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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

Floor Covering News

Las Vegas—While it has its challenges—low-end products creeping into retailer showrooms and U.S. So, there’s a lot of pride behind the new products we’re putting out.” Pelican Creations Home, for example, has always been focused on better quality products. It might be dirt cheap, but you’ll be paying the price later.

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Executive forecast 2024: No signs of stopping resilient flooring

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Many supply chain risks remain for products imported from abroad. Challenges include higher inventory costs due to rising interest rates and product stoppages as U.S. products support jobs for American workers and help to fuel the U.S. Customs enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Moreover, made-in-the-U.S.A.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

Retailers and product-based companies in many consumer categories are affected by the new tariffs and countervailing charges implemented on goods from China. government now charges countervailing duties to protect our domestic factories (therein the dilemma for many products affected). Most have Chinese products in their catalogs.

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Jufeng, i4F partner on laminate technologies

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Las Vegas—Jufeng (Vietnam Jufeng New Materials Co., ” Jufeng, based in Vietnam, is a major manufacturer of modular flooring products in the laminate market. . ” Jufeng, based in Vietnam, is a major manufacturer of modular flooring products in the laminate market.

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Supply chain: Disruptions ease, issues remain

Floor Covering News

The good news is improvement in raw material availability—in part due to a lessening of demand and greater reliance on East Coast ports—has dramatically reduced production times by as much as five months. Although product flow has significantly improved, we are definitely not out of the woods yet,” Raj Shah, president of MSI, told FCNews.

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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

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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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Granite4Less Beats All Other UK Granite Suppliers

Granite4Less

This means we know how to carefully choose the best types of granite stones and quartz for our customers and transform them into high quality finished products to meet our customers’ expectations. Again, do not just take our word for it but also believe the government-endorsed standard, which has awarded us the Trustmark once again!

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