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Real Wood Coalition to launch in FCNews

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These suppliers are seeing a decline in both solid and engi­neered wood sales while many flooring retailers are experiencing an uptick in general sales. These suppliers are seeing a decline in both solid and engi­neered wood sales while many flooring retailers are experiencing an uptick in general sales.

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The Industry Disrupters of 2020

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FCNews ’ third annual “Industry Disrupters” issue features innovative players and thinkers who are pushing the envelope in terms of product innovations, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Domestic Production. Below are this year’s Industry Disruptors. The mother of all disruptors .

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Looking back: Don Finkell

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The gambler: Don Finkell’s combination of calculated risks and happy accidents led to product successes. The product was not attainable to the masses at that time, correct? Correct, because it was more expensive relative to other products. It was a 3-ply, half-inch product that was 9 x 9.

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Stats 2023: Hardwood flooring cedes share

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After turning in a stellar performance in 2021 with growth rates in both sales and volume landing in the high double-digits, the U.S. Industry observers attribute the disparity in sales to volume activity primarily to higher material and production costs in the face of slower sales. of all hard surface flooring products.

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

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These include rising inflation , higher raw materials pricing amid inconsistent availability and, now, a war in Ukraine that has threatened the supply of so many goods and services, including Russia-sourced birch lumber that goes into the core layer of many engineered hardwood flooring products sold globally today. We don’t have that issue.

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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. FCNews research shows wood flooring sales at the first point of sale in 2021 totaled a record $2.67 Hardwood’s performance in 2021 helped the category increase its share of total floor covering sales, albeit slightly, to 10%.

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STATS: Wood finds silver lining amid challenges

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hardwood flooring market generated approximately $2.207 billion in sales, a 4% decrease from 2019 and a shade below the five-year low of $2.23 While hardwood still represents the third-largest hard surface category behind resilient and ceramic with respect to sales, the gap continues to widen. FCNews research shows the U.S.