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Footprints Floors Leadership 2025
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Footprints Floors Expands with New Headquarters to Support Franchise Growth

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Tanja Kern
April 14, 2025
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Footprints Floors' new headquarters features a 3,000-square-foot training warehouse that can accommodate up to 20 franchisees simultaneously. This consolidates the entire training process under one roof while supporting the company's goal of reaching 200 franchise locations over the next decade.




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FCICA Spring Mid-year Meeting

FCICA Arms Commercial Flooring Contractors to 'Grab Flooring Success by the Horns'

Beth Miller
Beth Miller
April 14, 2025
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Commercial flooring contractors from across the nation gathered in Texas for FCICA's Spring Mid-Year Meeting, exploring cutting-edge topics including artificial intelligence while networking with industry peers during the "Grab Flooring Success by the Horns" themed event.



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Maximize Your Flooring Business Success: Strategic Meeting Framework for Contractors

Mark Bischoff
Mark Bischoff
April 11, 2025
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Discover how a structured annual meeting plan—from daily huddles to quarterly reviews—can transform your strategy into a living roadmap that aligns your team, strengthens vendor relationships, and drives exceptional client results.


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How Technology Helps Mohawk-Aligned Flooring Retailers Close Sales Faster 

Beth Miller
Beth Miller
April 8, 2025
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Learn how Roomvo and Mohawk are transforming how consumers and retailers approach flooring selection, addressing long-standing pain points and connecting manufacturers, retailers, designers, and consumers through advanced digital tools that streamline the purchase journey. 


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The Future of Flooring Distribution: Why AI is Your Next (and Best) Investment

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Peter Rincione
April 7, 2025
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The flooring distribution industry faces a critical inflection point at which AI implementation isn't just an advantage—it's survival. While competitors rely on traditional sales and logistics, early AI adopters can transform into high-margin intelligence providers, creating augmented professionals, optimizing operations, and developing new revenue streams through Intelligence-as-a-Service.

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Celebrating Women in Construction

Industry Leaders Share Their Paths to Success and How Sisters in the Brotherhood is Opening Doors for Others
Beth Miller
Beth Miller
March 24, 2025
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Paula Resa, assistant director, Southwest Mountain States Carpenters, and Sandra Rodriguez, director, Sisters in the Brotherhood (SIB), have very different points of entry to the skilled trades, but their stories align in that they are women who have overcome hardships to find a career path within the trade unions they represent. Here, they talk more in depth on the many ways the Sisters in the Brotherhood program offers support to current and future tradeswomen.


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Beyond Bidding: Why Commercial Flooring Contractors Must Pivot from Process to Strategy

Mark Bischoff
Mark Bischoff
March 21, 2025
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Commercial flooring contractors face shrinking margins and volatile demand due to traditional bid-based processes. Starnet President and CEO Mark Bischoff recommends strategic transformation, highlighting opportunities in the growing flexible workspace market and responding to design firm consolidation through specialized services and innovative business models.


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Bjelin Group Forms to Accelerate Global Commercial Growth in Flooring and Furniture

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Tanja Kern
March 18, 2025
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Swedish wood products innovator Bjelin announces major restructuring with seven companies now unified under Bjelin Group, appointing Fredrik Alfredsson as CEO to drive expansion in commercial sectors worldwide. Plus: learn more about Bjelin's innovative new Nadura flooring.


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Amazon's Next Conquest: How the Tech Giant Could Devour the Flooring Industry

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Peter Rincione
March 17, 2025
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Much of the $100 billion flooring industry remains archaic and fragmented—precisely what makes it Amazon's perfect next target. With superior logistics, AI-driven inventory, and ruthless efficiency, Bezos' empire could transform flooring distribution while squeezing competitors and rewriting industry rules.


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Sika and Schonox Teams in Florence Alabama
Industry Q&A

How Sika's Schönox Deal Reshapes the Flooring Installation Landscape

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Tanja Kern
March 16, 2025
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Sika's complete acquisition of Schönox HPS North America creates a single-source provider of flooring installation solutions for residential and commercial projects. Sika Senior Director of Floor Covering Marlene Morin discusses the strategic move, which combines two industry leaders, and what it means for flooring contractors in 2025.


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