Thirty years ago, three industry veterans—Howard Brodsky, Sandy Mishkin and the late Alan Greenberg—got together and put a business plan together for a retailer-owned cooperative designed to give the independent dealer a chance to level the playing field against the larger, national players in the industry.
It’s one thing to say you are “awesome,” it’s another to be it and for 2015 Shaw Industries is telling—and showing—dealers and consumers reasons why the company and its products are just that: Awesome
Spurred by two consecutive years of positive sales—something most in the industry hadn’t seen for more than seven years—both exhibitors and attendees at The International Surface Event (TISE) in Las Vegas were filled with an optimistic spirit for the coming year.
Floor Trends set out to uncover just what to expect color-wise this year from leading carpet manufacturers, and in a unanimous response, we were told to stay tuned for the continuation of neutral hues.
When a new business sees double-digit sales growth in a single year, it does not necessarily say much when you consider how far did it really have to go to generate it.
In Floor Trends’ “2014 Industry Study,” respondents said when it comes to resilient flooring, luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and planks were the “top product type sold” at 95% while sheet goods came in at 87%.
When it comes to retailers getting the most out of their local community’s consumer home shows, Howie Stein, president of Eddy’s Flooring America in Worcester, Mass., is behind some of the most unique home show exhibits end users on the East Coast—or anywhere for that matter—have ever seen.
Kansas City, Mo., designer Stephanie Stroud entered the Design for a Difference contest, sponsored by CCA Global’s International Design Guild (IDG), with hopes of being chosen as the winner, and receiving the opportunity to do just that—lend her design talent to make a difference in the Kansas City community.
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