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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

What’s more, just like any product category, trends in natural stone come and go—albeit much less frequently than others—so a steady handle on the current trending looks and colors is imperative for retail sales associates. It will always be in trend. It’s been around for millions of years.

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Catalina and CTaSC Announces the Release of the 2013 Stone Report

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

The Natural and Manufactured Stone report includes the following important sections that will allow industry companies to analyze the various segments, channels, and trends of the stone industry: • The recovery in residential markets has benefited demand for countertops. Price trends are tracked by type of stone.

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TISE 2024: Resilient flooring focuses on innovation

Floor Covering News

The process also minimizes energy usage and waste in manufacturing, and minimizes the use of resources for installation and maintenance with product innovation. Even more chose to tackle the “shoddy SPC” issue head on, boasting thicker boards, elevated quality and on-trend colorways in their latest introductions.

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A Note from Jim - May/June 2014

StoneDimensions

Specific to member retention, we are trending to have the best retention we have had in 5 years. New online - several new documents and resources are now available online for you. These documents have a coded index so that each industry segment (quarry, fabricator, restoration, etc.) an improving economy.

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Why You Should Use Natural Materials In Your Design

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

In the world of interiors, “natural” is a broad term that encompasses any renewable resource that is harvested from the earth for use. Read on to find out why renewable resources are the way to go when it comes to your décor. Chances are, you’ve also wandered what exactly counts as “natural”. You’re missing out.

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A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic

Architectural Ceramics

European countries that are lesser known but also offer slate quarries are Belgium, Germany, Italy and Wales. Knowing that Brazil is the second-largest resource for slate in the world, here are two designer spaces that feature slate from the area: Brazilian Black slate, and Brazilian Multi-colored slate. Designer Spaces.

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Made in USA: Manufacturers ramp up domestic production

Floor Covering News

We also continue to invest in the LVT category, a trend that has benefited from a global freight glut that has slowed supply, the impact of COVID-19 and the tariffs on Chinese imports. quarry tile); Sunnyvale, Texas (floor tile); Muskogee, Okla., “We’ve made investments in all our plants. floor tile); Dickson, Tenn.,