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MARCH 29, 2022

Las Vegas—Portobello America will debut its new porcelain collection Terralma at Coverings 2022 (booth N2526). “Terralma is offered as a 4 x 16 field tile with matching 1 x 16 decorative liners,” said Mike Ward, vice president of sales. “The collection includes eight amazingly realistic earth-tone colors.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

“This year, Mohawk Momentum Roadshow helped us connect with over 3,500 retail partners in unprecedented times—all while providing solutions from our largest product launch to date,” said Trey Thames, Mohawk’s senior vice president of residential sales. Las Vegas: Feb. 5-6, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown. Chicago: Jan.

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MARCH 7, 2022

Pompano, Florida—Portobello America has named Patti Smith-Connelly, a tile industry veteran, as commercial sales manager. “We’ve known Patti for a long time,” said vice president of sales, Mike Ward. “She embodies the professionalism we’ve been looking for.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Las Vegas— Surfaces might not be the biggest show for tile—that would be Coverings in April —but it doesn’t mean the industry’s best tile suppliers don’t come prepared. I think the vibe is very good,” said Patrick Warren, vice president, residential sales, dealer & showrooms, Daltile. This is a rare vein cut travertine.

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Tuesday, April 29 | 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM | Las Vegas Convention Center. Wednesday, April 30 | 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | Las Vegas Convention Center. A Bigger Slice – Using Customer Engagement to Increase Sales. Wednesday, April 30 | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Las Vegas Convention Center.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Las Vegas—A record 47 suppliers took part in the annual National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) vendor trade show here on Jan. Philip Key, vice president of sales and marketing for Triangulo, said he had been trying to secure a spot with NFA for at least a year. It’s nice to see something other than vinyl.”

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MARCH 29, 2022

.— Coverings, the premier international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America , released the winners of the annual Rock Star Award in advance of Coverings 2022, which will take place April 5-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Natiely Canedo, Florida sales manager, StoneHardscapes, Ft. Manufacturer.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Oberlin, Ohio—The 2021 CEU Awards were presented to participating members of the CEU Program at TISE in Las Vegas on Feb. Two individuals were honored with the CEU Speaker of the Year award: Kayla Keenan, technical sales director – Midwest region for Stone Panels, presented 42 classes and educated 401 attendees in 2021. “In

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Dumais has been the sales and logistics manager of Miller Druck Specialty Contracting, Inc., Dumais and Niedbalski will be formally welcomed to the board during the first meeting of 2024 at StonExpo in Las Vegas. The two new directors are: Kim Dumais, Miller Druck Specialty Contracting, Inc.

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JUNE 15, 2023

The company took a gamble by initiating the event in response to the COVID-19 pandemic when it was unable to travel to the Las Vegas trade shows. During the pandemic many of the top flooring expos in Las Vegas, which are crucial to how our industry does business, were postponed,” said Casey Johnson, CEO. “We

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Las Vegas—The wood flooring sector is not going to sit idly by while look-alike alternatives such as laminate and LVP continue to eat hardwood’s lunch. According to Paul Rezuke, VP of sales, U.S., Case in point is a new line of unfinished solid and engineered products from Canada-based Wickham Hardwood.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Surfaces) convenes this week at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. The final stop in Mohawk’s Momentum Roadshow takes places at Surfaces in Las Vegas. In his stead, sales manager Bill Siemon, will attend the NFA meeting as well as the first full day of Surfaces before returning home.

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MARCH 11, 2019

March 4/11, 2019: Volume 34, Issue 20 By Megan Salzano Las Vegas—While the tile and stone category has its challenges—think price points and installation—its evolution within the home has helped drive sales and the category’s overall value.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Dallas, Texas—American Olean officially kicked off its 100th year anniversary celebration with a party honoring the brand and its distributors at Allegiant Stadium, the National Football League (NFL) stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders. According to Jamie Tyler, president of Travis Tile Sales, Inc.,

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

[Las Vegas] After a 15-year absence from Surfaces, Shaw Floors will be in full force on the show floor when the event kicks off Feb. The goal, according to LoCicero, is to drive brand affinity with consumers through more digital engagement designed to send people in-store where RSAs can close the sale.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Las Vegas—Slowdown? However, because the Super Bowl will be taking place in Las Vegas in 2024, Surfaces will be moved up a week—Jan. Hicks said sales for the 2024 show are already encouraging, with many exhibitors interested in booking larger spaces. Impending recession? on the first two days, and 9 a.m. –

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Las Vegas—The resilient flooring category remains the top performer in the industry, overtaking the carpet category in dollars for the first time in 2022—by a whopping $1.3B. I would probably say the market’s going to be, at best, flat, maybe even a little bit down,” said Dick Quinlan, VP of sales and marketing, Wellmade.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

.— Stanton Carpet Corporation has made additions to its sales team. In addition, Dawn Macias, Brian Locklear, Susan Kates and Rachel Preciado have also joined the sales team. Prior to Aperion, Witkin was the executive vice president of sales for Avalon Flooring for six years.

