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Exclusive: Howard Brodsky looks back with no regrets

Floor Covering News

We were co-chairmen of the Billion Dollar Sale, which raised the level of sales in the entire industry. It came out of when we did the Billion Dollar Sale. Paul LeBlanc, who was president of Southern New Hampshire University, was an enormous entrepreneur. Everybody can’t be new. Alan Greenberg.

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Looking back: Howard Brodsky

Floor Covering News

Home Depot and Lowe’s were growing, but at that point [more than half of flooring sales] were still coming through the independent retail channel. The competition was generally regional chains—New York Carpet World, Carpetland USA, Miami Rug, Carpet Exchange, etc. It was definitely an era of specialty retail.”. Howard Brodsky.