Labor, education, look-a-like products, and the explosion of production capacity were just some of the topics keeping participants up at night at Total Solutions Plus, a collaborative event hosted by the National Tile Contractors Association, Ceramic Tile Distributor Association, Tile Council of North America and the Tile Contractors’ Association of America.
“No question that there is considerably more product on the market today that we can possibly consume,” said Mark Shannon, technical services advisor, Crossville Tile. “This represents challenges like price pressure. There is a large amount of look-a-like products that put downward pressure on product categories.”