The Starnet Board of Directors recently convened for a hybrid live and virtual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. During the session, the board provided a business conditions update from around the country disclosing cautious optimism with softness in the first half of 2021 and continued strength to pre-pandemic levels in some states and segments by year end. The Starnet staff shared progress on key initiatives to advance the interests of the membership and its partners, metrics from Starnet’s annual financial benchmarking survey and Partnering For Success programs for the membership and Starnet Preferred Vendor partners.
On day two, Starnet vice presidents of business development, Eric Boender and Bruce Campos, hosted strategic planning sessions with the executive teams from ARDEX Americas, Armstrong Flooring, Daltile, J+J Flooring, MAPEI, Roppe Holdings, HPS Schönox, and Uzin Utz North America. Highlights of the meeting included leveraging 325+ Starnet Member locations throughout the United States and Canada to market their innovative flooring solutions. In the coming weeks strategic planning sessions will be held virtually with additional Starnet Preferred Vendor partners.