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. In interviewing an experienced individual for sales, the line of questioning becomes more extensive.” appeared first on Floor Covering News. ” —Bill Zeigler, Charles F. “Hiring is difficult.

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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. retail sales rose in January by a seasonally adjusted 3.8%, according to the Census Bureau. The bigger picture bears that out as U.S. had similar results. “The

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 16, 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. Nampa Floors & Interiors. Nampa, Idaho.

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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., Meadville, Pa.,

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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 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

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., Back then, I had [good] sales but was losing money. to lower our tax burden,” Wilson said.

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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. Sales remain solid though traffic has softened. Significant stock market declines traditionally will slow sales, although increased home values may offset that in this case.

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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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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. We have a two-level showroom so the sales experience for my staff and our customers became tedious.

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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. Sales have been soaring. In fact, sales activity on site here has been very strong.

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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

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. Sales have been soaring. In fact, sales activity on site here has been very strong.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2020

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. FCNews spoke with several flooring dealers to see what tried-and-true practices they have enacted in the last five years. Increase prices. Keep stock on hand.

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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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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. It looked like nothing was going to slow it down.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JULY 2, 2015

Floor-to-ceiling windows throughout make the contemporary structure reveal the surrounding view and suburban landscape while flooding the spaces with an abundance of natural light. The good news is this modern home in LA is for sale. Imagine walking up the outdoor stairs and into an open floor plan continuing outdoors.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2023

Flooring retailers Cathy Buchanan and her team at Independent Carpet One Floor & Home. The not-so-gloomy first half was reflected in numbers reported by most flooring dealers. Typically, the last half of the year we see an exponential increase in sales compared to the first half.”

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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

AUGUST 13, 2020

Matt Capell owns Capell Flooring & Interiors in Meridian, Idaho. During strategies are used to sell prospects during the purchasing process, and include your sales strategies, showroom strategies and in-home tactics. First, he uses customer testimonials throughout the sales process.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 28, 2022

In Idaho, the city of Meridian’s growth fell from 7.2% In addition, San Antonio and Fort Worth, Texas; and Meridian, Idaho, while still among the 15 cities with the largest numerical increases, all showed notably smaller increases. Similarly, Mike Foulk, owner of Foulk’s Flooring America in Meadville, Pa. in 2019 to 5.2%

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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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