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Tarkett partners with FlorStar Sales

Floor Covering News

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett has entered a distribution partnership with FlorStar Sales, Inc. Effective immediately, FlorStar will represent the company’s resilient product portfolio in the Illinois, Michigan, northern Indiana, Wisconsin, northwest Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota markets.

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AFS Group acquires Lewis Floor & Home

Floor Covering News

Columbus, Ohio—AFS Group (America’s Floor Source), a top-five independent flooring retailer, has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Lewis Floor & Home (Lewis). The business will continue to operate from its current Northbrook, Illinois location. “We

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Flooring retailers pushed to embrace artificial intelligence

Floor Covering News

FCNews reached out to a dozen flooring retailers regarding their thoughts on AI technologies. Floor Coverings, San Jose, Calif. Fellow CCA Global retailer Paul Deschenes, general manager of Schneider’s Flooring America, Vernon, Conn., As Scott Browne, president of Macco’s Floor Covering Center, Green Bay, Wis.,

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Retailers of the Year 2023

Floor Covering News

The spirit of ‘we’re all in this together’ was reflected in this year’s Floor Covering News Retailers of the Year issue. 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.

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Seeking solutions for trucker shortage

Floor Covering News

The labor shortage impacting the flooring industry is not relegated to installers; it has also affected truck drivers who work for the nation’s distribution companies. Darin LaHood (R-Illinois), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Dusty Johnson (R-South Dakota), Troy Balderson (R-Ohio), Jim Costa (D-California) and Josh Harder (D-California).

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The art of managing multiple stores

Floor Covering News

T here are numerous benefits and advantages to be gained in operating multiple retail flooring locations. At the same time, running multiple flooring stores comes with some challenges, particularly from an operational/management perspective. Take Bob’s Carpet & Flooring, which services the Tampa, Fla., area, for example.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Finding the best solid wood.

Kitchen and Residential Design

They are produced to standard guidelines and beyond. With no distributor, ShopRTACabinets customers can expect savings of up to 40 percent compared to a traditional sale. Operating out of Illinois with warehouses in four states, ShopRTACabinets has grown as a leader in RTA cabinetry over the last decade. flooring. (30).

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