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How to elevate your retail sales game

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A great sales presentation can make the difference between selling the job for $4/foot or getting $8/per foot. In addition, a great sales presentation will give your customer confidence in using you and make them afraid to use someone else. A great sales presentation lives on forever. I personally love the whiteboard.

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STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

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Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. of dollar sales for the gradually increasing hard surface market and 24.6% Imports vs. domestics.

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Ceramic: State of the industry 2023

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ceramic market will be down mid-single digits in sales and high single digitals in volume when the calendar flips to 2024. It was, however, a sizeable 23% increase in sales from 2020’s $2.844 billion when the category experienced its first decline since 2009 amid the Great Recession. Category experts agree the U.S. year-to-date.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: This beautiful table is for sale

Kitchen and Residential Design

Kitchen and Residential Design. Social Media Training. This beautiful table is for sale. Its also for sale. Kevins asked me to broker the sale of this piece as a test to gauge what interest there is out there for his kind of wood working. Kitchen Creations. kitchen design. kitchen faucet. (29).

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Profit opportunities with countertops, cabinets, blinds

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“We implemented the changes by adding samples and vignettes and then getting the sales reps to come and help train. You have to really make that commitment because the training takes time and needs to be repeated. Our sales have increased by approximately 20% since adding cabinets, and we are still growing.

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Ceramic: Consumers yearn for outdoor living

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“Exterior projects are still on the rise because during their time at home, people rediscovered their home’s exterior spaces and the reinvigorated practice of enjoying time together outside,” Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, dealer and showrooms, Dal-Tile Corp., told FCNews. Outdoor living trends.

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Coverings conference sessions announced

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An examination of what it means to be qualified labor, why training is important and how/why specifiers and customers need to engage and understand how to select a professional tile contractor. Laws of Luxury: How to Increase Your Sales by Leveraging the Luxury Business Model. The Secrets of Pool Design and Installation.