Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2022

Las Vegas—Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, has announced a comprehensive roster of both popular and new programs for Coverings 2022 —which will take place April 5-8, 2022, at the Las Vegas Convention Center here. Three educational stages.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

“Leading up to the event, and as recent as [Tuesday] night, we have been trending 20% ahead on attendance versus our 2019 show—our benchmark— throughout the campaign,” Jenn Heinold, president of Taffy Event Strategies, the show management company for Coverings, told Floor Covering News. “So I think the vibe is ‘OK, we’re back, we’re 100%.’

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Ceramic suppliers may need to juggle their supply chain and go-to-market strategies, but most say the last few years have taught them how to do just that—and successfully so. senior vice president of sales, Dal-Tile. The good news is that many of the products that our brands sell are produced in North America.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Atlanta—Coverings, the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has revealed a select lineup of featured educational opportunities for Coverings 2024 , which will take place April 22-25, 2024, here at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

billion commercial flooring business, rebounded in 2021 as sales were relatively flat after posting a double-digit falloff the prior year. “I Commercial sales ranged from $3 to $3.5 A little more than half of the volume is from specified contract while dollar sales are more evenly split with Main Street applications.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

Florida Tile has announced two significant changes to its sales and marketing organization due to recent growth in it independent and commercial divisions. Massimo Barbari, previously Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Florida Tile, has been promoted to Product Development of Foreign Panariagroup Brands.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

“The attendees and the exhibitors —and the world in general—are getting back to business, and face-to-face is really important in that engagement,” Jennifer Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies, the event planning company for Coverings, told FCNews. “I We certainly hope this leads to more tile factories in North America.”.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—After a strong showing in 2021, Coverings 2022, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will again be hosted as an in-person trade show event —this time in Las Vegas. People are coming back to these shows and they’re ready to do business and reconnect.”.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

Broadlume Broadlume’s Digital Retailing initiative aims to reinvent the shopping experience for the consumer while creating a more fluid selling strategy for the retailer. laminate flooring market is currently undergoing a resurgence—and it’s also clear that products like Mohawk’s vaunted RevWood line is driving much of that sales activity.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2023

During that time, I have acquired extensive experience and knowledge of the sector, both internationally and in North America. Before joining Panariagroup USA, I held various executive roles in the industry, including sales and marketing, product development and operations.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 25, 2021

FCNews research shows commercial flooring revenues (including specified business as well as Main Street sales) totaled $6.134 billion last year—a falloff of 11.1% The corporate market took the biggest hit in 2020 as its share fell from 42% of sales in 2019 to approximately 38% last year. compared to 2019. in 2019 to 4.9%

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

We adapted, went digital and we were able to share information and strategies to survive and, in many cases, thrive. That sentiment was shared by Chris Thompson, regional sales manager with Quebec-based Boa-Franc, maker of the Mirage brand. The traffic has just been incredible,” said Jodie Doyle, vice president of sales and marketing.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

We were co-chairmen of the Billion Dollar Sale, which raised the level of sales in the entire industry. The strategy and planning was both of us on almost everything. It came out of when we did the Billion Dollar Sale. We realized we wanted a presence in every city in North America, and we wanted it for two reasons: No.

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Building Moxie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

James Hardie products now appear on over 8 million homes in North America. *. At the top most levels, pros earn a badge, for exclusive use in advertising and sales materials. A product doesn’t end up on 8 million in North America by chance. Improving Both Installation and Sales Skills. In This Article.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2020

Laticrete has named Joseph Rizzo associate director of sales, concrete remediation. In this role, Rizzo will lead the Laticrete sales team in the creation and execution of strategy for all aspects of concrete remediation sales, which includes the NXT, SUPERCAP and Specialty Mortar product brands. Joseph Rizzo.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Laticrete’s Rob Smith, regional director; and Peter McKeon, regional sales manager. Our biggest asset is our people, and Adrian, Daniel, Peter and Jay have all earned this award for their hard work and dedication,” said Edward Metcalf, president and COO, Laticrete North America. Bethany, Conn.—Laticrete

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

T he intense level of competition in the waterproof flooring segment —particularly the LVP/SPC/rigid core category—has resulted in aggressive pricing strategies to build market share. This intense competition, while giving retailers and end users more choices, has negatively impacted profit margin opportunities for specialty retailers.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

“AHF Products has continued to invest in our domestic operations since our inception three years ago,” said Chris King, senior vice president, sales and marketing, AHF Products. “We We manufacture in eight plants throughout America, and manufacture around 70% of our total volume in the U.S. That said, historically, U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

A hearing on the sale is set for Tuesday, July 12. As outlined by Armstrong Flooring, AHF Products and Gordon Brothers would acquire substantially all of the assets of Armstrong North America. That is, and will continue to be, our strategy moving forward.”. Mountville, Pa.-based

