The Pulse: Ardex Americas

APRIL 23, 2018

Originally published by Fishman Flooring Solutions. ARDEX Receives 2017 Vendor Partner Award from Fishman Flooring Solutions. ARDEX Americas is a flooring industry pacesetter in developing and manufacturing high-performance products used for concrete repair and resurfacing, substrate preparation and flooring installation.

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Kertiles

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Pictured: Indiana Natural (Room Scene). The new Indiana Collection displays the three most popular tones currently in demand: Natural (Maple), Ash, and Bianco (White). Add a touch of natural textures to your floors with these terrific new tiles: Indiana Ash. Indiana Bianco. Indiana Natural.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 8, 2024

The new year marks a new beginning for Johnson Hardwood Floors. Clint Haselhorst, vice president of sales and marketing, R.A. Many times consumers want to upgrade their floors but aren’t ready to change out traditional stained cabinets that feature warmer tones and need something to compliment that look,” he explained.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sessions covered everything from sales strategy to marketing to new in-house technologies. Sales teams, branch managers and warehouse managers worked hand-in-hand to hone their management skills and develop market-specific plans. The post Louisville Tile hosts team building, awards event appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2022

The company grown to 13 locations in five states: Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Tennessee. Among the additions to the executive team are Matthew Saltzman, CEO; Walter “Dub” Newell, CFO; Adam Beck, COO; Crosby Hall, executive vice president of corporate resources; and Don Kincaid, senior vice president of sales.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2022

.— Stanton Carpet Corporation has made additions to its sales team. In addition, Dawn Macias, Brian Locklear, Susan Kates and Rachel Preciado have also joined the sales team. Prior to Aperion, Witkin was the executive vice president of sales for Avalon Flooring for six years.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 4, 2024

If the first two months are any indication, flooring retailers may be in for a pleasant surprise in 2024, with early returns showing home improvement/remodeling activity picking up in several locations. However, there are positive developments at play as well: builder confidence is on the rise and new home sales gained ground in January.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 23, 2020

Flooring dealers are being forced to cope with unprecedented disruptions caused by the virus. Like most of America, flooring retailers are faced with a challenge unlike anything they have ever dealt with before. FCNews sat down with several key flooring retailers to discuss tips and guidelines for surviving during this difficult time.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

Ben Shepherd, Gainesville CarpetsPlus ColorTile; Ann McDermott, Shaw Floors; Josh Elder, Gainesville; Scott Sandlin, Shaw Floors; and Kevin Logue, Alliance Flooring. We met with Casey [Johnson, CEO] and they can work on lower minimums that I felt comfortable hitting in terms of what our sales projections could be.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 30, 2023

and Cincinnati, Ohio— Schönox HPS North America partnered with Ohio Valley Flooring to provide Schönox subfloor product technologies, training and support across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. The post Schönox partners with Ohio Valley Flooring appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2021

In light of its upcoming departure from Ohio Valley Flooring (OVF) effective July 3, 2021, Armstrong Flooring will expand the territories of two key distributors and service the remainder of the market on a direct basis. The post Armstrong Flooring to expand Midwest coverage appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 4, 2024

When Shaw Floors tapped Ben Liebert to replace Scott Sandlin and lead its residential division, it was a clear departure from the company’s traditional hiring practices. Shaw had the reputation of either promoting from within, moving people from one segment to another or, in some rare cases, finding talent from within the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

“This transaction is another example of the Mancini family investing for the long-term in the flooring distribution business,” said Paul Castagliuolo, president of Belknap-Haines. Recently, we expanded into Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Our goal is to be the best flooring distributor in the U.S. Belknap-Haines CEO.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2020

Having existing inventory is key for flooring interests during this time of plant and production shutdowns. Down but certainly not out, the flooring industry is taking proactive steps to deal with an unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that has changed life as we know it. Retailers seize opportunities.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Moreover, with the STC purchase, Belknap-Haines’ 2022 sales are projected to be $700 million. . This transaction is another example of the Mancini family investing for the long term in the flooring distribution business,” said Paul Castagliuolo, president of Belknap-Haines, Mansfield, Mass. . The acquisition, which closed Oct.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 16, 2022

Mel Tishler, a flooring retailer and sales rep, passed away on August 13, 2022, in Indianapolis. He thrived as an outside sales rep calling on retailers. Tishler’s young family was expanding and he opened a flooring store of his own. He grew the company to four stores in Central Indiana in the ’60s.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

When I was 5, he opened a small floor covering store in Manchester. So my first exposure to flooring began at a young age. Back then the University of Indiana had a two-week graduate course in carpet retailing. ” There was the Western Floor Covering Association, but that wasn’t covering the country. Alan Greenberg.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 8, 2021

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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Floor Covering News

JULY 31, 2020

Achieving success in the flooring retail business isn’t merely about training or hard work or lead generation systems or delivering excellent customer service. It’s all these things and more, according to executives from America’s Floor Source. The post Five tips to better retailing appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

T his time last year, the status of Armstrong Flooring (the company) was very much in question. By late spring of 2022, Armstrong Flooring filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. More importantly, AHF was awarded the rights to license the century-plus-old Armstrong Flooring brand name. This included three U.S.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Xpress Global Systems (XGS), a leader in the transportation arena and a specialist in providing logistics, is evolving into more than just a floor covering carrier. At the same time, floor covering retailers stand to benefit from XGS’ services as well, thanks to the company’s national network. That wasn’t the only major move.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 29, 2020

Jason Golberg, CEO of America’s Floor Source, places a strong emphasis on tracking data and managing leads. How did you build and continue to grow a successful flooring business ?” I made many sacrifices to start America’s Floor Source. Develop a sales strategy. Without sales you have no business.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 9, 2021

Home Depot and Lowe’s were growing, but at that point [more than half of flooring sales] were still coming through the independent retail channel. But the ability for them to execute from sale to install, like with the home centers, wasn’t as respected. What do you see as threats to the specialty floor covering retailer today?

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The house was pretty dirty ( I tell people it looked like a scene from ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’ ) and every single room was filled waist-high with stuff which caused you to rotate your hips and shoulders as you moved through each space. Why You Should Read it : The first drawings of my house show up.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. This year’s Floor Covering News “Industry Disrupters” 2024 issue features all manner of players that are—or are poised to—shake things up. Changing the rules.

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