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A New Plug for Cork Flooring: Style and design options breathe new life into vintage category

Michael Chmielecki
Michael Chmielecki
September 16, 2005
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Cork flooring is finally easing away from its well established reputation as a dependable but uniform-looking floor covering used mainly in commercial environments.
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Carpet outlook:
Wall-to-wall opportunity

September 16, 2005
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While carpet remains entrenched as the largest category in the flooring business, it is also a product segment that has lately been challenged by the steady growth of hard surface flooring.
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Mohawk U.: Teaching students to say "Yeah, I get It."

August 23, 2005
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After more than 10 years and some 38,000 students, Mohawk University, has a new dean.
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Trends in residential carpet: Industrial strength designs with a cottony feel

Michael Chmielecki
Michael Chmielecki
August 22, 2005
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For years, carpet makers didn't have to give much thought when asked to name the No. 1 color choice for residential settings. It was beige, more beige and various shades of beige.
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Q&A: Software makers address concerns about B2B

August 22, 2005
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National Floor Trends invited a number of leading computer software vendors to respond to questions raised by retailers participating in the on-going B2B Study conducted by the World Floor Covering Association and National Floor Trends.
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B2B Study Part II: Technically speaking, retailers are only scratching the surface

August 22, 2005
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It would be hard to find a retailer in the floor covering business who still has not gotten around to installing some type of computer system.
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Laminate Flooring Market Study: Products are better, worries are few and installation is a snap

August 2, 2005
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The growing importance of laminate flooring was readily apparent last month when Mohawk Industries agreed to spend $2.6 billion to acquire the parent company of Quick-Step, a top laminate maker in the U.S. Although the deal has a number of elements that go beyond laminate flooring, Mohawk's decision to buy Belgium-based Unilin Holding NV was largely based on the category's past performance and future potential.
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CEO Viewpoint: Flooring forecast is mostly sunny with lingering concerns

July 14, 2005
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Judging from the responses we received from some of the industry's leading manufacturers, the floor covering business these days is simultaneously blessed and bedeviled.
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Model of success: Kathy Ireland and Shaw Industries strut the ClearTouch collection down the runway

Michael Chmielecki
Michael Chmielecki
July 14, 2005
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As a jet setting executive, former swimsuit model and a mom, Kathy Ireland is accustomed to multitasking.
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A conversation with Carpet One's Evan Hackel: 'We're constantly trying to top ourselves'

July 14, 2005
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Carpet One's president Evan Hackel says he has a highly detailed road map for where Carpet One is headed over the next few years -- and it is all neatly collated into a bulging three ring binder that he keeps tucked away in his office.
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