CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 8, 2013

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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Floor Covering News

APRIL 17, 2024

The hardwood flooring sector, which has lost market share to look-alike product segments over the past 15-20 years, continues to face stiff competition. He cited surveys showing less than a fifth of wood flooring professionals expect strong growth in 2024, while 15% expect sales to be up significantly by 8% or more.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

That statement accurately reflects 2021 for many flooring dealers, who—despite facing numerous challenges— are closing out 2021 with one of their best sales years ever, with many shattering records. We also increased our window coverings sales by 50% volume over last year, which added another 2% in additional rebates. It all adds up.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 14, 2020

Chicago—The North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) released the results of its NAFCD Quarterly Sales Trend Survey for the second quarter of 2020. The report showed Q2 sales growth was down year-over-year during the second quarter of 2020, but also showed promising results for the second half of 2020.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2024

Our event is really about bringing our community together as much as it is about the latest hardwood products on display.” That sentiment underscored the theme of this year’s event: “Raise the Bar.” The hardwood flooring sector continues to face stiff competition from look-alike product segments.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The bigger your sales and marketing teams get, the harder it is to align these efforts. Often called “smarketing,” sales and marketing alignment is critical to ensure that these departments are working in tandem to target the right customer base, create more conversions and drive more sales. Not sure how to get started?

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 4, 2022

All this begs the question: What kind of credit programs are most effective at driving sales? It’s all about giving shoppers more choices while helping retailers close more sales. “We Compared to other options such as 18 months, the 36-month program drives sales the most at American Flooring. “It Proven programs.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

—Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing was in negative territory for the third quarter, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The MMS produces two separate indices.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

She worked on a variety of product categories before moving into her current role. Believe me, we are extremely passionate when it comes to product. You have to do what’s now because everything we do has to coordinate with products we see in stores that span the spectrum from high end to mid-range to budget friendly,” Marchetta said.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

AHF Products’ Brian Carson, Wendy Booker and Brian Parker preview the new Dogwood line from Bruce Hardwood Floors. That sentiment was shared by Chris Thompson, regional sales manager with Quebec-based Boa-Franc, maker of the Mirage brand. The traffic has just been incredible,” said Jodie Doyle, vice president of sales and marketing.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

That spells opportunity for floor covering retailers looking to not only grow sales but also profits as an overall percentage of sales. However, once she realizes how much financial flexibility there is when she has up to 18 months to pay everything off, she usually opts to do everything at once and with a better product.”.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2023

But it also has a rich history with forest products. Nearly half of Wisconsin’s land area is covered by forests, making the state a large contributor to the forest products industry. In fact, lumber and wood products account for 18% of Wisconsin’s exports, boosting the state’s economy and employing over 60,000 people.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

FCNews surveyed several key executives to learn what’s on their minds. This will continue to require product and supply chain innovation. I work with an awesome team of Shaw associates, and we sell quality products to great customers. This will present good opportunities in 2023 to drive lower costs in key product categories.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

—Confidence in the market for new multi-family housing improved in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The MOI measures the multi-family housing industry’s perception of occupancies in existing apartments.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Here are some highlights from the report: In a survey of 3,600 individuals who have made a significant purchase of $500 or more within the past six months, 5% more people obtained financing for large purchases compared with two years ago. However, be sure to broach the subject of credit early on in the sales process.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 17, 2023

H ardwood flooring retailers and contractors have long known that hardwood flooring is an aspirational product. Flooring professionals welcomed the survey as confirmation that flooring is a great investment for homeowners.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Mobile Marketing clients will now be able to help promote online reviews from customers, convert website traffic into sales and interact directly with customers to answer questions and assist them in choosing products, according to the company. Swell is a customer experience platform that includes a full-service messaging solution.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

—The prospects for continued high levels of multi-family development declined significantly in the third quarter, as did the prospects for continued high occupancy rates, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The MMS produces two separate indices.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The uptick in single-family production was somewhat unexpected as our latest builder surveys indicate that starts are likely to weaken in the months ahead due to recent higher mortgage rates that were near 7.6% Because of a lack of existing homes in the marketplace, 31% of homes available for sale in August were new construction.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2022

