It was 1983 when floor covering retailer Terry Wheat of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, decided that there must be a better way to manage his retail store. That’s when he set out to develop the perfect software package. The result of that effort was RFMS, which in 2022 acquired by Compusoft + 2020.
I have been puzzled for years why technology in the flooring sector has been so slow to catch on, which is why I called Terry to get his take on the subject. The following are excerpts of the resulting conversation we had with Terry on this topic, which you can listen to in its entirety below.