Tile of Spain USA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Read the article and view past issues HERE. This story was originally published in Ceraspaña 45, a journal published by ASCER/Tile of Spain to promote the use and benefits of Spanish ceramic tiles in contemporary architecture and interior design.

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Tile of Spain USA

JULY 22, 2020

Read the article and view past issues HERE. This story was originally published in Ceraspaña 44, a journal published by ASCER/Tile of Spain to promote the use and benefits of Spanish ceramic tiles in contemporary architecture and interior design.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 12, 2019

July 8/15, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 2 By Megan Salzano Advancing technologies have had a vast impact on most major flooring categories for the past several years, and perhaps none more so than tile. In the past decade, technological advancements—some adopted from other industries—have led to major design innovations for the category.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

we have built a strong distribution channel here in the past, we knew that to be an American company, we needed to manufacture in United States. 30 issue of FCNews.) “It’s a dream for us to be here,” said Cesar Gomes, Portobello Group CEO. Even though we have been here for a long time, working in the U.S., selling in the U.S.,

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 30, 2024

We have found for the past year and a half that the styles have been all over the board— even if these variables have been fun and a breath of fresh air coming from the gray movement. If we continue to put these issues at the forefront, I can sleep better at night.” — Phil Koufidakis , Baker Bros. Are we setting the right expectations?

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

These range from issues outside their control, i.e., inflation , interest rate hikes, labor shortages, to those within their grasp such as delivering high-level service and being innovative. In these challenging times, there are many industry issues that keep executives tossing and turning into the wee hours of the night.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 16, 2023

Over the past two years in particular, laminate has sought to recoup market share lost to certain sub-segments of the resilient category (i.e., The question now is will this resurgence continue as supply chain issues surrounding imported SPC/WPC normalize and as domestic production of competing hard surface categories ramp up.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Customs detentions and shoddy workmanship, which caused issues at the retail level. “I do think there’s a lot of pressure on traditional resilient formulations,” Seth Arnold, vice president of residential marketing, hard surface, Mohawk, told Floor Covering News. You can’t just rest on the growth that’s been there for resilient in the past.”

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Floor Covering News

JULY 29, 2020

The growth we have seen in the COREtec product has been enormous over the past couple of years; even in these difficult times the growth has been exceptional.”. It’s going to be challenging; we’ll see some bumps, some issues. We still have the challenges of COVID-19 , the election coming and unemployment.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

If you look at what has been the biggest innovation of the last decade, I think it’s safe to say it’s the LVT/SPC wave of the past decade. Because it solved issues that existed at that time related to water resistance and sound with laminate, and it solved the installation problem of ceramic. When is an innovation successful?

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Granada Tile

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Pantone issues a color of the year every year that stands to be the new black for designers, and the 2020 color has just been unveiled. Pantone, however, is looking to the past with its color of the year. Pantone’s 2020 Color of the Year. That color for 2020 is Classic Blue.

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Granada Tile

MAY 23, 2013

Three new tile designs from Granada Tile appear in the June 2013 issue of House Beautiful. In just the past few months alone, we’ve been featured in Architectural Digest , Dwell ‘s special renovation issue and Angeleno. Our big year here at Granada Tile continues!

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock for the past few years, you know very well that SPC/rigid core has been leading the charge. Laminate would have been up 14% had we not revised last year’s number after new data came to light in the months following the publication of the prior Stats issue.) In 2021, it was $1.33. billion.

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Granada Tile

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Cement tile has been in use since the 19 th Century, but over the past few years, there’s been a resurgence in its popularity, and for great reason. Cement tile has been in use since the 19 th Century, but over the past few years, there’s been a resurgence in its popularity, and for great reason.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

When COVID-19 infection rates declined and stores re-opened, staffing was cited as a major issue for most retailers. We did not have as many people on the retail floor as years past,” said John Stacy, vice president, S&H Flooring, Granbury, Texas. It remains to be seen when some of the back order issues will be resolved.”.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While prices are still too high, they seem to have hit their peak and the price of fuel has fallen over the past few weeks. But before the industry does its happy dance, there remain issues of concern that could dilute sales over the next few months. That said, we’re in one of the hottest markets in America over the past two years.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

See spotlight on page 18 of this issue.) SPC still reigns While SPC may have taken some heavy hits in 2023, it’s still the rigid core construction to beat. Without the same quality issues SPC experienced in the field last year, suppliers were confident in releasing new WPC lines that meet the consumer’s needs.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

These and other macro issues are influencing the need or willingness of enterprises to expand or renovate their premises. There have been concerns about higher inflation and rising interest rates within the lending industry over the past year,” King added. However, the American consumer continues to spend.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

March 2/9, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 18. Activity at Chinese manufacturing plants has fallen precipitously in the past month and is expected to remain depressed for perhaps months. based All-Tile, a top 5 distributor, has increased the inventory levels of its imported goods as it strives to remain in front of supply issues.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 24, 2021

