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How to elevate your retail sales game

Floor Covering News

They treat it as if it’s as simple as painting drywall. 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.

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Waterproof: Protecting specialty dealers’ profit margins

Floor Covering News

According to Joe Cushing, sales rep for Aperion, Cosmos—which figures prominently in the company’s 20-mil waterproof products—is purposely manufactured with features that enable trade up opportunities. The 10 visuals that make up the Painted Sky collection are pulled directly from SLCC’s successful engineered hardwood lines.

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

Architectural Ceramics

Architectural Ceramics offers two brands, Laticrete and Schluter , that make shower systems part of their specialty. Their shower systems are made of preformed foam components treated with HYDRO BAN. Last, but not least, Laticrete offers three drain styles that coordinate with the HYDRO BAN shower systems. Schluter Systems.

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Waterproof flooring makes a splash in 2022

Floor Covering News

It features an innovative installation system and is available in vinyl plank and vinyl tile options. The 5G Dry patented technology from Välinge might be a small innovation in size, but it is making a huge splash in the world of floor locking systems, the company said. The result is zero-leakage through the seams of the floor panels.

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Tips for setting up a mobile showroom

Floor Covering News

Seven years later, they have gone from a husband-and-wife team transporting samples in a pickup truck and making a few hundred thousand dollars in sales to a sturdy company with five mobile showrooms, a storefront and over $7 million in sales annually. You can get people with the sales skills and train them on the technical side.”

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Avente Tile Talk: Avente Tile Owner Selected to Participate in.

Tile Talk

Since its inception in 2003, Avente Tiles online tile showroom has sold hand-painted ceramic tile, handmade cement tile, and artisan tiles through various channels of the internet, including our website , this blog, Facebook , Twitter , Houzz , guest posts, and most importantly, word of mouth and repeat business. hand painted tile.

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Installation: With glues, performance is paramount

Floor Covering News

Thus, allowing installers to get on the job earlier and not have to get a change order for a moisture mitigation system.”. Jeff Johnson, business manager, floor covering installation systems, Mapei Corporation, noted the best adhesive choice depends on the requirement. For others, a total solution is a consumer’s—and dealer’s—best bet.