Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

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

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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. Comment Policy. floor tile.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 26, 2021

These features include educational insights, new and staple hardwood products and a spotlight featuring one of the Coalition’s members. The key to helping the customer find the right floor. For example, where will the new floor be installed? Plank flooring is 4 inches or wider and often creates a more casual look.

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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

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. The customer is usually in a hurry and needs the product right away. For the full story, see the June 5/12, 2023 edition of Floor Covering News.)

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

FCNews’ fourth annual Industry Disrupters issue features innovative players and thinkers who are changing the game in terms of product enhancements, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Cali Floors. Cali Floors has proven to be a trusted partner for retailers in the face of hardship.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 2, 2020

It is obvious that employees are more productive and loyal if they feel their contribution is important and valued. Most flooring stores are not big corporations; they are smaller operations where the personal lives of management are almost always intertwined with the business. December 23/30, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 13.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

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.

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Tile Talk

MAY 13, 2014

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2021

flooring industry was spared—for the most part. Add that to “The Great Migration” as people moved away from big cities and into the suburbs and the result was an acceptable year for the flooring industry. Not only did 2020 floor covering dollars escape the wrath of the pandemic, so, too, did square footage. in volume in 2019.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

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. And freight expenses once product reached these shores were through the roof.

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Tile Talk

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 28, 2022

Led by recent gains in lumber and OSB pricing, combined with limited availability of numerous types of building products, building materials in aggregate are up 20.4% The intended monetary policy path of the Federal Reserve is more accelerated than what NAHB had built into its initial 2022 forecast. over the last year and 31.3%

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 7, 2021

QLeads ensures all leads make their way into the CRM, so retailers and their team can focus on turning leads into sales. Beseda Flooring in St. Sara Glance, office manager of Hughes Floor Covering in Charlotte, N.C., QLeads can also help retailers track product trends and performance. You need to protect your leads.”.

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Tile Talk

JANUARY 7, 2014

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 23, 2022

This approach reflects a non-monetary policy failure to fix underlying supply-side challenges that are pushing up inflation. The Federal Reserve lacks policy tools to make these supply-side fixes, so it must rely on demand-side impacts to bring down inflation by reducing economic growth. appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2024

Banff, Alberta, Canada—The National Floorcovering Alliance includes 40 of the finest flooring retailers in North America, but that doesn’t mean they are not without their challenges. Finding quality individuals remains a constant issue, whether it be on the sales floor or on the installation side. The solution?

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 19, 2023

C ustomer loyalty, and thus referrals, are critical to the success of flooring retailers. While offering quality products is important, great customer service is often the key factor in creating a loyal customer base and generating referrals. How it applies to the flooring industry: Empower your employees to solve customer problems.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2020

As Georgia became one of the first states to relax restrictions amid the still ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the state’s largest flooring companies say they were not influenced by Gov. By working together to ensure our response policies and protocols are followed, we can help control the spread of the virus and ?keep Retailers adapt.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

T he pandemic certainly didn’t create the shop-at-home model (for years consumers purchased everything from electronics, food and other products online). Consumers are often excited about their purchases (especially flooring) and want you to come to their homes as quick as possible. Give your customer a small gift after the sale.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Floor Covering News tapped some of the flooring industry’s top leaders to gauge their strategies in successfully managing their people—and their organizations—to illustrate truly thoughtful leadership approaches for the new year. Ashlie Butler president Bob’s Carpet & Flooring What makes you a good leader?

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

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

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Flooring distributors have dealt with slowdowns and recessions before, but usually they had time to prepare in advance. Suppliers and freight companies alike have had employees out sick/quarantining, which has slowed down both production of new products and the ability to deliver them in a timely manner.”. By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

T he annual Floor Covering News Fantasy Football for a Cause League closed this year with 12 teams: America’s Floor Source, All Surfaces, Consolidated Flooring, Dillabaugh’s Flooring America, FCNews , Healthier Choice, Great Northern Associates, Mannington, Salesmaster, Republic Floor, Spartan Surfaces and Tarkett.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

By Rae Anne Cordick — M y family owned a business where I first learned the basics of good fiscal policy and great customer service. After our business was sold, I was eventually hired by a past customer who happened to be the senior vice president of a national floor covering distributor. He hired me as his assistant.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

We posted signs throughout the facility about our rules for face coverings as well as no-return policy on materials as a result of the virus. New processes continued as we instituted touchless sales agreements and installation contracts via the use of DocuSign, which has proven to be a home run. However, this is changing.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 1, 2022

The Resilient Floor Covering Association (RFCI) continues to play a vital role in the advancement of the category, supporting its members through avenues such as advocacy and messaging, particularly in the area of sustainability. It also gets involves in setting standards to ensure product quality meets consumers’ expectations.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For that same reason, we have seen robust production of new multi-family properties, although developers continue to deal with very significant supply-side challenges, like finding enough labor, materials and land to build on.”. The post Multi-family market conditions improve in Q3 appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 23, 2021

The collaboration between Bruce Hardwood Floors and Mark Bowe serves as a classic case study in the power of co-branding. . By Reginald Tucker I t’s no secret that hardwood flooring has lost precious market share to competing flooring categories such as SPC and LVT/P and, more recently, laminate.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In fact, 2021 saw a major cyber-attack that affected various software and other operations in the flooring industry. FCNews tapped two flooring software giants, QFloors and RFMS, for tips and tricks on how to keep your information and data in the right hands—yours. Kaitlin Harris, sales and marketing specialist, RFMS.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Despite the challenges and uncertainties the coronavirus is still likely to present in 2021, senior-level executives representing flooring’s big three multi-product manufacturers are bullish in their projections for the coming year as the industry seeks a return to “normalcy.”. By Ken Ryan. And they have good reason to be optimistic.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Such was the case with the North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD), which held its annual virtual conference in conjunction with the National Building Materials Distributors Association (NBMDA). The post NAFCD Xperience: Day 1 appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2015

Some may even charge an additional fee for second floor delivery. Return Policies Demystified When ordering online, a general rule of thumb for returns and exchanges is to save your receipt, save all packaging and contact the company right away if you discover damages or change your mind about the item(s). — Threshold delivery.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Out of what may seem like a vast ocean of potential candidates, five uniquely qualified nominees stood out beyond the rest in our search for movers and shakers in the flooring industry. From all walks of flooring—distribution, installation, retail and manufacturing—these five people under the age of 40 are pushing the industry forward.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 26, 2020

So, how can these 30 million-some-odd small businesses—including specialty flooring retail—put themselves in the best position to not only survive but thrive when we finally turn the page on this pandemic? Establish COVID-19 policies within your organization. Maintain sales/marketing efforts.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Steve Kleinhans, Big D Floor Covering Supplies, Phoenix. The obvious challenge at retail is the impact of inflation with food and energy as this forces postponement for consumers in purchases of larger ticket discretionary spending such as new flooring. Scott Rozmus, FlorStar Sales, Romeoville, Ill.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

The list includes household names familiar to flooring industry observers as well as names you may never have heard of—until now. The specialty flooring retailer—you and me—is why Danny and the entire SFN team show up every day. Kerry is fiercely competitive, driven and productive, allowing her to lead this responsibility with grace.

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