In the first installment of this two-part report, National Floor Trends surveyed retailers and contractors nationwide to gauge their outlook on the residential and commercial floor covering markets. This installment details what’s really important in selecting suppliers; how suppliers rate; areas earmarked for investment; and most important industry issues.
The image of the floor covering industry is clear. The consumer's expectations are defined along with changes in the commercial and residential floor covering business in 2003 and 2004.
The Mohawk ColorCenter convention held recently in Dallas at the Hyatt Regency at Reunion, brought together specialty retailers large and small from across the nation to view new product programs, educational seminars and display systems.
Get a chance to win a Palm Handheld organizer just by voting for the industry’s top floor covering manufacturers in the National Floor Trends 2003 Supplier Service Awards competition at Surfaces 2003, Jan. 29-31.
In a departure from my usual Editorial Comment format, I decided this month to go with a digest style of sorts as a means of doling out various morsels of industry news that to this point may have escaped your attention...
If the comments of floor covering dealers/contractors who participated in National Floor Trends' 2002 Carpet and Area Rug Study are an apt indication, the future of the carpet/area rug segments is very clear.
More than ever before, laminate floors are being installed in glueless format rather than with adhesives, according to the just completed 2002 National Floor Trends' Laminate Flooring Market Study.
Product quality (90%) and complaint resolution (84%) topped the service areas distributors identified as very important in working with wood floor manufacturers, according to a just-completed study undertaken by National Floor Trends in partnership with the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA).
You can win valuable educational seminars and other prizes from National Floor Trends and Floor Covering Installer magazines by casting your ballot to help determine the industry's top manufacturers in the National Floor Trends'Supplier Service Awards 2002.