Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Across all flooring categories suppliers are ramping up their domestic production to meet the needs of their customer base and consumers across the country. AHF Products, for example, has one of the most robust domestic production operations as any supplier in the industry. Daltile’s Dickson plant.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

“It’s difficult to think of an honor that could be more fitting,” said Samantha Lisi, vice president of commercial sales. The ability to remove and reuse Karndean LooseLay—which comes with a 15-year commercial warranty—extends the product lifespan and makes it more sustainable. We’re proud and humbled by the recognition.”

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Building Moxie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Of course, I didn’t know what this “new” siding product was. James Hardie products now appear on over 8 million homes in North America. *. We’ll learn about the benefits of Hardie products, many you already know, and hopefully, you receive the info you need for deciding whether this Program is a good fit for your organization. *.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2022

The popularity of bamboo and cork flooring remains strong despite the intense competition from the deluge of LVP/SPC products. However, despite all these positive attributes , bamboo and cork flooring products cannot sell themselves. Position the products appropriately. positions cork flooring front and center in her location.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Showgoers participating in this session will learn about embodied carbon standardization, transparency, accountability and reduction, while also gaining a deep understanding of how such initiatives align with the tile industry’s relevant objectives and why the push for alignment to a clearer definition of embodied carbon is key.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. Ukraine is a major exporter of agricultural commodities such as wheat and corn, and the conflict has disrupted production and export capabilities.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FCNews reveals the winners of its third annual FCNnovation Awards—an initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies launched in the current year. Inhaus Icon with Classen Ceramin technology Truly sustainable products need to offer recyclability and recycled content.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Coverings has earned a reputation for providing tile and stone professionals with access to exclusive resources, programs and educational opportunities not available anywhere else,” said Jennifer Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies, the event planning company for Coverings. “At Three educational stages. Coverings Lounge.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2023

While there are still four months left before the calendar turns, category experts agree 2023 will likely see the first resilient sales decline for the category. The consensus among the major resilient flooring suppliers is that once the dust clears, 2023 will see resilient sales down mid-to-high single digits. “A

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

The industry’s major manufacturers as well as the latest emerging companies will showcase thousands of new products and services in categories including furniture, fabrics, flooring, interior building products, interior finishes and technology. AHF Contract: Expressive Ideas. Ava by Novalis: 2TRZO. Today, everyone is a curator.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 2, 2013

‘s Donato Pompo, citing findings from Catalina Research, ceramic tile is leading the floor covering sales recovery, as tile manufacturers leverage the rebound in existing home sales and housing starts. ceramic tile sales are estimated to have grown by 9% in dollars and 9.2% floor coverings manufacturer dollar sales and 12.9%

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. Some of the roles include accounting, logistics, product development, marketing, HR, sales and operations. director of sales, O’Krent Floors. CEO, Johnson Hardwood.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. I later worked as a sales manager for Laticrete International for seven years, before founding Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants (CTaSC) on May 5, 2002. Both provide data and insight in past and current industry trends.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The top suppliers, many floor covering retailers agree, are the ones that help specialty retailers maintain healthy profit margins—especially in an extremely competitive environment inundated with so many me-too products jockeying for market share. They stand behind their products, they don’t play games with us.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

FCNews’ fourth annual Industry Disrupters issue features innovative players and thinkers who are changing the game in terms of product enhancements, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. AHF Products. Cali Floors. Disrupting through distribution. From takeover target to blazing the acquisition trail.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

‘s Donato Pompo, citing findings from Catalina Research, the primary source for ceramic tile industry data, ceramic tile is leading the floor covering sales recovery, as tile manufacturers leverage the rebound in existing home sales and housing starts. ceramic tile sales are estimated to have grown by nine percent in dollars and 9.2

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The awards program has become the benchmark for new product excellence and booth design at the industry’s premier trade show. Raskin Industries’ newest product, RI Digital flooring, has earned the manufacturer a Best of Surfaces award in the Innovation category, the company’s third Innovation award. RI DIGITAL. T ECHNOLOGY.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2014

For example, here in the states, where wood flooring consumption is so widespread, our R&D people have great access to that segment of the building products sector. Sustainable construction: built according to low energy consumption standards. Property surface area: 20,000 square meters/67,000 square feet.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Portugal also has a handful of technically-advanced and design-led producers, such Revigres, who can compete with the leading manufacturers from Italy, Spain, Turkey, or South America in many product categories and formats. Overall, the Portuguese ceramics industry, while small, offers a broad and differentiated product portfolio.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Portugal also has a handful of technically-advanced and design-led producers, such Revigres, who can compete with the leading manufacturers from Italy, Spain, Turkey, or South America in many product categories and formats. Overall, the Portuguese ceramics industry, while small, offers a broad and differentiated product portfolio.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 16, 2017

