Last year, much of the industry forecasting that went on at conventions, in publications and on showroom floors around the country was hedged with cute phrases like “markets are still in flux,” “there’s still some uncertainty there” and the always popular “things look promising, but we’ll just have to wait and see.” Punditry at its finest.
This January, in his keynote address at InSight 2013, the Shaw Flooring Network annual convention at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla., Shaw CEO Vance Bell gave his thoughts on where the market is headed in 2013: