H.Winter Showroom Blog

JUNE 1, 2010

SOURCE: Florida Tile Inc. Nov 28, 2007 09:00 ET LAKELAND, FL--(Marketwire - November 28, 2007) - Always an innovator in the ceramic tile industry, Florida Tile is pleased to announce that it is the first tile manufacturer to have its products certified for low chemical emissions by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI).

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

“Our overall goal is to provide stable pricing and readily available stateside inventory while working in tandem with our Chinese manufacturing operations,” said Dick Quinlan, vice president of sales and marketing. “In Local production also means we are able to quickly meet changing trends and new style demands. independence.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Other new vendors of note include: Timberline, specializing in cabinetry; Centricity, a provider of extended warranties; and Florida Tile. This includes developing tools and programs to better optimize dealer members’ websites while enhancing their ability to measure, track and, ultimately, convert more leads to sales.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Alabama; Florida; and New Orleans. It’s always fascinating to meet floor covering retailers who are doing really well. He provides sales training, processes and systems for flooring dealers help them grow their business and profits while working fewer hours. I recently wrapped up a road trip in the Southeast U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 16, 2022

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. Merchandising strategies.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 22, 2013

“TidesHDP” is latest addition to Florida Tile’s expanding line. Florida Tile has introduced a stylized interpretation of vein-cut stone called TidesHDP, a glazed porcelain and wall tile line for both commercial and residential use. An all new tile category, HDP High Definition Porcelain® is a Florida Tile registered trademarked brand.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

When my parents eventually bought a house in Florida, many of his clients moved with them to the same neighborhood. Owners, managers and sales reps are usually friendly and helpful, but once they wrap up the sale they tend to forget about the customer. Hold a meeting with your staff and brainstorm what they like to do.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2012

We love talking to contractors who have installed other systems,” said Jim Van Landingham, Vice-President of Residential Sales for Quick Drain USA. Craftsman, by Florida Tile. The graphic development is done using Florida Tile’s proprietary DP-Digital Porcelain technology. www.quickdrainusa.com. www.floridatile.com.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Farrell Gerber, Executive VP Sales of Tile Redi® stated, “Redi-Trench™ is the only linear drain system completely integrated into a leak-proof, mold-free shower pan. We know this product meets the needs of so many shower applications, and is an ideal item to be specified for hotels with a sizable number of guestrooms.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Micah Hand director of marketing and product management, Florida Tile. Steve Ehrlich, VP of sales and marketing, Novalis. Scott Maslowski, senior VP of sales, Dal-Tile. facility, we are still a little concerned about meeting demand given the abundance of requests for capacity we’ve been fortunate to receive.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2023

L eonardo Pesce has taken the reins at Panariagroup USA as the company’s new CEO and is bringing with him a wealth of knowledge to drive the company and its brands—including Florida Tile—forward in the coming years. My role as CEO of Panariagroup USA will be to oversee Florida Tile, Panaria Ceramica US, Lea and Cotto D’Este.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This year, 34 vendors—including six new ones—took part in the meeting, which occurs the day before Surfaces. Susan Hadinger, CEO of Hadinger Flooring of Naples, based in Florida, said she and her team try to support all of the NFA vendors, and for good reason. You can spend as much or as little time with a vendor as you need to.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

The show itself, while slightly lagging behind in attendance compared to pre-pandemic years, was awash with flooring suppliers, dealers, distributors, designers and architects who were excited to get back to business and meet their partners and peers face-to-face to build business in 2022. Here are five trends: Organic Texture.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In choosing their top retailer partners, suppliers looked beyond sales volume to other key attributes such as communication skills, trust, company culture and even benevolence as differentiating factors. Combine that with the local sales representation, Shaw’s distribution and their gold standard customer service, it was a win for everyone.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

However, with great power comes great responsibility—a position many “me-too” suppliers failed to uphold, and the category saw an influx of product that didn’t meet high quality, performance and/or environmental standards. retail sales often experience a noticeable dip during election years, as consumers curtail discretionary spending.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Hicks said sales for the 2024 show are already encouraging, with many exhibitors interested in booking larger spaces. in April, TISE gives tile dealers an advantage over those who choose to wait for the Florida show to discover what’s new. on the last. 24-26, a Wednesday- Friday format. The future looks good,” he said.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 24, 2020

Coming together to connect with our retail partners is more important now than ever before,” said Jeff Meadows, president of residential sales at Mohawk. We look forward to the day when we can meet as an industry [en masse] at industry shows,” Mendelsohn said. Set to launch on Jan. 5, 2021 in Chicago, Ill., Hand sanitizer stations.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 12, 2023

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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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 12, 2023

NALFA welcomed two of its newest members recently, both in attendance at the annual Fall Meeting in Clearwater, Florida. The laminate flooring industry is an integral part of our business,” said Claire Froschauer, senior sales manager, Schattdecor. The new members include Framerica Corporation and Schattdecor. “We

