Floor Covering News

JULY 10, 2023

This was a major development for the flooring industry as an estimated 10% of the world’s PVC originates from the Xinjiang region—and all of Xinjiang’s PVC facilities have documented ties to the region’s labor transfer programs, according to CBP. based Crest Flooring. “We The only other thing we’ve recently picked up is that U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett partnered with Midwest Floor Coverings, Inc. Effective immediately, it will represent the company’s commercial resilient product portfolio in the Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming markets. Based in Salt Lake City, Midwest Floor Coverings has served customers in the flooring business since 1938.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2024

—Sika has entered into a new distribution partnership with Professional Flooring Supply (PFS), a Fort Worth, Texas-based flooring and installation supply distributor that has served the flooring industry for over 45 years. Sika provides professional-grade flooring installation solutions that our clients can trust.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Ogdens were recently able to give back to the children’s hospital that saved their daughter’s life, as part of a holiday service project the flooring software company sponsored. The post QFloors gives back to children’s hospital appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 8, 2024

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. John Bretzloff, Barefoot Flooring Castle Hayne, N.C. Bill Huss, D&M Interiors Flooring America Appleton, Wis. Carlton Billingsley, Floors and More Benton, Ark.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Flooring retailers expecting a rough patch in the second half have discovered that business conditions are actually picking up again for the fall selling season. And yet, flooring retailers keep booking projects—all of which has the makings for another profitable year for the flooring sector. said of business activity. “We

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 5, 2024

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. ” —John Taylor, Taylor Carpet One Floor & Home, Fort Myers, Fla. ” —Mike Foulk, Foulk’s Flooring America, Meadville, Pa. ” —Elisabeth Stubbs, Enhance Floors & More, Marietta, Ga.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. Today’s highlights for Retailers of the Year 2022 is Shaw’s nominations and winners: Nampa Flooring & Interiors and Nebraska Furniture Mart. Nampa Floors & Interiors. Nampa, Idaho. What Shaw had to say. So, what’s their secret?

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 30, 2022

For the first time in 15 years the International Surface Event (Surfaces 2022) will include every major flooring manufacturer on the show floor as an exhibitor. Shaw Floors’ returning to the show this year is also a huge benefit.”. Capitalize on missed opportunities. attended Surfaces yearly. One is a business-as-usual strategy.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. ” —Bobby Merideth Flooring America OKC Oklahoma City “We have not taken any significant measures yet but do plan to take advantage of some special training offered by our data hosting service.”

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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

MAY 19, 2023

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring retailers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. ” —Kyal Wilson, Nampa Floors & Interiors, Nampa, Idaho The post Retailers React: What do you look for when hiring new employees? appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 1, 2022

By Ken Ryan—F ollowing what for many was a record-setting 2021 for top-line sales, flooring dealers say another memorable year can be attained despite rising inflation. Through six weeks of the year, we see only a significant increase in business,” said Casey Dillabaugh, president of Dillabaugh’s Flooring America in Boise, Idaho.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 11, 2021

California-based Republic Floor , manufacturer of a host of resilient, hardwood and laminate flooring products, continues to expand both its product portfolio and geographical reach through acquisitions. Hughes Western has been a Republic Floor distributor for the past three years,” said Rotem Eylor, CEO of Republic. “It

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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

JANUARY 9, 2024

North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee follow Florida, while Idaho, Washington, Arizona, Colorado and Virginia round out the top 10 states for growth. The post U-Haul report reflects ongoing migration trend appeared first on Floor Covering News. The Sunshine State has been a top-four growth state for nine years in a row.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 24, 2023

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—COREtec, Shaw Industries’ premium luxury vinyl brand, is putting its new Scratchless mineral core products to the ultimate test in a real-life residential setting. Shaw’s consumer research showed that scratch resistance* is a top motivator in hard surface flooring purchases. No floor is scratchproof.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 22, 2020

Not only would such a development stand to have a major impact on residential real estate sales and home prices, but it could also bode well for independent flooring dealers —the vast majority of which are located outside major cities. A case in point is Great Western Flooring, based in Naperville, Ill., a western suburb of Chicago.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

Phoenix—The 20th anniversary convention of the Flooring America/Flooring Canada and Floor Trader groups held here earlier this year served as the backdrop for the co-op’s inaugural Sterling Awards. The 2020 Flooring America Sterling Award recipients are as follows: Gary Mazza of Mazza’s Flooring America – Hammonton, N.J.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Founded in 2007, Sunwood is a flooring supply distributor in the Salt Lake City area that services the Utah and Idaho markets with hard surface flooring and installation supplies. The post Gallaher acquires Sunwood Distribution appeared first on Floor Covering News. Santa Fe Springs, Calif.—Galleher