By Reginald Tucker O ngoing supply chain issues at U.S. We had quite a few expansions of the RevWood Plus and Select category over the past couple of years, and we continued that this year as well,” said Adam Ward, senior product director, wood and laminate. “We’ll

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2021

By Steven Feldman A nother year, another statistical issue in the can. We are publishing this report about six weeks earlier than our typical end-of-June time frame because we didn’t want this labor-intensive issue hanging over our heads as we headed into Surfaces.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 7, 2023

In the past, SPC floating floors that were created in a ceramic tile format lacked the stability of their plank counterparts, according to Lennart Thalin, general manager, North and South America. With 5G Dry, we have addressed this issue. It creates a water-tight seal on engineered wood flooring or resilient.”

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2018

Whether you’re addicted to house flipping shows on TV or you’ve flipped a home for profit in the past, you know it can be tricky. Flipping existing homes can come with unexpected twists, turns and structural issues. If you’re flipping new construction, you’ll want a builder who has done spec homes in the past.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2021

Alliance Flooring continued to grow its ranks in the past year, welcoming 16 new retail members. For more on Connect ’21, see the March 29/April 5 issue of FCNews.). “What could have been a detriment to the housing industry has actually been really good for our collective businesses.”. In other news. Kevin Rose). Michael Peters).

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 28, 2021

By Reginald Tucker D ealers and distributors most familiar with BHW Floors (formerly Bamboo Hardwoods) remember a time in the not-too distant past when the company specialized in predominantly one category: bamboo flooring. A big part of our businesses is our private-label brands that we offer to distributors,” Grant said. “We

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 17, 2022

He is past president of NICFI and past chairman of FCLC. He is also an approved instructor IICRC, served on the S600, S220 & S800 re-edit, provider FL DBPR, past member of BoD FCICA, NFCAP BoD advisory member and IICRC BoD member, inspection division chair.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

February 2/10, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 16. Quite frankly, if it were anyone else this idea wouldn’t make it past the cocktail napkin at the bar. By Jerry Levinson. I run Flooring Dealers & More, one of the largest Facebook groups in the retail flooring space. We have over 4,500 members with active conversations daily.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

Over the past 40 years, he has exemplified servant leadership as his career path grew. Most visible is the passion that comes through when he is working to gain consensus on an issue in which he is personally invested. Under the direction of Eric Erickson, USS has been able to evolve over the past few years to stay ahead of the market.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

That philosophy is the overarching theme behind FCNews ’ inaugural edition of “Retailers Reveal the Suppliers They Win With,” a special issue that gives floor covering dealers—along with a few distributors—a platform to recognize and celebrate some of their key manufacturing partners across the supply chain.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Ongoing shipping and sourcing issues. AJ Warne, NAFCD immediate-past president and vice president of sales and marketing at Abraham Linc; Brian Green, NAFCD president-elect and chief sales marketing officer, Belknap-Haines; Austin Starnes, NAFCD vice president and VP of product strategy, BPI; and Kyle Gorny, outside sales, All Surfaces.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2024

The hardwood flooring sector, which has lost market share to look-alike product segments over the past 15-20 years, continues to face stiff competition. The flooring industry at large, as a matter of fact, is contending with larger macro-economic issues. However, NWFA leadership says now is not the time to retreat.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

We have great sales reps who really take good care of us, and they also are very good at making sure that if we have any issues or claims they get them taken care of. If I have an issue, I can always call Will and he’ll resolve it. We have had zero issues or problems with them and our business has grown with them because of this.”

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 11, 2021

Consumers today are gravitating toward brands who share their values, give back and support social justice issues. The cycle of flooring replacement slowed significantly over the past two decades, which contributed to a very extended replacement recession. Labor will remain an issue. SHARED VALUES BOOSTS BRAND LOYALTY.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2019

After all, most buyers would prefer not to have to deal with any functional issues before they move in. There may, for example, be lime deposits that have etched the glass past the point of repair. This way, when a potential buyer asks about the property’s condition, they know it is ready to be sold without much work left to be done.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 5, 2021

When you look back on the past 35 years, what are the first things that come to mind about this industry? Reflecting on the past 35 years, who are the first people that come to mind? Over the past 35 years, they’ve been tested by recessions, wars, pandemics and technological changes. How vibrant it is.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 7, 2022

FCEF has made great strides over the past year and continues to push forward to grow programs and reverse the current trends and shortage of installers. “It It will take more than a year or two to make significant progress on an issue that has existed for over thirty years,” Aaron said. The road ahead.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

Our annual statistical issue is in the can. FCNews has taken a unique approach these past few years. We can finally come up for air. The FCNews team has been combing through industry statistics for months, making countless phone calls to manufacturers and industry associations, and in some cases extrapolating data from annual reports.

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