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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

Natural stone can be a hard product category for some retailers to get into. One, for example, is its truly unique look, and that’s not just from stone type to stone type but from installation to installation, derived from the stones inherently irreplicable features—unlike look-alike products in adjacent categories.

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Ceramic: State of the Industry 2022

Floor Covering News

Within the multi-family sector, another important market for ceramic, the prospects for continued high levels of development declined significantly in the third quarter, as did the prospects for continued high occupancy rates, according to results from the Multi-family Market Survey (MMS) released by the NAHB.

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Bringing a Touch of Luxury to Bathrooms

Kitchen and Residential Design

A recent survey from Lightstream reports that 37 percent of homeowners indicated they are planning to remodel their bathrooms in 2019, edging out kitchen remodels, which 31 percent of respondents said was a priority. Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed said personalization was their primary reason for investing in a renovation.

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The Industry Disrupters of 2020

Floor Covering News

RevoTile is genuine porcelain tile offered in 26 marble, wood, stone and concrete looks. For years, FloorForce had been studying consumer data, talking to retailers, conducting consumer surveys and running beta tests to monitor the behavior of consumers—both during and after her floor-buying journey.