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2022

For Jerry Wilson, manager of Walker’s Floor & Design, Twin Falls, Idaho, it was learning new tax laws from Roman and Bart Basi that he took to heart. “As For Katrina Coy, co-owner of Classic Carpet & Flooring, Howell, Mich., to lower our tax burden,” Wilson said. “As to lower our tax burden,” Wilson said.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Upwards of 4,500 guests—including spouses and children of store owners—made the trip to the Shaw Flooring Network (SFN) conference this year —the highest ever level of attendance the event has seen since its inception in the late 1990s and the first time the event has been held since 2019. “I’m Shaw Floors is the best.”. Orlando, Fla.—Upwards

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 16, 2022

Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring dealers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. – John Bretzloff, Barefoot Flooring, Castle Hayne, N.C. – Kyal Wilson, Tampa Floors and Interiors, Tampa, Idaho. This week we asked: How is business faring in your market?

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 7, 2022

Masland – Floor Source, Inc. TRUCOR Floors – Wade Distributors Mobile, Ala. Southeast Region – Myer’s Flooring Atlanta. Dixie Home – A-1 Flooring Thousand Oaks, Calif. TRUCOR Floors – Carpet Direct Kansas City, Mo. Mountain West Region – Nampa Floors Nampa, Idaho.

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Trendir Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

The wood is visible everywhere and so are the stony walls and floors. Exposed wooden beams share their charm with the limestone walls and hardwood floors, beautifully allowing the large windows to overlook nature. The furniture is not over the top and it leaves a lot of open room. Check out more of the house from Contemporist.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2023

B efore starting her own software company, Kristen Stensby worked in her family’s flooring store in St. She decided to create Showroom Pricing, a software company that allows flooring dealers to update pricing in real time. The post A ‘Showroom Pricing’ solution appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Stagetecture

MARCH 23, 2019

Taking on a “Fixer Upper” When my husband and I purchased a house on an acreage, about 50 minutes from Boise, Idaho, we knew there was a reason we got a great price: It needed to be fully renovated before we could call it home. The house came with a 1,200′ square foot attached garage– with a wooden floor.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the flooring retail and distribution sectors certainly haven’t borne the brunt of higher labor costs (see chart), it’s still very much a reality they have to contend with. based Fishman Flooring Solutions, a full-line flooring distributor with five locations in the Mid-Atlantic area. “As Richmond added.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2015

By keeping most of the old stone walls of the structure and replacing the existing wooden floors with cement flooring, architects of Wespi de Meuron Romeo restored the charm of this fabulous stone house and added up-to-date sophistication. The 8,000-square-foot residence boasts seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 20, 2022

That is a question flooring retailers ponder as they deal with pricing pressures from many sides. The situation has grown more dire in 2022 with soaring fuel prices driving up the cost of goods and services for flooring dealers. While estimates are still free at Foulk’s Flooring America, Meadville, Pa., are on the fence. “As

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

By Ken Ryan—T he face of flooring distribution is changing as large distributors flush with cash expand territories either through acquisitions or taking on new lines. ACF Distributors and All Floor Supply acquired Gardner Industries, a full-service wholesale flooring distributor in the New York/New Jersey market.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 19, 2021

By Elisabeth McGowan When it comes to competing with big box stores, conventional wisdom suggests that specialty floor covering retailers should steer clear of the big, bad home centers. Rocky Mountain Flooring. Twin Falls, Idaho. Rocky Mountain Flooring found success after moving in across the street from a home center.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 29, 2021

Twenty-year member, Carlton Billingsley, co-owner of Floors and More, Benton, Ark., James Lesslie, president of the commercial division of Engineered Floors, gives his take on trends that will impact the flooring industry. Each FCA Network convention starts with a keynote address from a major flooring executive.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 13, 2022

Nampa, Idaho—The Shaw Flooring Network (SFN) is made up of roughly 1,500 flooring retailers across the U.S. SFN members are all successful flooring retailers but that doesn’t mean they have all the answers or can’t find ways to improve their businesses, even marginally. and Canada. We’re not competing with one another.”.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 2, 2021

Businesses with a focus on tribe building may still get new customers through advertising, but it’s so they can add more raving fans to their tribe who then spread the word about their flooring store. However, most flooring websites say the exact same thing: here’s our name, here’s what we sell, here’s how to find us. Create videos.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

By Ken Ryan Las Vegas—If nothing else, the 2021 International Surface Event (TISE) here at Mandalay Bay signaled the return of business as we know it for a flooring industry clamoring for in-person, face-to-face meetings on a grand scale. Republic Floor, for one, seized on the opportunity. That feeling will continue.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Higher average tickets have boosted profits for many flooring dealers in 2023. Nearing the finish line of an unpredictable, yet mostly fulfilling year, flooring retailers can take solace in the fact that while retail traffic slowed in 2023, the average ticket was higher than in previous years, boosting profit margins for many.

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