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Architectural Ceramics

JUNE 8, 2018

Every year, Architectural Ceramics travels to the Coverings Tile & Stone Show to discover new products, meet new industry allies, and strengthen our vendor & customer relationships. Last year, world-wide vendors came together for “the global tile and stone experience” hosted in Orlando, Florida.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

When helping a consumer find her ideal floor, experts say retail sales associates need to consider several factors, including the consumer’s lifestyle and the room in which the flooring is being installed. In Florida, we have more concrete slabs in poor condition than not, so we prefer floating floors residentially.”.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Over the course of three days, members were encouraged to meet with all of the suppliers, which included: Mohawk, Shaw, Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Daltile, The Dixie Group, Karndean Design Flooring, Engineered Floors, Congoleum and SLCC—to name just a handful. We also make a lot more money on each sale because we’re Abbey.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Bird has entered into an agreement with Custom Building Products to distribute its CustomTech flooring preparation products in the Southeast and throughout Florida. Bird has the management, logistics, sale expertise and knowledge that make for a perfect fit for the CustomTech line of floor preparation materials.

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Time2Design

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Reply Delete Replies Carmen Christensen December 07, 2012 Yes it is kinda remain calm.look forward to meeting you! Delete Reply Courtney December 07, 2012 Looking forward to meeting you! :) Reply Delete Replies Carmen Christensen December 07, 2012 And I you! ASID FLORIDA WEST COAST. ASID FLORIDA WEST COAST DESIGNER DIGS.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

By Ken Ryan Some flooring retailers have referred to 2021 as the “best/worst year ever”—a record sales campaign achieved despite myriad challenges that hamstrung many dealers, leading to record back logs. Despite his comments, Phillips’ businesses achieved record sales in 2021. After that, sales came back with a fury. “It

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Kitchen and Residential Design

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Award-winning Northeast Florida real estate broker-associate, Cara Ameer writes: “In undertaking for sale preparation, strike a delicate balance between what to fix and what to leave alone, but in the end, make the right improvements that will result in a faster sale for top dollar.”

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

While not exactly a vacation destination like Florida, Milwaukee offers its own appeal, according to Martin. Exhibiting companies—which exceeded 220 firms this year—also brought more staffing to NWFA to meet with both existing and potential customers. Wisconsin is knowns for many things: dairy farming, badgers and beer. Martin said.

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Tile Excellence

MAY 31, 2013

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 love doing swimming pool tile, because i love the sun and being outside.In to get back to the useful info pools can be challenging. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Time2Design

APRIL 8, 2014

It is a great time to meet up with my industry friends and peers from around the country. It is an amazing networking opportunity to meet new vendors, reconnect with existing friends and most importantly meet up with other like minded professionals where we can share ideas, compare business strategies and swap stories.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Our economy here in Florida has experienced tremendous growth with thousands of people moving into the state due to their ability to work remotely and desire to escape bad weather, taxes or a higher cost of living. However, when things begin to tighten, it’s imperative to keeping your ship pointed in the right direction.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Housing is one of the few sectors experiencing year-over-year job gains, as the industry has hired more workers in the wake of the pandemic, but it still has not been enough to meet the increasing demand for housing. The problem is a dearth of new and existing homes for sale. The pandemic.”. months’ supply. lower than December 2019.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By Ken Ryan—Orlando—Nearly 20 months since their last in-person meeting Alliance Flooring held a “Family Reunion” here at Rosen Shingle Creek, where members shared their experiences from the darkest days of the pandemic but mostly elaborated on their soaring successes since then. We’re seeing 20% growth in 2021 vs. 2020.”

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2024

John Neugent, sales director of Jacksonville, Fla.-based In the bustling flooring industry, where innovation meets demand, the launch of the RightWood laminate flooring product line has emerged as a standout success story,” said Ryan Hardin, CEO of the retail operation.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

The event marked the first time the conference was held since the fall of 2019—right before the pandemic sidelined so many industry meetings and events. “It It always feels good to meet with our dealer partners face to face,” said Chad Ogden, QFloors CEO. are below $2 million in annual sales.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

JUNE 1, 2015

Mark began his career as a Sales Professional in the Baltimore/Washington DC market where he and his team members established this territory as an anchor market for ARDEX. Based on his early success, the company asked Mark and his family to consider moving to Florida to lead and drive a turnaround of this strategic territory.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this installment, I will discuss the importance of embracing change in order to move forward to meet these challenges head on. 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.

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Time2Design

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

It was so nice to finally meet her in real life and to hear her speak about how fashion and interior design influence each other was a wonderful happenstance. More on the contest in a minute, I have to say their showroom during market was a fabulous example of how fashion meets decor.here are a few photos I took during my visit.

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