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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

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Customs detentions significantly impacting supply chains, to name a few—the resilient flooring category continues to offer consumers the styles and durability they need, causing demand to continue to exceed expectations. It’s way busier than last year,” said Jesse Woodrow, chief operating officer, Lux Flooring. More people are here.

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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

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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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Wellmade expands capabilities

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The producer of high-quality hard surface flooring has added new capabilities, capital equipment and automation to better service its growing OEM customers base. The post Wellmade expands capabilities appeared first on Floor Covering News. We’re investing in growing our business in the U.S. inches wide or 9.5

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FCNews’ Annual Top 20 Flooring Distributors

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There is no escaping it: 2020 is the year of COVID-19, and flooring distributors of all sizes dealt with the myriad effects—an abrupt shutdown that upended the second quarter followed by a resurgence. Furthermore, it’s not as simple as deciding one will produce in Vietnam, Taiwan, etc., By Ken Ryan.

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Trade war forces suppliers to re-strategize

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trade war with China—and the subsequent reciprocal tariffs and duties on both sides—has had tangible ramifications on the flooring industry. This is particularly evident in segments such as LVT, SPC and WPC , but also engineered hardwood and laminate flooring. Engineered Floors. The protracted U.S.

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Stats 2021: Price hikes, organic growth drive wood’s increases

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After experiencing declines in both sales and square footage in 2019 and 2020, the U.S. hardwood flooring market orchestrated a dramatic turnaround in 2021. FCNews research shows wood flooring sales at the first point of sale in 2021 totaled a record $2.67 billion, a head-turning increase of 21% over 2020.

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STATS: Wood finds silver lining amid challenges

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By Reginald Tucker The hardwood flooring category continued to feel the effects of the rising popularity of competing wood look-alike alternatives in 2020, as the hardwood segment took another hit for the second year running. of the total flooring market in 2020 in terms of dollars. sales, Mercier Wood Flooring. “We