Nick Freadreacea, is the owner of The Flooring Gallery, a six-store chain with locations in Louisville and Lexington, Ky. and Madison and Columbus, Ind.

Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet recently held its 20th annual convention in Kansas City, Mo.

A new approach and a whole new retail format has been rolled out by a growing and aggressive, Wichita-based, retailing and manufacturing father and son run company called CAP Carpet.

If you didn’t have a chance to get to Coverings this year, don’t stress. You can capture the excitement of the beautiful displays and have a chance to experience some of the new products that were rolled out at the show through the videos on www.talkfloor.com.

International Certified Floorcovering Installers (CFI) recently welcomed more than 100 flooring installers, dealers, manufacturers and inspectors for four days of training and certification

The happening place in the floor covering industry and really just about every other industry right now is China

Seeking out unique products in the ceramic and stone arena that it can bring to market is a core value of The Tile Doctor. Curt Rapp, founder and CEO, says his job is to pursue innovative technology that has the potential of bringing change to the industry.

If you went to Surfaces this year, and especially if you didn’t, you may want to spend a little time in the TalkFloor.com archives for February.

This month in TalkFloor.com you’ll find a pretty wide variety of guests and subjects.

So looking back at Surfaces 2013, what’s your take?