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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. Not only does it require more knowledge on the part of the retail sales associate, but it also means successfully sharing that information with the consumer in a way that doesn’t turn them away from the category.

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University of Ceramic Tile and Stone lowers tuition costs

Floor Covering News

This is so company employees can be productive and take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about their trade and job skills while at home. Throughout the course professional sales techniques and tactics are taught. The course describes how stone is installed with all of the various installation products.

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Catalina and CTaSC Announces the Release of the 2013 Stone Report

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

natural and manufactured stone product industry. stone product market has been recovering since 2011 and the recovery has continued to strengthen during 2013. The residential remodeling market is also benefiting from the increase in existing home sales and the rise in home prices. billion U.S. gain during 2013.

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Premium underlayments: A path to add-on profits

Floor Covering News

By Megan Salzano It’s no secret that flooring accessory pieces such as premium underlayments are often the hardest to sell for the retail sales associate. If you’re a retail sales associate or a store owner, a premium underlayment is an opportunity to ‘sell the floor twice,’” said David Moore, senior director of accessories, Mohawk.

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President's Message: Introducing our new president, Dan Rea

StoneDimensions

I am employed at Coldspring, in Cold Spring, MN (formally known as the Cold Spring Granite Company) where I head up the sales and marketing for the company and have been in the stone industry with Coldspring since 1977. However, more needs to done to emphasize safety and best practices in the quarrying and installation of natural stone.

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Trade war forces suppliers to re-strategize

Floor Covering News

And while certain segments of the industry enjoyed a temporary tariff reprieve on select rigid core products, those exemptions have since expired. Our carpet manufacturing model is to have a large operation that allows for efficient product flow and minimize work in process inventory in the facility,” said Bob Shaw, chairman and CEO.

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10 Reasons You Should Use Sustainable Building Materials

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Advanced framing with wood from sustainable forests is just another great tool to add to your sustainably-built home. Energy is conserved two-fold— One, you conserve energy on a larger scale by using sustainable materials whose manufacturing results in less waste products that fill the world’s landfills. How you ask?

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