Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 22, 2018

As a result, a great feature of porcelain tile is that it makes an excellent flooring option in commercial and residential spaces. From management to sales, or from customer service to the warehouse, each team helps to carry out our day-to-day processes. A trait of porcelain tile, for example, is its durability. Results That Matter.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Welch Company, a division of Center Rock Capital Partners’ Merit Distribution Group, has acquired assets from one of the industry’s top flooring distributors. Welch said it has now acquired the Indiana, Western Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio territories—which also includes facilities—of Gilford-Johnson Flooring, effective Sept.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2024

Michelle Hatton SOM, Associate Principal Originally from South Africa, Hatton started her career in Houston with Gensler. The post ICG Italia celebrates Women’s History Month appeared first on Floor Covering News. Rainer graduated from UC Davis with a B.S., and from California College of the Arts with an M.F.A.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 8, 2021

By Ken Ryan T he winter storm and cold snap that led to interruptions and closures for flooring retailers and distributors across Texas and Oklahoma is one for the history books. The mid-February Southwest big freeze and weather onslaught won’t soon be forgotten by flooring professionals who lived it. Tracking the toll.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

FCNews spoke with several flooring retailers who shared their secrets to mobile showroom success. Karyn Mitchell, Simply Floors, Denver, Colo. Karyn Mitchell and her husband Buddy started Simply Floors as a mobile operation with no showroom or warehouse. ” Alfred Soyar, Buffaloe Floors and Up, Houston. .”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Houston—Swiff-Train Company has appointed Kay Ward to the newly created position of business unit manager, tile division. This role will encompass all aspects of the company’s tile business, including development, sales and strategic placement and marketing across many company channels.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 17, 2021

By Ken Ryan The never-ending task of recruiting and training installers has been a flooring industry bugaboo for decades. That said, it is crucial for flooring retailers to keep the good ones. Even when business was down about 40% in April and May (2020), Brian’s Flooring & Design in Birmingham, Ala., Cash is king.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

In fact, many successful flooring retailers know when to turn away business, even telling potential customers that they might be better served going elsewhere. What can I do to help you narrow down your selections?’” —TRAVIS CARLSON, Carlson’s Flooring America, Fort Myers, Fla. Have you installed any new flooring in your showroom?

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Houston—Adam Rowland is the new business development representative for Spartan Surfaces. Rowland brings a wealth of experience and a dynamic vision to Spartan, further bolstering the company’s commitment to delivering exceptional commercial flooring solutions throughout the state of Texas. “We

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The stay-at-home economy continues to buttress the flooring industry as remodeling projects surge. With few exceptions, flooring retailers continue to report strong activity as they enter the final four months of what has been an unprecedented 2020. Year-to-date, sales in our two retail stores are up a combined 23% over last year.”.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Footprints Floors, the flooring installation franchise with more than 160 active territories across 35 states, continues on its upward growth track. “In Specifically, the Footprints Floors team is targeting California, New Jersey, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maryland for expansion.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Whether it’s starting over or starting from scratch, opening your own flooring store takes time, dedication and the ability to think on your feet. Conway Flooring Muncie, Ind. In 2022, he saw his sales quadruple. Quest for the Best Place to Buy Flooring.’” Get Floored Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Houston, Texas— Swiff-Train Company (STC) has enacted a sales personnel restructure to emphasize builder/multi-family service. The team will cover all BMF accounts statewide and be based in Dallas and Houston, respectively. The post Swiff-Train restructures personnel for growth appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. In choosing their top retailer partners, suppliers looked beyond sales volume to other key attributes such as communication skills, trust, company culture and even benevolence as differentiating factors. Flooring 101. What Lions Floor had to say.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Houston— Swiff-Train Company has newly appointed Cole Hood as the company’s director of sales for Swiff-Train Distribution. In this role, Cole will lead the Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi sales teams for all channels.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Rose Carpets & Flooring, Burlington, Mass. Sam O’Krent, president/owner of O’Krent Floors in San Antonio—and a newly inducted NFA member (see article on page 5)—said he plans to make the most of his trip to Vegas. The post Vendors, retailers excited to be back at Surfaces appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Las Vegas—The NFA specialty vendor showcase that convenes on the eve of Surfaces has been called the most meaningful four hours in flooring—a forum that allows more than two dozen vendors to meet with 43 of the most influential flooring retailers in the industry, all in one room. Flooring of Oklahoma City.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2021

The new year is moving right along, and with it has come new innovations and product lines from top brands across flooring categories. When looking for new rigid core flooring lines to onboard or turning to a proven collection to make the sale, flooring retailers seek out specific qualifications in both the product and supplier.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 15, 2024

gross domestic product (GDP) in recent quarters, but that outlay has not trickled down to the flooring sector to the same degree. Just as the flooring industry benefited greatly by spending during the COVID-19 pandemic—when consumers stayed home and spent lavishly on home renovations, including flooring—the pendulum has swung the other way.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