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JUNE 10, 2021

“The Statements Elite Daltile Dealer Program is an exclusive Daltile program geared to the top dealers throughout the United States,” said Patrick Warren, vice president of residential sales, dealer, and showrooms for Dal-Tile Corporation. “In Steve Dalene, Dalene Flooring (Hartford, Conn.). Rick Murray, Rusmur Floors (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

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MARCH 2, 2022

Dallas—The thousands of attendees who made the trek to Las Vegas for TISE 2022 were given the opportunity to preview some of the newest, most innovative products in the industry, to negotiate deals with their business partners and vendors, learn more on a multitude of industry subjects and see old friends.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

By Megan Salzano—Las Vegas—It’s been three weeks since Surfaces 2022 kicked off here in a major way and attendees and exhibitors agree the energy remains palpable. For Connie Snyder, territory manager/sales representative, PG Long Floor Covering, the show also helped create valuable female connections. It’s wonderful.”.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

What retailers had to say: “Our customers love the uniqueness of Cali Longboards as it gives the beautiful look of wood with consistent, extra-long planks that are easy to maintain with a consumer-friendly price point,” said Gregg Fishman, president, Carpets Galore, Las Vegas. NovoCore Q. Repel Hardwood fits that bill. Hardened Wood.

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August 20/27, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 5 By Steven Feldman Las Vegas—Alliance Flooring, parent company of CarpetsPlus Color Tile and Carpetland, has entered into a strategic partnership with Nationwide Marketing Group—a resource entity consisting of 5,300 members (14,000 storefronts) doing a collective $18 billion in sales—to offer flooring to its 3,300 (..)

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Las Vegas—New supplier partners, enhanced digital marketing tools and innovative lead-generation initiatives to help drive more business for retail members. These were just some of the highlights of the 2023 Floors & More winter convention held here recently.

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JUNE 30, 2021

By Megan Salzano Las Vegas—While the show floor at the 2021 edition of the International Surface Event (TISE) may not have been as chock-full of flooring suppliers as we’re used to, there certainly was no lack of innovation in the space. At the show, Create introduced 12 new SKUs of its MSPC scratch-proof SPC. “To to worry about.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Las Vegas—Mohawk emerged as the big winner in the 2023 Best of Surfaces 2023 competition, a contest cosponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). It helps owners grow sales and improve service. We’re answering emerging needs.”

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Surfaces ’24 saw 20,000 attendees converge in Las Vegas. Gilmore said exhibitors used that time wisely to schedule more appointments, which led to additional sales. A lot of what I heard was, ‘It’s back,’” Amie Gilmore, Informa show director, told Floor Covering News. . – 28-30, at Mandalay Bay.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

The ultimate goal is to equip our retail partners for success with our products and increase retailer sales.”. Members of the advisory board were carefully selected based on their prowess in the industry and because they offer an ideal cross-section of retailer types, according to Patrick Warren, vice president of dealer sales for Daltile. “We

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Kennedy has assembled an impressive executive team with deep industry roots: Tom Pappas, national sales director; Chris Williams, director of operations; and Zach Kennedy, who heads up sales. 31 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, as well as on the exhibition floor at Surfaces (booth #1359).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Las Vegas— The International Surface Event, held here last month, was home to three powerhouse tile companies this year: Dal-Tile, MSI and Emser Tile. The company also continued to highlight its “Shop By Look” wall, which features QR codes to help guide consumers through the sale.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Las Vegas—For the second year in a row Mohawk was a multiple winner in the 2024 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest cosponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). The waterproof quality and using the pool noodle to explain it stood out,” Yelland said.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Las Vegas—With the U.S. Flooring retailers, including those looking to gain back lost dollars from the growing popularity of vinyl products, would do well to turn to tile and stone, which offers high dollar sales and high margins, according to suppliers at The International Surface Event (TISE) held in Las Vegas earlier this year.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Las Vegas—At its fourth stop of the Momentum Roadshow , Mohawk is inviting customers and partners to celebrate the opening day of The International Surface Event on Tuesday, Feb. We are thrilled to host Mohawk Momentum Roadshow in Vegas for the 11th consecutive year,” said Jeff Meadows, president of residential sales, Mohawk. “We

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MAY 1, 2023

Las Vegas was exciting, but this is the first return to Orlando, which feels like home.” Michael Ward, vice president of sales, Portobello America, put it simply: “Everybody’s here. Large-format deco has definitely gained momentum,” explained Doug Hayes, vice president of sales.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Las Vegas—They don’t manufacture or distribute any of the products that floor covering retailers sell. We give companies the knowledge and necessary licenses to produce exciting innovative products,” said Floris Koopsman, sales director, IP, at Unilin Technologies.

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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. While Coverings is a tile show, MSI also highlighted its newest category offerings: Hybrid Rigid Core and Waterproof Wood.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Las Vegas—The beauty of the National Floorcovering Alliance’s (NFA) specialty vendor show is that the format works so well for both sides. Asked what his goal was for the show, Mike Croes, vice president of sales, said: “We’re looking to evaluate what NFA can offer us. Vendor appreciation. inch width, 5 ?

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