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Inaugural Flooring Sustainability Summit set for July

Floor Covering News

Flooring industry leaders have begun hosting a new event, the inaugural Flooring Sustainability Summit, to be held July 17-18 here. The event is co-hosted by the Tile Council of North America (TCNA, National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), Natural Stone Institute (NSI) and North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA).

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Stats 2023: Commercial flooring rebounds

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That’s how some industry observers might describe the commercial flooring industry in 2022, which continued to emerge from the wreckage of a global pandemic to experience a vibrant rebirth. Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% billion in 2022, Floor Covering News research shows. from roughly $6.5 of total U.S.

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Flooring STATS 2023: Dollars see gains, volume down

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Such were the main challenges that defined 2022 for civilization in general and the flooring industry in particular. Still, flooring once again was able to continue its positive trajectory in dollar sales, which it has done every year since the Great Recession of 2008-09 except for the pandemic-impacted 2020. Take carpet, for example.

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

Floor Covering News

flooring industry to post record gains as shoppers continued to spend on home improvements in lieu of lavish vacations. flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. In 2021, the average selling price of all flooring was $1.33. Raw material scarcity.

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‘Tom’s Tips:’ Explaining pricing policies

Floor Covering News

Dalton—The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) released a new Tom’s Tips. In this week’s Tom’s Tips , Jennings reminds us that when explaining your pricing policies, to develop a “laundry list” of reasons to buy from your firm.

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Avente Tile Talk: Creative floor tiling

Tile Talk

Creative floor tiling. Its a bit of a story to this tile project as this section of the floor has been concrete for a few years. Well this year we decided we would tackle this floor when we returned but there were complications that worked out for the best. The blue around the floor really catches your eye. at 6:00 AM.

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Mannington Commercial’s Calhoun operations achieve environmental recertification

Floor Covering News

The Calhoun location manufactures commercial broadloom carpet, modular carpet tile, rubber and residential rigid core flooring products. It also adopted an energy policy declaring the organization’s leadership role in protecting and enhancing the environment and its goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.