Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Oberlin, Ohio—Katie Jensen (Triton Stone Group) is the 2023 Women in Stone Pioneer Award recipient, which was awarded by the Natural Stone Institute. “It Rea returned to Coldspring in the role of a drafter and by 2003 was promoted to senior vice president of commercial sales. location, in her recommendation letter.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett, a global leader in innovative and sustainable flooring solutions, is refreshing its high-performing, premium Contour LVT offerings with two new design collections: Collaborative and Mindful Maker. To recolor any digitally printed pattern, customers can contact their local Tarkett sales representative.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 5, 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. Luckily, our operations people intervened because they recognized some of our standards were not met. This way we caught it before we got burned.

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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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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

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As the resilient category continues to expand into various subsegments, flooring dealers have had to stay abreast of where each product—once installed—will truly thrive. SPC can also be the ideal product for a consumer looking for a high-performing floor. For instance, areas with direct sunlight could benefit from an SPC product.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett recently expanded its sustainability team, evidence of its ongoing commitment to environmentally responsible products and operations. Whereas Palopoli will focus on products’ end-life, Berkin will help uphold the rigorous sustainability standards Tarkett has set throughout product conception.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 20, 2020

Fostoria, Ohio—Roppe Corporation has introduced Roppe Rubber Stair Treads with DuPont Kevlar fibers, a long-lasting, high-performing tread backed by an industry-leading 25-year warranty. They have also achieved NSF 332 Platinum resilient flooring sustainability certification and meet CHPS Criteria for environmentally sustainable schools.

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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

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, flooring professionals representing manufacturing, distribution and retailers say transportation issues—both ocean and over-the-road trucking—remain a challenge. This put distribution in a warehousing crunch,” said Dave White, vice president of sales and marketing for Tri-West. Retailers weigh in.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

Cancun, Mexico—QFloors, maker of a host of flooring-specific software solutions and programs for specialty retailers, welcomed scores of its customers here earlier this month to its QFloors Users Conference. QPro Pay addresses several issues floor covering dealers encounter regularly.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 20, 2021

Buffaloe Floors & Up utilizes shuttle buses in its mobile showroom fleet. Moreover, the shop-at-home format has helped flooring stores maintain their business during the pandemic, allowing consumers a safer, more comfortable environment for shopping. Tip #2: Develop standard operating procedures.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 18, 2022

Our company’s leadership is really looking forward to getting back to convention later this year,” said Craig Phillips, president and CEO, Barrington Carpet, Twinsburg, Ohio, and the longest tenured Mohawk Edge Advisory Council member. “[The Edge Council meetings host some of the most dynamic individuals in the flooring industry.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2023

This is the standard cleaning process for consumers. Dealers chime in Flooring retailers came from far and wide to see Blake take on Mohawk’s SmartStrand with All Pet first hand at the Rhinory in Texas. Michael Haley, CEO of Haley’s Flooring and Interiors, Huntsville, Ala., The carpet looks pretty close to new.”

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2023

While there are still four months left before the calendar turns, category experts agree 2023 will likely see the first resilient sales decline for the category. The consensus among the major resilient flooring suppliers is that once the dust clears, 2023 will see resilient sales down mid-to-high single digits. “A

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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

MAY 6, 2021

Positive market indicators bode well for increased hardwood flooring consumption. So much has been said about competing hard surface categories nipping into hardwood flooring’s market share in recent years—and there’s evidence supporting that trend. “The sales and marketing, Indusparquet. “In DID YOU KNOW.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 10, 2023

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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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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