Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2022

Spain has supplanted China as the largest exporter of ceramic tile to the U.S. The Tile Council of North America (TCNA), a trade association representing manufacturers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials, tile equipment, raw materials and other tile-related products, has released its 2021 U.S.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The same could be said when considering a handmade ceramic or natural stone, because the variation in the tile’s glaze or veining may surprise you. The good news is, when it comes to tile variation, there are ways to avoid the unexpected. On a scale of one to ten, how much tile variation do you like?

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 25, 2017

While children everywhere are going back to school, let’s go back to basics and learn about ceramic tile through a few of Architectural Ceramic’s collections: Basics, London, and City Hall. AC’s Basics Collection , is a simple one with a white subway tile at its core. As a result, the tile expands and contracts.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Earlier this year Diary of a Tile Addict was invited on a four-day ceramic tile study tour of Portugal. Photo credit: Portugal Ceramics: Love Tiles For a self-proclaimed tile addict, this wonderful tour proved to be a complete pleasure and privilege. But this tour was about much more than tiles. Location: Pavigres.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Earlier this year Diary of a Tile Addict was invited on a four-day ceramic tile study tour of Portugal. Photo credit: Portugal Ceramics: Love Tiles For a self-proclaimed tile addict, this wonderful tour proved to be a complete pleasure and privilege. But this tour was about much more than tiles. Location: Pavigres.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 31, 2015

First, we’ll talk about the top selling and asked about tiles in 2015, then the top moments for ACI as a whole! 3×6 Mono Field Tile (Specialty). ACI’s President & VP Take a Trip to Turkey for Tile. Cersaie 2015 International Tile Show in Italy. Lines Carrera Glass Mosaic (Glass).

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2022

T he comeback that was predicted in 2020 after ceramic flooring sales experienced its first downward trajectory in several years was right on point as 2021 saw vast improvement across the board. ceramic tile category saw high single-digit growth in 2021 compared to 2020. economy and ceramic tile market. billion and 1.38

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Raj Shah, MSI co-CEO M S International, more commonly known as MSI, started making headlines about 15 years ago as an affordable source of ceramic tile and stone. Overall, sales growth was a bright spot. MSI, just like everyone, got over-inventoried because we assumed sales would continue to grow. India has a problem, Turkey.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

AUGUST 8, 2019

We are lucky today to have the pleasure of enjoying Iznik tiles, and for new ones to still be created. Originally produced in the 15th and 16th Centuries in the Ottoman Empire, by the 17th Century the practice of creating these tiles had all but disappeared. Each colour is hand-painted onto the tile by a specialist. Laleli Karo.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

MARCH 26, 2013

It was the Versace of tile.”. Five years ago, in the deepest nadir of the Great Recession, Atanasio launched a new line of tile and stone, AlysEdwards. I called it ‘ready-made custom tile.’”. My commitment is to bring forth beautiful tile and stone products. I have learned the tile biz through trial and error.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2020

based interior designers and to expand its sales across North America. Vancouver-based XL Flooring utilizes an advanced manufacturing process in Korea to produce luxury vinyl tiles and planks, and plans to educate Domotex USA 2020 attendees on the value proposition of its products and the XL Flooring brand.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By 2008, MSI was among the top importers of natural stone in the world, with materials from virtually every major stone sourcing country across the globe, including India, Brazil, China, Turkey, Italy, Spain and Mexico.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

She was—and continues to be—on the frontline of customer engagements, leveraging flooring industry knowledge with her sales skills. She has created and implemented training programs for independent flooring retailers, distributors, manufacturers and sales reps for the past 50 years, developing programs to help grow their businesses.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 24, 2022

“We’re able to use our leverage with shipping companies, with logistics providers, put it together with our own trucking, amortize all of that over lower overhead as it relates to sales, marketing, merchandising and logistics costs. Whether it’s India, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Italy or Spain, we have ultimate flexibility,” Shah explained. “So

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Today, the company more commonly known as MSI is eclipsing the $2 billion mark in annual sales and leveraging that volume into providing more value to the end consumer. So, for example, if China becomes a problem, we’re bringing in LVT and tile from numerous other countries. But demand for tile is strong out there.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

He was colorblind, so I would sort the tile because he couldn’t tell the colors. We were co-chairmen of the Billion Dollar Sale, which raised the level of sales in the entire industry. It came out of when we did the Billion Dollar Sale. I remember we were on a Carpet One trip to Turkey. Alan Greenberg.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I dont think its a lie on the part of the sales person who told you that, I think he or she was just parroting back the Home Depot party line. Avente Tile Talk. Tile Style. Roasting a turkey; a Blog Off post. Production tile as art by Apavisa. Tiles of Spain. kitchen design. interior design. amusements.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

But in the northeast, kitchen designers are still pushing miles of tile, corbels, distressing and glazing in an attempt to recreate their idea of Tuscany. Heres a kitchen in a home for sale in Gandia, a coastal city 70km south of Valencia in Spain. Open upper shelves, tile, and pot racks. Avente Tile Talk. Tile Style.

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