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Mullican Flooring requests contributions to NWFA scholarship

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“Don was extremely passionate about hardwood flooring and teaching other people in the industry,” said Neil Poland, president of Mullican Flooring. “He He was a great mentor who taught many people how to install, sell and quote hardwood flooring products. He was the backbone of the NWFA. I’m proud to have had him as a lifelong friend.

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Pat Oakley named president of Mullican Flooring

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Oakley succeeds Neil Poland, who will serve as executive chairman of the company. A veteran of the hardwood flooring industry for more than 25 years, Oakley joined the company, based here, in 2000 as a regional sales manager. He was promoted to national sales manager in 2005.

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Tile Excellence-Ask the Experts: ask chris blog stats this month

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The Industry Disrupters of 2020

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FCNews ’ third annual “Industry Disrupters” issue features innovative players and thinkers who are pushing the envelope in terms of product innovations, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Domestic Production. Below are this year’s Industry Disruptors. The mother of all disruptors .

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Real Wood Coalition to launch in FCNews

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These suppliers are seeing a decline in both solid and engi­neered wood sales while many flooring retailers are experiencing an uptick in general sales. The issue for them is that there can be twice as many profit dollars in a hardwood sale than other categories. That’s not to say these products are not great—they certainly are.

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NWFA Expo: Strong turnout reflects optimism amid challenges

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Case in point is AHF Products , which has dramatically increased its presence at the NWFA convention since its spinoff from Armstrong Flooring several years ago. This is the second year in a row that we’ve been to NWFA,” said Chris King, senior vice president of sales and marketing at AHF. “We Mitigating factors.

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

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These include rising inflation , higher raw materials pricing amid inconsistent availability and, now, a war in Ukraine that has threatened the supply of so many goods and services, including Russia-sourced birch lumber that goes into the core layer of many engineered hardwood flooring products sold globally today. We don’t have that issue.