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Traffic Count is Everything: A Conversation with Carpet One’s Eric Demaree

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
August 31, 2015

Most years I attend both the winter and summer Carpet One conventions, which, by the way, are extremely well produced affairs that rival the production of anything that the people in Hollywood can put together.


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Selling in Today’s Retail Environment: Proof of What Works

Warren Tyler
August 5, 2015

I’ve been writing for the trade press for nearly 30 years and never noticed during this time the most important element of selling is used in almost every human interaction.


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The Trusted Sales Advisor: Learn To Relax, It’s Catchy

Kelly Kramer
August 5, 2015

Just about any retail sales trainer I’ve ever listened to will tell you to greet your customers at the door and never leave their side until they buy or walk away.


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Contractor's Corner: Adaptability Plays a Key Role in Today’s Business Growth

Mark Hutto
August 5, 2015

Business in our core market of Atlanta has been robust for the last several years, and the pipeline of projects continue to look strong well into 2016.


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Arley’s Scott Levy: If You Do the Right Thing the Money Will Come

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
August 4, 2015

For the last two years we have had the opportunity to attend the Arley Wholesale Tile and Stone Expo in Scranton, Pa.


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Don’t Get Bit by the Dog Days of Summer

Matthew Spieler
August 4, 2015

We’re halfway through the summer and smack in the middle of what people in baseball call the dog days of summer.


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Selling in Today’s Retail Environment: Making the Connection

Warren Tyler
July 1, 2015

When exposed to today’s current hiring philosophies, I’m wondering what people could be thinking?


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The Trusted Sales Advisor: Square Yard vs. Square Foot: Was it Really that Hard?

Kelly Kramer
July 1, 2015

Do you remember when the flooring industry went through the big controversy about whether to switch the sales of carpet and vinyl from being sold by the square yard to being sold by the square foot?


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Contractor's Corner: Interior Surface Enterprises Grows Through Diversifying and Training

Tim Porter
July 1, 2015

When my business partner, Larry Burt, and I purchased Kansas’ Interior Surface Enterprises in 2007, we had some very simple and basic goals for the business.


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Electric Radiant Heat Underlayment: A Potentially Profitable Upgrade in which Everybody Wins

Jack Boesch
July 1, 2015

The marketplace for supplemental electric radiant heat systems installed under new finished flooring in new and renovated residences on a room-by-room basis is heating up.


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