Floor Covering News

JUNE 21, 2022

Chicago— NeoCon 2022, held here last week, was abuzz with optimism as commercial flooring suppliers touted rebounding sales and specifications across commercial segments in 2022. Business is picking up,” said Mark Page, senior director creative design and development, Mohawk Industries. “I

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 16, 2021

AHF Products has acquired certain assets of American OEM, the trade name of Cumberland Products Group, LLC, a Tennessee company that specializes in manufacturing private labeled engineered wood flooring exclusively from North American timber resources. Finkell will remain with AHF Products to continue product sales growth. “We

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. We’ve rounded up some of the most notable up-and-coming 20- and 30-somethings who are making their mark on the industry today. director of sales, O’Krent Floors. Jason O’Krent.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Trendy products like LVT, SPC and WPC are seizing market share from competing hard surface categories in retail outlets across the country, but that’s not the case for specialty dealers like Fred’s Flooring Services in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Overall, laminate represents about 70% of our sales,” Donnie Noland, owner, told FCNews.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Las Vegas— Coverings 2022 was a showcase in innovative product design and immersive technology, which is thriving within the ceramic and stone category today despite obvious obstacles. We’ve had great traffic at the show,” said Micah Hand, director of market- ing and product management, Florida Tile. “I

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 22, 2024

This comprehensive program encompasses cutting-edge production technologies, quality enhancements and a multi-phase manufacturing upgrade to the Tennessee plant. Remarkably, this marks merely the outset of a larger initiative, with an industry-reformative breakthrough to be revealed later this year.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 5, 2022

Much of that new domestic production is coming in the form of the waterproof flooring segment—namely SPC, WPC and sheet vinyl. The category continues to grow and suppliers say they are ready to take advantage of the increasing demand while offering their own customers the products they need to succeed in today’s volatile market conditions.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 11, 2020

Dalton—Shaw Industries has promoted Scott Sandlin to the position of executive vice president of the company’s residential division. Most recently serving as senior vice president of residential sales, Sandlin joined Shaw in 1986 as a sales management trainee after graduating from the University of Tennessee.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2021

Aside from marketing its own brand—Pop Top—in China, the company has been manufacturing private-label vinyl for companies such as Shaw, COREtec, Tarkett and Swiff-Train for years to the tune of $360 million in annual sales. manufactured Huali products rolling off the line in the second quarter of 2021. Dossche put it in perspective.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Parterre, a brand of AHF Products, has entered into a new distribution partnership with T&L Distributors, part of E.J. T&L will be the exclusive Parterre distributor in several southern states, including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico. Mountville, Pa.— Welch Company.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 12, 2022

EJ Welch has acquired certain assets from Blue Equity-owned Gilford-Johnson Flooring covering Alabama, Eastern Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida territories. The company also hired Tom Dorsey to the role of regional vice president sales and operations of the Southeast region.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

T&L Distributing, meanwhile, has been in business more than 40 years, with nine locations across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. The companies have several common key suppliers, including Tarkett, Raskin Industries, Centaur, Ardex and Taylor Adhesives. Synergies abound.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Featured were some of the industry’s most accomplished dealers from both influential buying groups to no affiliation at all. In other words, it reflected the retail industry as a whole. As we all became more educated on the product category—and the performance of it over time—this decision became clearer than ever.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2020

Having existing inventory is key for flooring interests during this time of plant and production shutdowns. Down but certainly not out, the flooring industry is taking proactive steps to deal with an unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that has changed life as we know it. Santa Fe Springs, Calif.-based

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Stefano Rabaioli, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Florim USA stated, “We believe Urban Wood is the ideal choice for commercial applications where the look of natural wood has been selected, but the durability and ease of maintenance offered by porcelain tile material is a necessity. and a >0.50 January 21, 2013.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 15, 2021

Outside of the four-city Mohawk Roadshows, the event marked the return of in-person regional markets for the flooring industry. Retailers want to see, touch and step on new product. Those needs and desires were further corroborated by other in-person industry events that had taken place since last fall. Safety first.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2020

Mohawk and Shaw, the two largest companies in the flooring industry—both Georgia based—stated they are considered essential businesses and, therefore, the governor’s recent announcement of a phased-in reopening approach did not alter their plans. Brian Kemp’s decision. Shaw’s steps. Mohawk’s measures.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

The gambler: Don Finkell’s combination of calculated risks and happy accidents led to product successes. What he remembers about the industry in 1986… “I was at Anderson and had been there two years. How do you remember the wood flooring industry in 1986? It was a 3-ply, half-inch product that was 9 x 9.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 7, 2021

On March 22, Bell and Baucom sat down with Steven Feldman, publisher of FCNews , for a wide-ranging interview that takes a look at industry dynamics in general and Shaw in particular with a look to the past, present and future, along with the things that make Shaw a valued partner for retailers. Vance, the first question I have is the timing.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

Chicago— NeoCon 2022, held here last month, was abuzz with optimism as commercial flooring suppliers touted rebounding sales and specifications across key commercial segments in 2022. Business is picking up,” said Mark Page, senior director creative design and development, Mohawk Industries. “I

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2022

The list includes household names familiar to flooring industry observers as well as names you may never have heard of—until now. No matter their affiliation or title, however, these honorees are making a meaningful difference for their companies and/or the industry each and every day. Danny Crutchfield: Committed to the customers.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 4, 2024

The living legend has a way of shaping the flooring industry. Mr. Shaw thought the industry needed a better mousetrap and pre-dyed or solution-dyed yarns was the answer, a.k.a. A decade and a half later, he says Engineered Floors makes the best piece of carpet in the industry. That product is called PureGrain.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 8, 2013

The local AIA in Denver, Pittsburgh (where I was actively involved) and DC offered no more than local social events, little State advocacy that was meaningful to the design or construction industry and I saw nor continue to see National or International advocacy of meaningful issues that are important to the profession. At least nationally.

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