Product quality (97%) continues to be the most influential factor in deciding to sell/promote a particular brand/manufacturer of residential carpet, according to the just-completed Carpet and Area Rug Market Study conducted by BNP Media Market Research for National Floor Trends.
Loose-lay resilient flooring is evolving at a rapid pace, with fiberglass-backed products growing quickly on the residential side and more commercial manufacturers looking at floating lvt products.
Nineteen eighty-eight was not a good time to start a flooring business in Austin, Texas. The oil price collapse in July 1986 touched off a statewide recession and significant job losses.
Carpet One Floor & Home members from across the United States and Canada came together for the group’s 2011 Summer Convention, held July 26-28 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Mouldings, trims and base are essential components to a finished installation. With more commercial and residential customers looking for personalized visuals and exact color matching, custom options in these types of products are becoming increasingly important.
Cork flooring is in a growth mode thanks to efforts like the recently completed Décor(k) Tour, an event hosted by the Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) featuring a mobile showroom, which visited 16 cities across the U.S.
Healthier Choice’s Flexitions line of flexible, stainable transition mouldings was chosen by industry experts, designers, and the editors and columnists of National Floor Trends, Floor Covering Installer and TILE Magazine as the Best New Product at Surfaces 2011 earlier this year.
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