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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

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We’re focusing on our hardened wood, based on the Woodura technology, as well as our SPC/rigid core collection, which is produced by one of our partners in Taiwan,” he explained. “We We measure our sales every day, because this is a selling event for us. We have eight different colors in the line.

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Wellmade expands capabilities

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“The plant was originally built to house enough equipment to be able to produce about 300 million square feet per year—so it’s a very, very big facility,” said Dick Quinlan, senior VP sales and marketing, Wellmade. We’re investing in growing our business in the U.S.

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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

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Today, the group is led by Winters together with industry consultant and longtime FCNews columnist, Lisbeth Calandrino, as well as Rachel Berlin, sales manager at Precision Floors & De?cor, Nuckols, president of the residential division of TDG, said in reference to the Stainmaster sale. Meanwhile, comparable store sales rose 27.6%

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Ambitious 10 Year Gardening Project : John Brooker's Green.

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Uncommonly Shaped Building In Taiwan Inspired by The Famous Chinese Dragon Symbol. Architects Lab Modus envisioned and developed the Hongzhu Housing Sales Center in Taoyuan County, Taiwan, an unusual looking building, inspired by [.] -->. Playful and Ambitious One Workplace Project in Santa Clara, California. House Illusion.

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Trade war forces suppliers to re-strategize

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Strategies ranged from pursuing alternative sources outside of China (namely Cambodia, Taiwan and Malaysia) to establishing or significantly expanding existing manufacturing operations here in the U.S. Sourcing is changing today and has become significantly weighted toward information that is the driving force of sales.

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FCNews’ Annual Top 20 Flooring Distributors

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“The concern here is that there’s only so much capacity, not merely in terms of plant output but also with regard to logistics,” said Scott Rozmus, president and CEO of FlorStar Sales, Romeoville, Ill. Furthermore, it’s not as simple as deciding one will produce in Vietnam, Taiwan, etc.,

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Stats 2021: Price hikes, organic growth drive wood’s increases

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After experiencing declines in both sales and square footage in 2019 and 2020, the U.S. FCNews research shows wood flooring sales at the first point of sale in 2021 totaled a record $2.67 Hardwood’s performance in 2021 helped the category increase its share of total floor covering sales, albeit slightly, to 10%.

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