As you read this, the holiday season is over, markets and conventions are around the corner and then shortly thereafter the long winter months. Now is when business slows enough to allow people to catch their breath and make their strategies for the year.
Business leadership and financial benchmarking were a focus of the 2013 North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) and North American Building Material Distribution Association (NBMDA) joint convention, held this past November in Chicago.
A large contingency from the tile industry met recently at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa in Bonita Springs, Fla., to take part in Total Solutions Plus (TSP) 2013.
A new, and somewhat controversial rating system, a keynote address by the former First Lady and Secretary of State, and a sense business is once again growing helped energize the approximately 28,000 people who came out to the City of Brotherly Love for the annual Greenbuild.
Recessions generally are a time when an industry buckles itself in to weather the storm but within the carpet industry winds of change have been taking place that have altered the landscape to the point where it may never be the same again.
Carpet by its very nature is soft, hence the reason it is referred to as a soft surface product by the industry. But for anyone who has been in the industry for the last decade or so knows the hand, or feel of carpet has been getting softer and softer.
When it comes to iconic U.S. landmarks, there are few more well-known than New York’s Grand Central Terminal, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013.
Mohawk continues to put the soil- and stain-resistance benefits of SmartStrand carpet to the test. Now that SmartStrand has successfully taken on zoo animals, messy kids and a cross-country tour of squirts and spills, Mohawk is going toe-to-toe—or paw-to-paw— with “Mo”, a messy, four-legged yellow lab, in some of the most unpredictable and unscripted moments ever.
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