Residential and commercial customers want more sustainable content in their products, and manufacturers are responding with technologically advanced carpets, fibers and backing systems.
Great American Floors began in 1992 as a shop-at-home service with a couple of deck boards. The beginnings were humble, as the business was operated out of owner Jason Seltzer’s home with the assistance of his father Marc.
Product quality (97%) continues to be the most influential factor in deciding to sell/promote a particular brand/manufacturer of residential carpet, according to the just-completed Carpet and Area Rug Market Study conducted by BNP Media Market Research for National Floor Trends.
Today’s installers have the benefit of many specialized grouts and mortars that make ceramic tile installation easier and better for the environment, while making the jobsite safer for both the installer and the homeowner.
The National Association of Wholesalers-Distributors (NAW) is publishing a new series of quarterly, downloadable white papers on critical wholesale distribution sales management topics titled, “Innovations in Distribution Selling Research Series.”
For many years, one of the biggest drawbacks to ceramic tile for consumers in colder climates was the discomfort of walking on it during fall and winter months.
In another segment of research commissioned by the World Floor Covering Association and conducted in August 2011 by Clear Seas Research, 494 consumers who remodeled/updated one or more rooms in the past six months and installed new flooring presented their views on green flooring.
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