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

Floor Covering News

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. Or it can be as simple as stripping down complexity to give consumers a more intuitive experience—something software/tech firms are getting rather good at.

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Nominations open for inaugural FCNnovation Awards

Floor Covering News

By acknowledging those innovations that are decided to be a cut above the rest, suppliers and their products receive credit and gain additional exposure. Suppliers are asked to submit only one innovation per product category. Flooring products will be judged based on design and/or performance (technology). Rigid core/WPC.

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Inaugural FCNnovation Award winners named

Floor Covering News

FCNews has announced the winners of its inaugural FCN novation Awards, a new initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies in the flooring industry today. Technology/Software—(All-in-One Selling System) Broadlume. And innovation is what drives sales at retail.

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Employee Spotlight: Corporate Trainer Rachelle Bishop

Architectural Ceramics

Rachelle: I am an Interior Designer by education, but fell into sales when I lived in Arizona. After a couple years, Betty – the owner of Architectural Ceramics, asked me to help her manage aspects of the Rockville showroom remodel, as well as develop and implement a new sales platform called Salesforce. R: THE PEOPLE!

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FCNews 2nd annual FCNnovation Awards winners

Floor Covering News

FCNews has announced the winners of its second annual FCNnovation Awards —a program designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies unveiled in the current year. For retail sales associates, PFC is intended to be the easiest way to sell flooring—with confidence and simplicity. True Grout.

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Retailers of the Year 2023

Floor Covering News

In choosing their top retailer partners, suppliers looked beyond sales volume to other key attributes such as communication skills, trust, company culture and even benevolence as differentiating factors. As we all became more educated on the product category—and the performance of it over time—this decision became clearer than ever.

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Tile Industry 2013: Primed for Recovery

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

‘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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