Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

These awards honor groundbreaking ideas and industry-changing concepts that have the potential to impact the way flooring is manufactured, promoted and sold. Premier Flooring Center. For retail sales associates, PFC is intended to be the easiest way to sell flooring—with confidence and simplicity. The Dixie Group.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Organizations across the industry are updating their training and educational programs to aid installers, sales representatives and other flooring professionals in perfecting their craft. CFI’s hardwood training courses cover everything from how to install a floating floor to direct glue down or stapling. “We

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A robust lineup of complimentary learning opportunities, including live demonstrations, curated show floor tours, interactive sessions and partner education, will span all tile and stone industry segments. The post Coverings releases 2023 education lineup appeared first on Floor Covering News. Register for Coverings 2023 here.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2022

All educational content is being planned to provide show-goers with information, knowledge, techniques and skills, enabling attendees to position ceramic tile and stone as the material of choice over other materials. Three educational stages.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Eventgoers will be able to benefit from live demonstrations, show floor tours with pre-recorded audio, interactive sessions and partner education. These insights aim to keep attendees well-informed and ahead of the sustainability curve in 2024.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The standards for COF have changed, and any individual or firm involved in the manufacture, specification, sales, installation, or maintenance of ceramic tile floors should understand the new requirements for tile. You didn’t know the standard for tile and COF had changed? For more information, visit: TCNAtile.com.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 9, 2021

Intro to the 2021 LVP Selling Guide: Fourteen years ago, Floor Covering News pub­lished its first educational supplement, the Re­tailer Guide to Hardwood Flooring , to great acclaim. The category goes by many names: lux­ury vinyl plank (LVP), luxury vinyl flooring (LVF) and, historically, luxury vinyl tile.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The nominations should contain category, product name and one paragraph describing the innovation, why it is important/relevant to retailers and consumers and how dealers can parlay this information into profit at point of sale. Flooring products will be judged based on design and/or performance (technology).

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

acquired Dalton-based Professional Testing Laboratory (PTL), a leading testing company that works with players across the floor covering industry. These include: carpet, underlayment, fibers, fabrics, turf, laminate flooring, ceramic tile, wood, LVT, SPC and other resilient flooring, vacuums, cleaning chemicals and automotive parts.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 7, 2023

It was precisely this mode of installation that made laminate flooring such a new and exciting product category when it first began appearing in retail showrooms in the U.S. It’s one of the best flooring systems available in the market today,” he said. market nearly 30 years ago. It represents a huge savings for manufacturers.”

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

All educational sessions are designed to provide show-goers with the informative content they need to excel in today’s highly competitive tile and stone marketplace, according to Coverings. Laws of Luxury: How to Increase Your Sales by Leveraging the Luxury Business Model. Safety and Performance Issues with Not So Luxurious Vinyl Tile.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 10, 2021

Quinn T here are many different flooring adhesives , each offering benefits to weigh and pricing to compare. Regardless of the brand, the performance of the material ultimately depends upon its ability to durably and successfully bond floor coverings in a manner that is acceptable to installers. Modern adhesives.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2024

Hardwood flooring’s loss of market share to competing hard surfaces over the past 10-15 years is well catalogued and documented. The hardwood flooring sector continues to face stiff competition from look-alike product segments. As such, NWFA will co-host the Flooring Sustainability Summit scheduled for July 17-18 in Washington, D.C.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 15, 2022

—The latest high-performance flooring products from Ecore are designed to raise the game of today’s modern sports facilities and health & wellness spaces from the courts and workout areas to the locker rooms, according to the company. Class II refers to a force reduction of between 22% and 33% per the ASTM F2772 sports floor standard.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 22, 2021

By Megan Salzano It’s no secret that flooring accessory pieces such as premium underlayments are often the hardest to sell for the retail sales associate. If you’re a retail sales associate or a store owner, a premium underlayment is an opportunity to ‘sell the floor twice,’” said David Moore, senior director of accessories, Mohawk.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2014

For example, here in the states, where wood flooring consumption is so widespread, our R&D people have great access to that segment of the building products sector. Sustainable construction: built according to low energy consumption standards. Visit bostik-us.com for more information. Contact information.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 10, 2015

White Thinset is the standard recommendation for Bianco Carrara, Calacata, Onyx, Thassos, most Limestone, and other light or translucent stones. This moisture penetration will even occur on floors that have been thoroughly sealed. Check out this stunning Calacatta Gold bathroom on our Houzz page or another example below.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Dalton— Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) , which celebrates its 30 th year in business this year, is kicking off its Carpet Installation Technical Certification Program for sales professionals at The International Surface Event (TISE) on Tuesday, Jan. Key topics and takeaways: EPA and OSHA standards. 1, 2023 at 9 a.m.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Tile Redi®, world-leading manufacturer and marketer of pre-formed, one-piece shower pans and related accessories, received the award for “Surfaces 2013 Best New Product” sponsored by Floor Tends and Tile magazines. Garry will be reporting to LATICRETE Regional Sales Manager, Greg Braswell, who stated, “T.J. Mike Ward, U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 8, 2023

