Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2024

Michelle Hatton SOM, Associate Principal Originally from South Africa, Hatton started her career in Houston with Gensler. Over the years this has allowed her to hold positions of the highest responsibility in all the companies in her family’s multinational group; she is now group CEO.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 8, 2021

Like most businesses in Houston, Roberts Carpet & Fine Floors, with nine area locations, was closed from Sunday, Feb. We know we lost a week of sales and installations.”. He lost seven days of production from the installation technicians and five days of sales because they were unable to open the store. “We

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

19 on FCNews ’ Top 20 Distributors ’ 2019 list with projected sales of $92 million. Welch believes it can provide one-stop shopping—and a wide assortment of quality flooring products—to customers in this region, according to Keith Throm, vice president of sales-Midwest for E.J. Gilford-Johnson ranked No. With the transaction, E.J.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

We’ve had great traffic at the show,” said Micah Hand, director of market- ing and product management, Florida Tile. “I During the show, Eric Astrachan, executive director, Tile Council of North America (TCNA), gave a full report on the U.S. ceramic tile market. ceramic tile consumption in 2021 was 3.11 There was 2.23

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 17, 2021

After those two months, we were ahead of sales from 2019, so it was business as usual,” said Brian McCarver, owner. “I Gary Touchton, general manager of Venetian Blinds Carpet One Floor & Home in Houston, wakes up every weekday by 3:30 a.m. was thinking about compensating installers. Investing in the right tools/equipment.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

Execute and follow up in all aspects of the sale—from the start of the sale to getting the order to ordering the material to receiving the material through the installation process. PENNY CARNINO, Grigsby’s Carpet, Tile & Hardwood Tulsa, Okla. DENISE VANDERHEIDE, DeHaan Tile & Floor Covering, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Year-to-date, sales in our two retail stores are up a combined 23% over last year.”. I think things are largely unpredictable but likely to be rocky over the next few months,” said Sam Roberts, owner of Roberts Carpet & Flooring, with multiple locations in the Houston area. “No In Fort Myers, Fla.,

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Jeremy Sax, director of sales at Interceramic USA, talks tile with O’Krent Floors executives (from left): Margie O’Krent, Sam O’Krent and Jason O’Krent. With Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana as its core territories, Fuzion is already doing business with Houston-based Roberts Carpet & Fine Floors and Akin Bros.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2021

For the resilient category—the fastest growing in the industry—new innovations as well as tried-and-true staples are key for retailers looking to capitalize on the unexpected boost in sales that capped off 2020 and is poised to continue in 2021. No hassle once you make the sale, which during COVID-19 is a hard thing to find.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

By Ken Ryan—N othing—not a global supply chain slowdown, labor shortage or delta variant—has put a crimp in sales for flooring dealers as they enter the fall season with gale-force winds at their backs. Multiple retailers say they are up double digits in 2021 vs. 2020, and for many 2020 was their historical high-water mark for sales.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

By Ken Ryan—N othing—not a global supply chain slowdown, labor shortage or delta variant—has put a crimp in sales for flooring dealers as they enter the fall season with gale-force winds at their backs. Multiple retailers say they are up double digits in 2021 vs. 2020, and for many 2020 was their historical high-water mark for sales.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 23, 2023

For dealers like Alfred Soyyar, owner of Houston, Texas-based Buffaloe Floors and Up, it was an opportunity that arose out of necessity. Our mobile showrooms allowed customers to shop in a safe environment.” Ditto for Walt Carney, owner of Simplicity Floor and Tile in Anderson, Calif. But that is where we are going to be heading.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Today, the company more commonly known as MSI is eclipsing the $2 billion mark in annual sales and leveraging that volume into providing more value to the end consumer. So, for example, if China becomes a problem, we’re bringing in LVT and tile from numerous other countries. But demand for tile is strong out there.

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