You know it is time to develop new interests when you’re on vacation and spend your time visiting flooring showrooms after 55 years in the business. Knowing as much or more than anyone in the industry about showroom design and layout, and having designed dozens of showrooms across the nation that actually helped the sales process, I’ve found the average retail showroom has shown little or no improvement since my entrance into the industry.
I never had the opportunity to visit a manufacturer’s aligned dealership until recently. The neatest and best-designed showroom I visited was a Shaw aligned dealer.