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

JUNE 14, 2021

As is customary, Mohawk will have a dramatic presence at the big show, in this case showcasing new or newly released products from several of its leading brands. Rose Carpets & Flooring, Burlington, Mass. The post Vendors, retailers excited to be back at Surfaces appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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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

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. The brand reported that comprehensive consumer testing and research is a critical component of new product launches.

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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

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.

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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

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. Louis as a commission-based RSA in charge of maintaining pricing—manually—for a 4,000-square-foot showroom.

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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. Tri-West Ltd.

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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., The 10% gain followed a successful 2019, and the momentum has continued in 2021 despite challenges with raw material prices increases, freight costs and product availability. I want to learn about the new products and just network with people here.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 2, 2020

Willey has shifted its focus to selling exclusive, private-label products, which has helped increase profits. As 2019 comes to a close, now is an ideal time for specialty flooring retailers to take stock of their current businesses to find potential areas of improvement or innovation. Great Western Flooring of Naperville, Ill.,

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Flooring dealers saw great success in 2022. Dillabaugh’s Flooring America attributed its double-digit gains in 2022 to a great culture. Clearly, most flooring dealers would be thrilled with a flat 2022 in light of 2021’s pandemic-infused sales performance. The first five months of the year our business was up 20% year over year.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Lions Floor has taken another big step toward building its national supply chain infrastructure with the recent grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art distribution center in Houston. In addition to flooring products, we have moldings, transitions and moisture barriers. Lions Floor is not one of those companies.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 2, 2020

As the vast majority of specialty flooring dealers close their showrooms to the public—whether by state government mandate or their own choosing—most home centers and big boxes remain open as “essential” businesses, selling everything under their expansive roofs—including flooring. Michigan Gov. are in agreement. “We

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Floor Covering News

JULY 30, 2021

It was 18 months in the making, but the first in-person gathering of CCA Global flooring retailers was well worth the wait. Carpet One president, John Gilbert (left), with Flooring America/Canada president, Keith Spano, agreed that the integration of the groups was an important step for the co-op. By Ken Ryan Aurora, Colo.—It

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

NFA board members from left: Jason McSwain, McSwain Carpets & Floors; Jason Waggoner, ICC floors; Ian Newton, Flooring 101; Dave Chambers, Nebraska Furniture Mart; and Deb DeGraaf, DeGraaf Interiors. based Flooring 101, told FCNews. Sam Kinnaird’s sold controlling interest in its retail business to Premier Flooring.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 2, 2020

The tariff has impacted flooring dealers in many ways, both good and bad. The tariffs on Chinese imports have not been the onerous burden flooring dealers once feared, anecdotal research finds. In cases where price is a concern, dealers have turned to water-resistant laminate floors as an alternative. [On By Ken Ryan.

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