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How to Improve Customer Service Through Great Installation

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
June 16, 2021
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Industry consultant and former retailer Tom Jennings discusses how to improve the installation segment of your business.
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How to Manage Stalls While Selling

Buddy Wisdom
June 14, 2021
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With stalls, the customer offers no particular reason for hesitating. If she has an objection, she isn’t telling us what it is.
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Change for Change’s Sake: Communicating Change

J.R. Allred
J.R. Allred
June 10, 2021
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In his series, flooring retailer J.R. Allred shares how he and his team are embracing a change due to organizational health.
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TISE Returns to Las Vegas

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Tanja Kern
June 9, 2021
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Our team is heading to for The International Surface Event (TISE) in Las Vegas June 16-18, 2021. Will we see you there?
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E-commerce and the Future of Flooring Retail

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
May 12, 2021
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We were able to sit down with Steve Simonson recently to pick his brain a bit about entering the world of floor covering e-commerce today.
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Avoid the 'Just Get it Done' Trap When Installing Tile

Scott Carothers 2025
Scott Carothers
May 11, 2021
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Stand up for doing it the right way the first time and get paid for it.
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Create Freedom to Worry Less About Your Flooring Business

Matt Ketterman
Matt Ketterman
May 11, 2021
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As business owners, we will never be worriless. With the right mindset and plan in place, we can all worry less.


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Breaking Down the Components of Change for Your Business

J.R. Allred
J.R. Allred
May 10, 2021
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Identifying the components of the change that will take place in the organization requires the leader to step back from the organization and really break it down.


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Self-Leveling Done Right

Jon Namba
Jon Namba
May 7, 2021
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Self-leveling products are a great product when applied properly, keep in mind that there is definitely an upcharge for using these products, but they’re worth it when you need to achieve the proper floor flatness. 


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Floor Trends Eagerly Anticipates a Flooring Industry Reunion

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Tanja Kern
May 3, 2021
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Whether you’re an extrovert or an introvert, I think after more than a year, most of us are at our wits end with the work-from-home situation.
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