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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

Floor Covering News

The company made its foray into the eco-friendly field with its Stone + Wood line, a PVC-free hybrid touting waterproof capabilities and enhances scratch resistance. The Stone + Wood collection—my dad, [Michael Raskin, CEO], has been working on for two years, picking out the right colors and really fine-tuning it.

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Executive forecast 2024: No signs of stopping resilient flooring

Floor Covering News

LVT will continue to grow share in the resilient category, but economic concerns such as interest rates, consumer confidence, labor issues and tighter lending standards can and will have an impact on the overall flooring market. Novalis is now supplying out of China, Mexico, Korea, Vietnam and the U.S. and Vietnam.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

Many Chinese factories are setting up shop in Vietnam and other Asian countries. We also may not get the sizes we love right away because these countries’ standard sizes are unlike ours. Tariffs or duties are different rates based on the type of material and their country of origin. for glazed ceramic and porcelain 2.7%

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Granite4Less Beats All Other UK Granite Suppliers

Granite4Less

This means we know how to carefully choose the best types of granite stones and quartz for our customers and transform them into high quality finished products to meet our customers’ expectations. How can you be sure that we are selling you a high quality stone? Here, we look at Granite not as a stone, but a jewel.

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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

Floor Covering News

However, with great power comes great responsibility—a position many “me-too” suppliers failed to uphold, and the category saw an influx of product that didn’t meet high quality, performance and/or environmental standards. The manufacturers informed the dealers that they were moving to standard payment terms of net 30 days for all products.