Rising interest rates, increased wages and higher costs of goods are not stopping the 40 members of the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) who said they are taking advantage of the retail slowdown to analyze costs, fine-tune showrooms, and invest in technology. 

Starnet President and CEO Mark Bischoff reveals the evolutionary and revolutionary changes taking place in the commercial market today—and what commercial flooring contractors need to do to shift their perspective to prepare for the future.

Flooring represents 46% of Live Ventures' total 2022 revenue and a combined entity would be one of the largest flooring retailers in the United States. 

Metroflor recently released the Dr. Russ video campaign to communicate one of the company's core values, "Take fun seriously," to customers.

In a recent Floor Talk podcast, we spoke with Grogan about his goals for 2024, how his past roles at Bentley and Parterre will help him grow connections and market share within the architecture and design community, and what he anticipates for the adhesives and commercial flooring markets for the next year.

We caught up with Kelley Fain, EVP of Shaw's commercial division, to discuss how its new partnership with Classen Group will bring more PVC-free flooring products to the North American market that are both sustainable and high-performing.

Learn how Atlanta retailer Masterpiece Home is capturing new consumer business by bringing four CCA Global divisions under one roof—including the National Installation Solutions (NISI) division.

Flooring manufacturers from around the globe exhibited their efforts to promote sustainability in manufacturing and green building at the Greenbuild International Conference + Expo, which took place September 26-29, 2023, in Washington D.C.

Recently, the Lowe’s Foundation committed $50 million to prepare and train 50,000 men and women for the skilled trades over five years. Here, Betsy Conway, director, Lowe’s Foundation, shares who the grant will benefit, who they are working with to achieve this goal, and how the flooring industry, or anyone for that matter, can benefit.

For the last four years, CCA Global Partners has been experimenting with an installation concept that would provide installation and estimating services for its retail members. Read an update from Keith Spano, president of Flooring America/Flooring Canada, The Floor Trader & The International Design Guild at CCA, about the initiative.