Gordon Lewis, spokesperson for Cork Direct, said he was introduced to the durability of cork flooring nearly 15 years ago, when he worked as a museum director near Atlanta.
DM Hardwood Designs of Farmington, N.M., and Universal Floors of Washington, D.C., were the big winners in this year’s Wood Floor of the Year contest hosted by the National Wood Flooring Association.
Mohawk University has launched “Environmental Advantage: Business Growth Through Sustainability,” a course aimed at teaching owners, sales associates and retailers the steps to decrease expenses and increase business with a greener footprint.
Fifty years is a lot of history, and while planning for the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration of the World Floor Covering Association, event organizers realized they didn’t have much on file that went back to the group’s early years.
The late Marvin Berlin, a visionary retailer who understood the importance of technology and used it to grow New York Carpet World from a two-store chain in 1967 to more than 250 stores in 17 states by 1996, will be inducted posthumously into the World Floor Covering Association’s Flooring Industry Hall of Fame.
The World Floor Covering Association will be celebrating its golden anniversary with a special commemorative dinner, Oct. 2 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Since its inception 50 years ago as the Western Floor Covering Association, the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) has played a vital role within the industry.
In the July 1959 issue of Western Floors, editor Howard Olansky penned the words “Will It Get a Fighting Chance?” He was referring to the formation of the Western States Floor Covering Association (WFCA), and the “impossible dream” of 225 retailer and contractor delegates.
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