not to focus on the group’s bright future. So, they opened their own store.

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Stone-Look Porcelain Tile with Timeworn Elegance, In-Stock in the US

Rubble Tile

They have been recognized as an industry leader in innovation, design and quality in Europe ever since. More than 40 years ago, Del Conca began making beautifully designed porcelain tile in Italy. And when demand for their designs flourished in the US, they opened a.