Montmagny, Quebec―Mercier Wood Flooring, a pioneer in the manufacturing of prefinished wood floors, launched its spring promotion. square foot on all standard Mercier wood floors*. To find the nearest retailer or for more information regarding this sale, visit mercierwoodflooring.com.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

Cali Floors. Cali Floors has proven to be a trusted partner for retailers in the face of hardship. This strategy has worked for the brand given that it has grown substantially over the last few years—including its recent acquisition by global flooring company Victoria PLC—and continues to expand its specialty retail network.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 20, 2023

A credit card scam is sweeping through the flooring retail community, in some instances successfully stealing thousands of dollars from unsuspecting dealers in lost revenue and materials. This scam is rampant across the industry right now—it’s a huge issue,” said Kelby Frederick, owner of My Flooring America, based in Denton, Texas.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. I later worked as a sales manager for Laticrete International for seven years, before founding Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants (CTaSC) on May 5, 2002. What does the training consist of?

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Each BIM component includes necessary and critical information such as textures, dimensions, data, and content is built in accordance with industry standards. The post Karndean products now available on Bimstore appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Tile Talk

MARCH 12, 2013

The interactive panel discussion, scheduled for May 1 at 3:15 PM, is designed to show how the internet is influencing the sale of tile to the consumer. From strict sale policies, to reduced prices and no sales tax, the internet has created a new frontier for the industry to navigate. design standards. floor tile.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 11, 2013

based Dancik International, a 27-year-old, 44-employee software firm specializing in ceramic tile, flooring and natural stone products, is also predicting growth. Dancik acknowledges he is seeing distributors using iPads and other tablets, instead of bulkier laptops, and finding them used in showrooms and outside sales.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 4, 2022

Feldman and Mr. Shaw talked at length about Engineered Floors (EF), the industry at large and global/national dynamics that are shaping the world today. Realistically, when will Mrs. consumer have an LVT product on her floor that comes out of this plant? Last year EF had a record year in terms of sales. Probably a year from now.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2024

“We’re thrilled to see the passion and involvement of our members reflected in this year’s conference theme,” said Geoff Gordon, executive director of Fuse Alliance, a member-owned organization of professional commercial floor covering contractors. billion in sales, are numerous. First and foremost is the camaraderie. “I told FCNews.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JULY 4, 2018

This is the time of year when tile manufacturers start to inform Tile Addict of their plans for Cersaie 2018. The technological and stylistic development of porcelain stoneware has enabled it to break out of its traditional field of application as a floor and wall covering and become a fully-fledged furnishing material.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In an industry where price shopping is rampant, specialty dealers are challenged to maintain their profit margins while still being competitive with not only home centers but also other flooring retailers in their respective markets. Dawn Iversen, president of Jerry’s Floor Store in Spring Lake Park, Minn.,

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Tile Excellence

JANUARY 19, 2014

The industry standard states that un-sanded grout be used on grout joints 1/8 or less and sanded grout is used on grout joints 1/8 and larger up to 1/2 inch. Broke joint floor tile with a 3/16 grout joint with sanded grout. broke joint floor tile using a 3/16 grout joint and sanded grout. 2 inch hexagon marble tile with a dot.

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Tile Talk

JANUARY 7, 2014

This informal review provides some insight as to whats trending in tile. In 2013, Avente was sourced for a record number of commercial projects which certainly impacted the top of the sales list. Labels: cement tile , cement tile designs , cement tile floors , ceramic tile , ceramic tile designs , Tile design , top tiles.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Broadlume – A digital program provides aligned retail dealers access to more consumers and a robust digital-to-physical shopping experience proven to increase lead generation, sales and customer satisfaction. B2B / EDI has made it efficient and a condition of doing business in dozens of industries, including flooring.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

CCA Global has revamped Fast Start, its extensive training program for sales professionals, with a new virtual platform designed to train and retain new employees. I will encourage future sales associates to participate.”. The post CCA Global revamps training program appeared first on Floor Covering News. Manchester, N.H.—CCA

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

booklet gives a general overview of industry standards related to sound, how sound is measured through testing, and the NAC solutions to a variety of sound control situations. For more information and to get a copy, contact your local sales representative or NAC Products at 800-633-4622. The Sound Control Solutions.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 23, 2024

We are proud to have received the Google Premier Partner designation,” said Carole Cross, managing director of Mobile Marketing, a Cyncly Company and the flooring industry’s leading web services and digital marketing solution provider in North America. “We This allows me and my team the time to do what we are good at—selling flooring.”

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Architectural Ceramics

JULY 14, 2017

The field tiles range from a standard 4×4 to an arabesque and elongated hexagon. And the neutral scheme balances well with the wood-look tile floor. For more information about the Euphoria or Stella collections, check out their PDF brochures. Euphoria, is handmade by artisans in Colorado. Join our newsletter here.

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