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AFS Group acquires Lewis Floor & Home

Floor Covering News

Lewis is the premier flooring, countertop, cabinet and window treatment dealer for the north shore of Chicago with sales of more than $20 million annually. The latest acquisition to the AFS Group portfolio expands its reach with high-end customers and provides a growth platform for all its business channels in Illinois.

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Tarkett partners with FlorStar Sales

Floor Covering News

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett has entered a distribution partnership with FlorStar Sales, Inc. Effective immediately, FlorStar will represent the company’s resilient product portfolio in the Illinois, Michigan, northern Indiana, Wisconsin, northwest Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota markets.

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The art of managing multiple stores

Floor Covering News

“Managers must be empowered to be able to make decisions regarding their stores,” noted Eric Langan, president and owner of Carpetland USA (The Langan Group), which consists of nine stores across Iowa and Illinois. “If Carpetland USA’s Langan is also of the opinion that you need consistent standards throughout all locations.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Finding the best solid wood.

Kitchen and Residential Design

They are produced to standard guidelines and beyond. With no distributor, ShopRTACabinets customers can expect savings of up to 40 percent compared to a traditional sale. Operating out of Illinois with warehouses in four states, ShopRTACabinets has grown as a leader in RTA cabinetry over the last decade. ShopRTACabinets.com.

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018: Crafting an Image

Life of an Architect

To jump off our conversation, we discuss the controversy surrounding the Chicago design awards in 2015 where the design submission for the El Centro building, which is a satellite facility of Northeastern Illinois University just up the road, digitally removed the rooftop air handlers in post-production.

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Retailers of the Year 2023

Floor Covering News

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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You should say 'Yes' more often | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

It’s actually for sale at the time of this writing and can be yours for $4,995,000 – pretty reasonable if you ask me. I am presenting in Illinois at a leadership conference August 1st, and I need to get my material prepared. On Saturday, I spent the entire day looking at the work of Howard van Doren Shaw.