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Don’t judge a book by its cover in sales

Floor Covering News

T here’s a long-running flooring industry folk tale (it’s actually a true story) about a high-end retailer in New York City—ABC Carpet & Home—that was suspicious of a disheveled man roaming around the company’s flagship store on the famed Broadway strip. take a different tack when it comes to prequalifying customers.

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Guest Post: Grant Gibson

The Perfect Bath

After a stint in New York gaining professional design experience, he set up his own business in San Francisco in 2002. The rustic-meets-industrial leather stools and the mocha hardwood floors provide a warm, welcome contrast to the cool color palette in the remainder of the kitchen. San Francisco – New York.

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Do You Live in One of Orkin’s Top 50 Rattiest Cities?

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Image: Ed Sologa Design Build The top 10 on the Rattiest Cities list include, in order: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Denver. Spots 21-30: Milwaukee, Charlotte, Houston, Portland, Columbus OH, San Diego, Raleigh-Durham, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Norfolk.

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Examining the exodus: Impacts of urban migration

Floor Covering News

The accelerated migration trend that had already started had an extensive impact on all businesses, urban- and suburban-based flooring retailers included. Housing statistics from 2020 revealed the densely populated areas that people were moving out of included New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Detroit.

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