To see collections available with Architectural Ceramics that include a base molding, visit our base molding product search here. To search Architectural Ceramic’s collections that include a bullnose, visit our bullnose product search here. More Inspiration & Resources. Get in the Mood.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2024

F ollowing its COVID-19-induced spike in sales, the residential carpet market is down more than 20% from where it was just two years. Despite the cuts, mortgage rates may still be too high to entice existing homeowners to put their property up for sale, analysts said. Shown is Canvas Comfort.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 11, 2013

In part 1 of this feature on the industry in 2013 (ASHLEY, PLEASE LINK HERE TO PART 1), industry resources affirmed that the continuing housing recovery could mean a good year for ceramic tile and stone. We attribute that to a pickup in home building, and to enthusiasm for our products following a product revamp,” he reports. “In

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Heath Ceramics

APRIL 21, 2016

hit the sales floors. abundant resource. Some of these experiments in dinnerware have led to really gorgeous new tile products, too.) Each seasonal collection takes months of experimenting before we decide on the final glazes to put into production. We’ve always got glaze on our minds over here. Still curious?

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

MAY 1, 2015

In 2008 ARDEX expanded the scope of the Mexican business, and Jorge was promoted into a Sales Manager position. In 2009 Jorge’s job was expanded again, and he became the Regional Sales Manager for Latin America, which includes Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and the northern cone of South America. May 30, 2015 marks Eric P.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 18, 2022

sales, Mercier. Mirage Hardwood Floors manufactures products across four different platforms. Several of these suppliers—many of which are household names in the flooring industry—are renown for producing some of the highest quality hardwood flooring products available, as many of their retailer and distributor partners attest.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

—Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry, has launched its Brand Promises campaign, a company-wide initiative that builds upon the company’s legacy of research and development of innovative installation products, systems and solutions. Committed to sustainability.

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StoneDimensions

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

I am the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Coldspring (formally known as the Cold Spring Granite Company), in Cold Spring, MN USA. The mission of the MIA is to serve and support the dimension natural stone industry by providing an array of services, products, and authoritative information important to, and valued by, industry members.

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CUSTOM Insights Blog

MARCH 27, 2015

A 1/16" standard allowance is way too much when you are installing a thin tile that is only 1/8" or even 1/4" thick. William McLaughlin, Resource Manager, Perkowitz+Ruth Architects: People ask me all the time “what is the largest tile that can be installed on a building façade?”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Our training initiatives allow us to deliver better products and service to our customers, simplify and enhance our organization’s processes and help our people fulfill their personal and professional ambitions.”. For 20 years, Training magazine’s Top 125 list has set the standard of excellence in workplace learning.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 20, 2021

That means each visit needs to be productive. So, how is that productivity measured? This way, you’re customizing what’s in the van before you make that sales call,” he said. Tip #2: Develop standard operating procedures. You want to close the sale the first time you get into the home.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

AHF Products is bringing back the venerable Hartco brand as it transitions away from the Armstrong name. AHF has launched refreshes to several of the existing products now under the Hartco line including the Prime Harvest and American Scrape collections. American Scrape. Mountville, Pa.—

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Floor Covering News

JULY 10, 2023

Initiating a post-COVID Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act makeover to ensure the trucking industry is defined as essential, skilled and in-demand, and that local workforce boards resource trucking accordingly. “We Warne, NAFCD president and vice president of sales and marketing at Abraham Linc, told Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Las Vegas—The key to launching a successful wood/SPC-type waterproof hybrid product, observers say, lies in finding the right balance between authentic visuals and performance. The product features a real, 1.2mm, sliced-faced white oak wear layer atop a solid polymer core. in average unit price sales,” Garber explained.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 8, 2021

By Steven Feldman Amid reports that residential soft surface sales were up about 10% in 2020’s fourth quarter, Mohawk is beefing up all its soft surface brands for 2021 with a bevy of new introductions. The result, dubbed Recover backing technology, is a fully recyclable product. EverStrand.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It includes a collection of educational insights, new and staple hardwood products and an advertorial featuring one of the Coalition’s members. Third, a supplier must have product designs that appeal to local homeowners.”. More importantly, a good supplier should provide a high level of service commensurate with product quality.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Is there a product out there that can help? A much better use of your time and resources is to bite the bullet and replace everything. Heres a kitchen in a home for sale in Gandia, a coastal city 70km south of Valencia in Spain. By Spanish standards, this is a large kitchen and by Italian standards, its enormous.

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