Cork flooring is in a growth mode thanks to efforts like the recently completed Décor(k) Tour, an event hosted by the Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) featuring a mobile showroom, which visited 16 cities across the U.S.
Healthier Choice’s Flexitions line of flexible, stainable transition mouldings was chosen by industry experts, designers, and the editors and columnists of National Floor Trends, Floor Covering Installer and TILE Magazine as the Best New Product at Surfaces 2011 earlier this year.
Implementation for AB 2398 is right around the corner as flooring retailers/contractors selling carpet in California, and/or shipping it into the state, will be required to collect 5 cents per square yard from customers, beginning July 1.
Mannington Commercial welcomed about 100 architects, designers, specifiers, facility managers and contractors to its 4th annual open house at its headquarters in Salem, N.J. on Tuesday.
Georgina Sikorski, executive director of Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), presented a free, hour-long webinar to retailers April 21 on California’s AB 2398 bill.
Shaw Industries’ “Unity: Connect for Success” convention, held recently in Orlando, Fla., drew 3,254 show-goers, including 810 retailers from Shaw’s Design Center, Flooring Alliance and Flooring Gallery programs.
Demand for laminate floors with high-gloss looks are trending down, moving to products with lower gloss finishes that require less cleaning, according to manufacturers.
