Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2022

Las Vegas—Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, has announced a comprehensive roster of both popular and new programs for Coverings 2022 —which will take place April 5-8, 2022, at the Las Vegas Convention Center here. Three educational stages.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

This step comes as a continuation of Ardex’s growth strategy in the North American tile industry, the company said. With the new addition to the company, Ardex said it is able to broaden its system solutions within the tiling segment, adding more flexibility and more comprehensive installation options.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 2, 2022

According to Informa Exhibitions, which organizes the show, attendees from 55 countries experienced three distinct events (Surfaces, StonExpo and Tile Expo) in one with a new show floor layout, new dedicated event entrances, targeted-by-event education as well as demonstrations and show features. I can’t wait for 2023!”. StonExpo/Marmomac.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Atlanta—Coverings, the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has revealed a select lineup of featured educational opportunities for Coverings 2024 , which will take place April 22-25, 2024, here at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

.— Coverings , the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has released a lineup of featured conference sessions for Coverings 2022. What Lies Beneath: How the Tile Community Saved the Day with Proper Preparation. Exterior Tile Veneers. Materials & Trends.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2021

Austin, Texas—Full-service flooring provider, Fabulous Floors, has expanded into the Austin market through the opening of a sales office and warehouse. The office broadens Fabulous Floors’ Texas footprint as part of its strategy to grow through geographic expansion.

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Ceramics of Italy

MAY 12, 2023

This operation further expands Panariagroup’s production capacity and commercial and distribution presence in Portugal and strengthens Gres Panaria Portugal’s position as the leading ceramic tile producer in the Portuguese market. www.panariagroup.it www.panariagroup.it

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Consumers are spending more money on creating outdoor oases using products like Daltile’s My Stone Moon collection, seen here. . The past two-plus years have shown the strength of the tile industry as consumers flocked to the ceramic tile aisle for their home renovation needs in droves during the height of the pandemic.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2023

And to give the retailers an easier way to work and communicate with their manufacturers while working together to bring opportunities to sales.” We’re seeing just franchises of guys out there with mobile showrooms and selling at that point of sale in a customer’s home, which is a big [change]. That customer just bought tile.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This comes after the Ardex Group attained a strategic stake in DTA Tools USA in 2018 and will further the development of a successful market strategy in North America, subsequently offering a more comprehensive experience for both customer groups. The integration of our U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

Coverings 2023, the tile industry’s premier North American trade show, took place here last month, April 18-21, to resounding industry excitement and palpable energy across the show floor. Michael Ward, vice president of sales, Portobello America, put it simply: “Everybody’s here. Florida Tile also sees a bright future ahead.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

Lux Flooring’s SPC products feature a 22-mil thickness and a virgin stone core for added durability. of total resilient sales in 2021 and 34.8% All of the company’s SPC offerings comprise 22-mil virgin stone vs. recycled stone, including a new line of embossed-in-registered SPC luxury vinyl. Pictured is Brulee.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

One of the most respected Portuguese tile brands, Recer was founded in 1977. Today it is a medium sized producer of porcelain tiles, and ceramic wall tiles, offering home owners and designers a wide range of contemporary solutions with its wide and diversified product portfolio. metres of tiles, achieving total sales of Euro 45.3

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Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

One of the most respected Portuguese tile brands, Recer was founded in 1977. Today it is a medium sized producer of porcelain tiles, and ceramic wall tiles, offering home owners and designers a wide range of contemporary solutions with its wide and diversified product portfolio. metres of tiles, achieving total sales of Euro 45.3

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—After a strong showing in 2021, Coverings 2022, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will again be hosted as an in-person trade show event —this time in Las Vegas. Happy hours and giveaways will also be featured in the Lounge each day of the show after 4:30 p.m.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Las Vegas— Coverings 2022 was a showcase in innovative product design and immersive technology, which is thriving within the ceramic and stone category today despite obvious obstacles. We’ve had great traffic at the show,” said Micah Hand, director of market- ing and product management, Florida Tile. “I

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 16, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—T he ceramic category can be a difficult nut to crack for the dealer community, but it’s one that should be embraced as the ongoing potential for record-breaking sales continues into 2022. Simply put, consumers have a strong desire for tile,” Mara Villanueva-Heras, vice president of marketing, Emser Tile, told FCNews.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

Resilient flooring suppliers pulled out all the stops for this year’s event, showcasing everything from new stone looks that lend an unprecedented realism to rigid core’s visual appeal to unique installation opportunities that allow for intricate designs previously unattainable in the resilient category. Today, there is a race to the bottom.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 7, 2021

With that in mind, Dal-Tile has made great efforts to continuously offer up tile innovation solutions that allow its dealer partners to provide proven consumer solutions in an ever-changing marketplace. That is what we enjoy the most about doing business with Dal-Tile.”. One of those tile innovations is StepWise technology.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

economy heading into 2020 with a hopeful outlook and poised for growth—unemployment is down and consumer confidence is on the rise—the time for tile to shine is now. We love LVT—we sell LVT—but there is a huge market outside of LVT,” said Manny Llerena, director of sales and marketing, MSI. “We Las Vegas—With the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

