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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

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Disruption can also occur within the industry from causes outside of it. This year’s Floor Covering News “Industry Disrupters” 2024 issue features all manner of players that are—or are poised to—shake things up. Geopolitical issue The annals of history are rife with episodes of upheaval that have significantly impacted the course of human history.

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CFI announces newly elected board members 

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Forney, Texas—The International Certified Flooring Installers Association (CFI) has welcomed Dave Garden, president, Installation Services, LLC, as chair of the board of directors, and Don Styka, director of field services, Tarkett, as vice chair. Bob Gillespie, Bob’s Carpet Installation Services. Joe Cea, Congoleum.

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Wholesalers tackle pressing issues

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Until there is a definitive immigration policy, we will continue to see shortages at our entry-level positions.”. On business conditions… “I am optimistic about the long-term success of our company because we fare well in periods of boom or bust.”. What keeps distributors up at night? We have lost many drivers as a result.

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Lux Flooring’s laser focus on SPC

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with a long-term goal to be a national importer with a presence across the continental United States. W hile some flooring companies aim to be many different things to many different retailers—providing a breadth of product categories from wood to resilient to ceramic—Lux Flooring’s focus is singular: SPC luxury vinyl flooring.

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CFI welcomes new board members

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Don Styka, director of field services, Tarkett, was elected as new board chair for CFI during its the December advisory board meeting. Dalton—Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) welcomed new board members to its advisory board. Styka, who has been a CFI advisory board member since 2018 succeeds Dave Garden.

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Executive forecast: Leaders expect flooring will outpace economy

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COVID-19 has changed everything, and once things head back toward “normal” we just have to wait and see how customers react in terms of buying habits, product preferences and the like. And they have good reason to be optimistic. Russell Grizzle. president and CEO. Mannington Mills. The big unknown is all about COVID-19.

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Builder—State of the industry: Construction activity, hard surfaces will fuel demand in 2020

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Home prices outpaced income growth, primarily due to long-term, supply-side challenges such as rising construction costs connected to regulatory burdens and rising material issues. However, the Federal Reserve’s move to a more dovish monetary policy position lowered mortgage lending rates from nearly 5% last fall to around 3.6%