While new and improved products are constantly hitting the market and, in the last couple of years the luxury vinyl business—be it tile, planks or the ever-expanding wood plastic composite floors—has exploded in popularity, sheet vinyl has managed to remain a viable option and first choice for many applications on both the commercial and residential sides of the fence.
When it comes time to retire, every store owner should have a plan in place in order to seamlessly pass the torch on to either the next generation of the family, a faithful employee or even an outside source.
While the residential industry continues to plow through a mixed business climate, one needed to look no further than the world famous Merchandise Mart and the 47th NeoCon to feel the strong pulse of the commercial industry, as more than 50,000 people from around the world fought off heavy storms and tornado warnings to see the newest products for projects they were working on and learn about the latest trends for upcoming jobs.
Before Silicone Valley earned its moniker for hosting and developing the country’s technology sector, Don Gupton was as attentive to details in his flooring installations as those young tech start-ups were in building their companies.
It’s been a little more than three months since “60 Minutes” ran its story about certain laminate products at Lumber Liquidators having levels of formaldehyde that exceeded limits set by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Radiant heating has become quite popular over time, attracting a large number of homeowners to this convenient, comfortable and energy-efficient heating system.
When the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) was created in 2002, the concept of diverting carpet from landfills for the purpose of recycling it back into itself or finding other afterlife solutions was mostly pie-in-the-sky thinking.