Our March issue features a roundtable discussion with flooring contractors on moisture mitigation. Also, leading carpet manufacturers tell us what carpet color trends are hot in 2015.
Floor Trends set out to uncover just what to expect color-wise this year from leading carpet manufacturers, and in a unanimous response, we were told to stay tuned for the continuation of neutral hues.
If we’re not growing, we’re dying,” noted Kieth Spano, president of Flooring America/Flooring Canada (FA/FC), as the co-op kicked off it’s 2015 winter “conneXtion,” a named the group coined last year to emphasize the many ways and areas members are connected to each other, their suppliers and, most of all, their customers.
Thirty years ago, three industry veterans—Howard Brodsky, Sandy Mishkin and the late Alan Greenberg—got together and put a business plan together for a retailer-owned cooperative designed to give the independent dealer a chance to level the playing field against the larger, national players in the industry.
It’s one thing to say you are “awesome,” it’s another to be it and for 2015 Shaw Industries is telling—and showing—dealers and consumers reasons why the company and its products are just that: Awesome
Spurred by two consecutive years of positive sales—something most in the industry hadn’t seen for more than seven years—both exhibitors and attendees at The International Surface Event (TISE) in Las Vegas were filled with an optimistic spirit for the coming year.
When a new business sees double-digit sales growth in a single year, it does not necessarily say much when you consider how far did it really have to go to generate it.
When I attend Surfaces, Domotex or Domotex asia/ChinaFloor—or any show for that matter—the absolutely over the top find for me is coming across something new; discovering a new product; a clever, original idea or a concept nobody thought of before; offered something different; something that’s more efficient; better looking or singularly distinctive.
Going back to my first job in sales, I’ve fought the battle of just what is the level of ethics and honesty I needed to be at to remain in the business of selling.
Paul G. White Interior Solutions of Portland, Maine, is the leading flooring contracting business in that market with annual revenues of $23 million and a workforce of 100.
Blistering floor finishes, dark spots, bubbling, cupping, delamination, mold, odor, swollen joints, efflorescence, repairs, remediation and litigation—these are the terms that create nightmares for parties that are involved in a moisture related floor covering matter.
Despite the conflicting predictions of the various celebrity groundhogs around the country the fact is spring will officially arrive March 20 when the Vernal Equinox takes place.
Innovate Building Solutions' modular glass floor systems are engineered to safely stand the test of time, supporting large amounts of weight with a durable aluminum grid and structural supports, according to the company.
District, the newest tile collection from Ceramiche Refin, uses a creative mix of materials to capture urban life and is inspired by European cities, vintage work stations and old stores.
The latest incorporation to Flint Floor's portfolio of laminate flooring is the Stonist, a series of floorings and coatings specially aimed at kitchens, bathrooms and wellness areas.
Interface has added 25-centimeter x 1-meter skinny plank modular carpet tiles to its Common Theme collection of squares, creating a series that can yield uncommon and distinctive flooring design for a variety of commercial and workplace spaces.
Attendees for the SURFACES part of The International Surface Event (TISE) here came, saw and voted for their favorite products at the tradeshow’s New Product Marketplace.