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Maintenance, from this observer’s standpoint seldom seems to have entered the mainstream of the carpet maker’s psyche

There’s an old saying: Changes are permanent, but change is.

Today more than ever it is vital for retailers to create a pleasant and unique shopping experience for consumers.

The North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) and North American Building Material Distribution Association (NBMDA) saw a slight uptick in attendance, drawing more than 700 industry professionals—including about 170 exhibitors and 50 first-time exhibitors—to Dallas for its annual convention.

Nearly 15 years ago a number of industry players—manufacturers, distributors, retailers, contractors, software providers and others—got together and decided to start the process of bringing the industry’s technology into the 21st century.

OK, so 2014 wasn’t as fantastic a year as most hoped. That doesn’t mean it was a bad year.

Last year, Mohawk Industries told its aligned dealers with the recession over they needed to “Own the Moment.”

The Floor Covering Industry Foundation (FCIF), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is a non-profit organization dedicated to financially assisting anyone in the floor covering industry who has suffered extreme circumstances—whether through an unexpected illness or life-changing medical disability.

One of the best moves Floors and More ever made was a year into the company’s life when its founders Dan and Brenda Billingsley decided to take their tile store from a city address to its current location on Interstate 30, a direct link between Dallas and Memphis, Tenn.

Often considered a throw-in, an afterthought, underlayment for new hard surface glue-down, nail-down and floating floors in residential and commercial installations is anything but.