A prime example of this effort was the group’s participation in the recent National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) Expo, which co-located with Coverings, the largest North American ceramic tile and stone exhibition, in Orlando. NWFA has joined with FCEF to develop strategies to attract and educate new workers as we move forward.”.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

T he intense level of competition in the waterproof flooring segment —particularly the LVP/SPC/rigid core category—has resulted in aggressive pricing strategies to build market share. This intense competition, while giving retailers and end users more choices, has negatively impacted profit margin opportunities for specialty retailers.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In addition to that, the Natural Stone Pavilion saw some action. Here, the Natural Stone Institute’s Women in Stone group conducted a “Natural Stone Amazing Race” on the show floor, much to the delight of attendees. Lastly, the 2 nd Annual National Installer of the Year Competition had another stellar year for year. “Our

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Clean looks, lighter, warmer colors, tile looks and sustainable vinyl, in particular, stole the show. “I Republic tapped the tile-look trend with the introduction of Solar Granite, a shiny marble look product, which is slip resistant and scratch resistant. That RSA wants to close the sale every time.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Dogwood is an opportunity to bring consumers squarely back into the hardwood category while giving our channel partners an opportunity to grow their sales and margins,” Carson explained. For us, it’s validation for a kind of strategy that we are getting back to in residential hard surface, to what Mannington is known for with a little nuance.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 22, 2021

By Megan Salzano It’s no secret that flooring accessory pieces such as premium underlayments are often the hardest to sell for the retail sales associate. If you’re a retail sales associate or a store owner, a premium underlayment is an opportunity to ‘sell the floor twice,’” said David Moore, senior director of accessories, Mohawk.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Since tile dealers and distributors are no exception, understanding how to create and manage a blog is key to your social marketing success. Blogging is valuable for tile dealers and distributors for several reasons. Greater visibility means more website traffic, and more website traffic means more sales. What is a Blog?

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

By Steven Feldman Riviera Maya, Mexico— Daltile Statements Elite dealers were introduced to what is arguably the most advanced selling system for ceramic tile when this select group of retailers convened here earlier this month for its 10th anniversary summit. Penny Carnino, operations manager for Grigsby’s Carpet & Tile in Tulsa, Okla.,

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2021

As producers of high-quality rigid core, luxury vinyl tile, engineered tile and sheet flooring products, Armstrong Flooring reaches customers through its expertise in resilient manufacturing. Trucor’s family of wood, stone and tile visuals provide waterproof, easy-to-clean solutions for today’s residential and commercial consumers.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to their son, Raj Shah, president, it’s in the company’s DNA to continuously find ways to engineer methodologies in logistics, product innovation and merchandising and marketing strategies to make flooring and countertops more affordable and accessible to the consumer without sacrificing manufacturer or retailer profitability.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales growth persists despite stumbling blocks. Mohawk’s Pergo Extreme features higher-end wood and stone-look visuals along with dent-free technology. FCNews research put the category at $5.433 billion in sales in 2019, an industry-leading 10.5% By Megan Salzano. increase over 2018’s $4.916 billion.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Shaw is maintaining its 2021 strategy of phased introductions to ensure it can offer the hallmark service on which it prides itself. What we’re trying to do is simplify a very complex area of the business for our sales teams, our retailers and their personnel.”. Following is an overview of some of the highlights.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Dealers told FCNews there is no single strategy that can be deployed to beat big boxes. This broad-based approach, observers say, helps ease the sting of soft sales between segments. A case in point is Capitol Carpet & Tile and Window Fashions, Boynton Beach, Fla.,

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 14, 2019

Construction Management Fees and Site Superintendent Fees (in my area of the world, these are typically set at 10% to 20% of the total construction cost) Sales Tax Permits Hardscape (exterior built items i.e. sidewalks, driveways, patios, pools, etc.) specialty energy features like geothermal, handmade tiles, etc.

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Time2Design

APRIL 8, 2014

It is an amazing networking opportunity to meet new vendors, reconnect with existing friends and most importantly meet up with other like minded professionals where we can share ideas, compare business strategies and swap stories. Additionally, KBIS rebooked nearly 20 percent more exhibit space on-site vs. pre-sales for the 2014 event.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

To that point, FCNews reached out to several dealers across the country that heavily merchandise the luxury vinyl category and its three main iterations— LVT, SPC and WPC —to share their best sales strategies. That’s where our great sales associates step in and guide them through the options. Lupe Brookhart. Anaheim, Calif. “We

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 29, 2024

“I’ve been coming to this show for 20-plus years and love everything that NRF has to offer,” said Joe Gagne, owner of Ballston Carpet & Tile, Ballston Spa, N.Y. “No. Ditto for Jorge Morgado, partner/president of sales, Allied Flooring & Paint, Agawam, Mass., 1 is I love NRF’s service and their wide variety of products.

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