Which have supplied you with the tools to succeed—product or otherwise—over these last 12 to 18 months? So this year you will vote for Shaw and Mohawk in the Best Overall category by casting votes for either company in a number of categories, like product innovation, service, digital tools, on-time delivery, etc.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2022

Which have supplied you with the tools to succeed—product or otherwise—over these last 12 to 18 months? So this year you will vote for Shaw and Mohawk in the Best Overall category by casting votes for either company in a number of categories, like product innovation, service, digital tools, on-time delivery, etc.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2021

—Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing decreased in the second quarter, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released today by National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) dropped three points to 48 compared to the previous quarter.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

MAY 29, 2012

They offer a direct way to boost your company’s image and sales among customers and provide an easy way for customers to express their needs, insights, and opinions about what you offer. But on the other hand, if you tweet marketing and sales messages too often, you risk annoying – and then losing – your followers.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. The National Kitchen & Bath Association announced its results from a survey of kitchen designers that granite is no longer the top choice for kitchen counters — quartz is.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 14, 2021

—Armstrong Flooring was voted a brand leader in Builder Magazine’s 2020 Brand Use Study, an annual survey of building professionals. ” Armstrong Flooring has been recognized as a top flooring brand in the survey for five consecutive years. Armstrong also recently won four Platinum Awards for Design Excellence (ADEX) awards. .

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 6, 2023

—While the two main confidence indexes for multifamily housing increased slightly in the fourth quarter, they both remained in negative territory, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released today by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The MMS produces two separate indices.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The flooring industry has long known that hardwood flooring is an aspirational product. Naturally, flooring professionals welcomed the survey as confirmation that flooring is a great investment for homeowners. In its study, NAR provided an estimate of the likely dollar value each project would add to a home at resale.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Hubspot.com explains how to spot sales burnout and what to do about it. A career in sales is not for the faint of heart. Although feelings of burnout in sales are common, they can be alleviated and can also provide valuable learning opportunities to help sales managers create healthier work environments. Sales burnout.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In post-virtual event surveys, many attendees said they missed the in-person, human interaction. Attendance at product-based virtual events was even worse because attendees need to see the products up close and personal to determine their quality and value. Product weight and quality simply cannot translate on a computer screen.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

The first thing we do after each convention is we survey members and ask what they would like to see the following year as far as sessions, what they need to learn or anything else they might need. But it also has a rich history in forest products. Look for more NWFA coverage, as well as new product trends in future editions of FCNews.)

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Floor Covering News

MAY 20, 2021

—Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing increased in the first quarter of 2021, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) increased eight points to 51 compared to the previous quarter.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2020

.” According to a survey taken during the town hall, 40% of respondents said the impact on business was better than what they originally projected. About 44% of respondents said their business saw a 20% to 30% decline due to the economic shutdown associated with COVID-19.

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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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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MAY 31, 2019

We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. The report is unique because it captures the opinions of homeowners, whereas most surveys focus on trends from the perspectives of interior designers, architects, etc. The 2019 U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 22, 2021

Citing rising costs in raw materials as well as container/port constraints, flooring manufac­turers have once again announced price hikes across sev­eral product categories. At press time, Shaw Industries, AHF Products and Mannington/Phenix officially disclosed plans to increase prices. and Canada effective April 1, 2021. and Canada.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 30, 2020

Mohawk touts ‘back to normal’ business conditions and domestic hard surface products. Jeff Meadows, president of Mohawk residential sales, and Kelly Oberschlake, senior director, national accounts, addressed Alliance Flooring members. By Ken Ryan. The flooring industry is poised for a big second half and strong 2021. SolidTech Plus.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

1 in the Hardwood B category again this year,” said Brad Williams, vice president of sales and marketing at Boa-Franc, maker of the Mirage brand. Boa-Franc has been named one of the Best Employers in Canada for 2016 and 2017 based on the results of the survey by Aon in Canada. We are honored to be recognized as No.

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