The 43 members of the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) opened their spring meeting at the Grand Hyatt in Vail, Colorado, with roundtable discussions aimed at making their businesses more proficient and profitable amid ever-changing market conditions: rising inflation, supply chain woes, a lack of qualified workers, pricing challenges, and maintaining margins.
"At this meeting, we spent more time talking about operations—operations, innovation, IT solutions, equipment efficiency, warehouse efficiency,” said NFA Board President Jason McSwain of Ohio-based McSwain Carpets & Floors. “How do we bring more of that to the group to really help them move their business forward and elevate their business above somebody else in their market?"