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

London—Cyncly, a global market leader for end-to-end software and content solutions to the spaces for living industry, has completed the acquisition of another web-based service provider in the flooring industry Mobile Marketing, a leading technology-led web services and digital marketing provider tailored to flooring retailers in North America.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

sales and marketing. Once Indusparquet and BR-111 parted ways, Indusparquet embarked on establishing its own brand in North America. sales efforts for Indusparquet from the beginning. Wholesale strategy. They needed somebody to push back on the sales side to say, ‘This is how it works in the U.S.,

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Tom Duffy Company has partnered with Schönox HPS North America to provide the full Schönox subfloor solutions line across its 29 locations in California, Nevada and Arizona. Florence, Ala./Manteca, Manteca, Calif.—Tom

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 13, 2021

His capabilities include extensive knowledge in supply-chain operations, commercial sales, national and global business development, sales and operations planning and digital strategies. Martin received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of Maine.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales growth persists despite stumbling blocks. FCNews research put the category at $5.433 billion in sales in 2019, an industry-leading 10.5% We started the year with a very strong first quarter, carrying over the positive momentum we had built in 2019,” said Noah Fulton, vice president of business strategy, Karndean Designflooring.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

During our coaching sessions, I focused on transforming his mindset and helping him implement strategies for commanding higher prices. He recently closed a $12,000 sale at an impressive 48% margin. These dealers from across North America have proven it’s possible to thrive economically—even in close proximity to giants like Home Depot.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Ian Burt, director of sales and marketing at Aquafil USA, agreed the show kicked off to a roaring start. Of that, flexible LVT (including glue-down and loose lay) brought in $1.446 billion in sales and 758 million square feet. It’s been a hard few years—we want to feel some happy; we want to feel some hope and some inspiration.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Toronto— Torlys has named Andrew Davis divisional manager, insurance, North America. Davis will assume responsibility for developing Torlys positioning in the ever-growing insurance channel, overseeing strategy and business growth throughout Canada and the United States. This adds to Torlys’ ongoing expansion of its sales team.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2022

Storey joins TDG as regional vice president of sales for the Midwest region. His region will extend from Wisconsin to Ohio in the North to Northern Mississippi and Northern Alabama in the South. As it is with our current RVPs, Storey will also have input into our product development, marketing and sales strategies. .

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 15, 2024

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, meanwhile, brought in more revenue in North America in 2023 than dozens of nations generate in a year, amassing upwards of $1 billion in ticket sales alone for the North American tour. It will be a tough year, but we have some new strategies in place that seem to be working for us.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 20, 2021

FCNews is in attendance as all but four NFA members converge on Barnsley Gardens, here, to discuss new products and marketing strategies for 2021 at the NFA spring meeting. Citing pent-up demand from 2020’s stay-at-home lifestyle, all members that spoke with FCNews reported being up 20% or more in sales from the first quarter of 2019.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 11, 2023

Websites will include CarpetsPlus Colortile and Carpetland USA product catalogs, as well as seasonal promotions, SEO strategies and more. Dave Geipel, vice president of sales and marketing for Mobile Marketing, added, “We’re excited to announce our partnership with Alliance Flooring and their retailers.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 23, 2024

“We are proud to have received the Google Premier Partner designation,” said Carole Cross, managing director of Mobile Marketing, a Cyncly Company and the flooring industry’s leading web services and digital marketing solution provider in North America. “We This designation reflects that dedication to our clients.”

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 23, 2021

The NAFCD annual convention is a popular gathering for top executives from leading distributorships to stay abreast of topics impacting the channel while also hearing about trends impacting different parts of North America.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 8, 2022

An issue over the use of the “Armstrong” name briefly held up the deal as Armstrong World Industries objected to AHF Products being given rights in North America to use the Armstrong name and trademarks after the sale. Armstrong Flooring and Armstrong World Industries both used the Armstrong name on its products.)

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 11, 2021

Baucom joined Shaw in 1992 after spending the first 11 years of his career with DuPont, where he held positions in engineering, manufacturing, planning, sales and marketing. Since joining Shaw, Baucom has led residential and commercial sales and marketing, as well as the company’s Spectra organization.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2021

As a company, Indusparquet leverages technology and superior manufacturing processes to bring the true beauty of the Brazilian species to customers throughout North America. So far the strategy seems to be working effectively. We prepare our inventory at least 50% more than our immediate sales. in 2020.”. Inventory. “We

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

“Our goal with this Brand Promises campaign is to formally communicate the key commitments that are already ingrained in our company’s DNA, while also ensuring they are incorporated into our strategy and receive the resources, focus and investment to maintain them as priorities.”. Laticrete Brand Promises. Innovative.

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