Over the last year, Mohawk has focused on listening to gain a better understanding of what independent flooring retailers and consumers need to build a solid framework to sell more flooring.
Malisa Maynard, vice president of sustainability, Mohawk Industries, offers insights into the importance of product circularity and where innovation is headed to better our environmental future.
Starnet members met in Austin, Texas, for their fall meeting to meet new vendors, investigate new technologies and explore market opportunities to scale their businesses.
More than 60 architecture and design representatives from distributors across the country were hosted for two days of thought leadership, which included sustainability education, networking and plant tours.
At the CCA Global Retail Group summer convention, executives gave members insight into “The Future of Next”—the cooperative's Retail 2.0 strategies that reflect the seismic shift that has redefined retail over the last couple years, accelerated by 2020’s unprecedented global pandemic.
From creativity to sustainability, CFL President and Co-Founder Thomas Baert believe improvements in digital printing bring some of the biggest changes to flooring in the coming years.
What will it take to succeed as an independent flooring retailer in the future? John Gilbert, president of Carpet One, and Keith Spano, president of Flooring America, Flooring Canada, International Design Guild and The Floor Trader, offered Floor Trends some insight on the groups' Retail 2.0 strategy.