This spring, Starnet appointed Mark Bischoff to the position of vice president-vendor relations, where he will manage all activities related to the Starnet Preferred Vendor network. We spoke with Bischoff at Starnet’s annual meeting to learn about his vision for the organization.

At its spring conference, members of the National Floorcovering Alliance celebrated the upcoming retirement of Roger Voge, Oklahoma flooring divisional president, Star Lumber, after a 43-year career.

We had an opportunity to talk with Darrel Harris, CEO of Xpress Global Systems, a carrier that specializes in the transportation of both hard and soft surface floor coverings throughout the country, to see how transportation within the industry is advancing.

Alan Rowell was recently named director of sales for Aspecta, and in his new role, he will lead the commercial sales manager team.

Paul Eanes was recently named vice president of new business development for Metroflor. In his new role, the company said that Eanes will discover new customers and channels of sale for Metroflor that could involve OEM customers.

Nancy Hill-Anderson was appointed to IDG as the group’s new managing director, a newly formed position to help propel the group forward. We recently connected with her to learn more about her plans to work with this group of savvy business owners and drive their business to new heights.

DuChâteau, a manufacturer of luxury custom floors and wall coverings, recently named Joseph Patterson as its new East Coast regional manager.

Earlier this year, Shaw acquired Scotland-based Sanquhar Tile Services (STS), which supplies carpet, resilient, hardwood, tile, stone, laminate flooring products and synthetic turf to residential and commercial markets.

We had an opportunity to talk with Jerry Hennon, principal of Carpets of Dalton, at company headquarters, and take a tour of the retailer's massive facility.

Floor Trends recently connected with Bill Prescott, executive vice president, sales, of leading flooring distributor Belknap White Group, to discuss why LVT is so hot and what how retailers can capitalize on it in 2018.