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Mannington: A new era in design

Floor Covering News

Through research we need to know what’s trending in flooring— woods, stones—and how the consumer is using these looks in the home.”. Marchetta noted that 95% of their job is research. Our collective research puts us in the right direction to create looks the consumer loves.”. Everything starts with research.

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Al’s column: A look back on my time at Surfaces

Floor Covering News

Software and brilliant ideas developed from frustrated flooring professionals who developed tools specifically for our industry. Another company, OnRivet.com, has developed pricing software to make it easy to put one label (a QR Code) on your samples and keep up to date with prices, sales and specials.

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Marketing Your Blog: Search Engine Optimization is Essential to Success

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

For example recent posts have been about understanding shade variation in tile, care and maintenance of tile and stone, effects of lighting on floors and walls and curbless showers. Research shows profiles with more information have a significant correlation with more successful accounts. Google’s free AdWords Keyword Tool can help.

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Tile Industry 2013: Primed for Recovery

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

According to Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants Inc.‘s 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.

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Common Causes of Wi-Fi Connectivity Problems

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Jason Cole, a London-based software engineer, grew sick of the trial and error associated with finding the perfect router spot. A new poll by Wakefield Research says that one-third of Americans have admitted to (successfully and unsuccessfully) attempting to access a Wi-Fi network that wasn’t theirs, which is up 18% from 2008.

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The Costs Associated with becoming an Architect | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

We can hire another “consultant” who isn’t responsible for anything, rather than doing the research ourselves and being the “Master Builder” that we have historically been. It takes some research and responsibility. Also the incredibly dated software used for the vignettes. Probably not.

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