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Sika hosts installation training event

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The day before, Sika conducted thorough grout installation training using its comprehensive SikaTile line of grout solutions. “We The event was conceived when Sika national technical manager, John McIntyre, and national sales manager, Ken Johnson, were contacted by three installers who wanted to retake the CTI hands-on test.

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Surfaces 2023: Tile emulates home trends

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in April, TISE gives tile dealers an advantage over those who choose to wait for the Florida show to discover what’s new. The company also continued to highlight its “Shop By Look” wall, which features QR codes to help guide consumers through the sale. While the main event for tile each year is Coverings, being held in Orlando, Fla.,

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Ceramic: How to capitalize on tile’s potential in 2022

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By Megan Salzano-Birch—T he ceramic category can be a difficult nut to crack for the dealer community, but it’s one that should be embraced as the ongoing potential for record-breaking sales continues into 2022. In the virtual realm, digital tools such as visualizers are often essential to the sale.

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A Recap: 2018 Coverings Tile & Stone Show

Architectural Ceramics

Last year, world-wide vendors came together for “the global tile and stone experience” hosted in Orlando, Florida. Blue Grout Installation: Brightly colored grout can make any tile pop! Blue grout used with angular tile, porcelain that looks like MDF chip board. This year took place in Atlanta, Georgia.

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TISE 2024: Resilient flooring focuses on innovation

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I would probably say the market’s going to be, at best, flat, maybe even a little bit down,” said Dick Quinlan, VP of sales and marketing, Wellmade. There’s still a lot of pricing mechanization going on, and as a result I think you’re going to see dollar sales will probably be down. Units might be flat. It started this entire craze.

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Daltile Statements program proves its worth to the flooring dealer

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According to Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, dealer and showrooms, Daltile’s residential remodel business was up almost double digits in 2022, but Daltile Statements dealers outpaced that growth. “As At the same time, Daltile has built the merchandising so the retail sales associate can close that sale.

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$100 pool tile repair - Tile Excellence - Blogger

Tile Excellence

the not to far off future We will be going back home to Florida and I will probably in semi retirement do only swimming pools.So the not to far off future We will be going back home to Florida and I will probably in semi retirement do only swimming pools.So tile replaced ready to grout. this repair took me 1 hour to complete.

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