The show itself, while slightly lagging behind in attendance compared to pre-pandemic years, was awash with flooring suppliers, dealers, distributors, designers and architects who were excited to get back to business and meet their partners and peers face-to-face to build business in 2022. And we’re happy to facilitate that.”.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2022

Houston, Texas—With over 24 years in the flooring industry, Michael Hurtado joins Spartan , spearheading growth in the Houston market. Building on his vast knowledge in all flooring categories, Hurtado said he will be leveraging the expertise of team lead and vice president of sales, Michael Blasek.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

B elknap-Haines’ acquisition of Houston-based STC (formerly Swiff-Train) expands the territory of the industry’s top-ranked distributor well beyond its East Coast roots. Moreover, with the STC purchase, Belknap-Haines’ 2022 sales are projected to be $700 million. . Our goal is to be the best flooring distributor in the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Houston, Texas—Swiff-Train Company has promoted Jason Nigh to the role of vice president of sales – STC North America; and Chris Killen to the role of director of sales – North America distribution. These are two of the most talented sales leaders I have ever had the pleasure to work with,” said Shane Calloway, XYZ. “We

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

By Ken Ryan—N othing—not a global supply chain slowdown, labor shortage or delta variant—has put a crimp in sales for flooring dealers as they enter the fall season with gale-force winds at their backs. Multiple retailers say they are up double digits in 2021 vs. 2020, and for many 2020 was their historical high-water mark for sales.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 20, 2022

Houston, Texas—While OneFlor USA may be just getting started, there is no shortage of commercial flooring experience within its team, according to the company. All of the OneFlor USA executive team members are career leaders in the flooring industry with a focus on the resilient category. Andrew Heeter, VP sales.

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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. – Kelby Frederick, My Flooring Texas, Houston. – John Bretzloff, Barefoot Flooring, Castle Hill,N.C. . – Kevin Murray, Murray Floor & Window Coverings, Billings, Mont.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many Americans are flocking to Boise, Idaho, and that bodes well for retailers like Dillabaugh’s Flooring America. Flooring retailers entered 2021 with a strong wind at their backs and say they are confident the momentum generated in the second half of 2020 will carry them through the first quarter and beyond. By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

By Ken Ryan—N othing—not a global supply chain slowdown, labor shortage or delta variant—has put a crimp in sales for flooring dealers as they enter the fall season with gale-force winds at their backs. Multiple retailers say they are up double digits in 2021 vs. 2020, and for many 2020 was their historical high-water mark for sales.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Houston—EarthWerks takes the wraps off its new visualizer tool, EarthWerks Visions. The technology is designed to provide a streamlined, customizable approach t o finding and matching flooring to customers’ spaces. The post EarthWerks introduces new visualizer tool appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

While many flooring retailers have averted extreme weather disruptions, others have not been so lucky. For the first several days most of our stores had no electricity, and our warehouse was without power for seven days,” said Palmer Johnson, vice president of Johnson Floor & Home. Floors and More in Benton, Ark.,

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The American Flooring Distributor lineup comprises SPC rigid core flooring and waterproof laminate. T he hyper-competitive segment like waterproof flooring —particularly SPC and waterproof laminate—has ushered in a bevy of new players looking to get in on the action. American Flooring Distributor (AFD) is one of those companies.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Stokes’ responsibilities will encompass revenue growth, sales leadership and contributing to the overall business strategies of the region, which includes Austin, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Tulsa. . ” The post Redi Carpet names Scott Stokes to executive team appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 31, 2022

Inflation is here for the immediate future and we can expect more price increases on everyday items like gas, groceries, dining out and flooring, in particular. They just raised their sales volume by 25% over the past year with the five increases without installing one additional yard of carpet. we’re all dealing with it.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 23, 2023

By Rob Persons—The general move toward e-commerce and online shopping spells opportunities for specialty flooring retailers—whether they are fully, 100% mobile or if mobile showrooms are just an extension of their brick-and-mortar operation. based Carolina In Home Flooring, has been operating mobile showrooms since 2010.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The National Wood Flooring Association Expo moved from Baltimore in April to Orlando in July. I sat down with Bill Sonntag, owner of Suburban Floor Coverings in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, who told me he “couldn’t wait” to get on a plane and come to this Mohawk event. “I It’s the only way to do it or you’re not going to get sales.”.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 14, 2021

By Ken Ryan As summer approaches, floor covering distributors are on heightened alert over a series of transportation issues that may impact deliveries and eat into their bottom lines. based Derr Flooring is grappling with a truck shortage, according to Rick Holden, CEO. “We with operations across several Midwestern states.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

When my father, Bruce Caress, and his partners started Redi Carpet in a small building in Houston in 1981, he had a vision. Although small in size, he believed there was a viable opportunity in the local multi-family flooring market for next-day carpet installation. Here’s to the next 10 years and our Golden Anniversary!

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