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.
HMTX CEO Harlan Stone shares how the company’s new headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a physical representation of the company’s core values and the future of flooring.
Nebraska Furniture Mart unveiled its first-ever Anso Gallery showroom in Omaha, Nebraska, on October 5. The showroom-within-a-showroom concept, which is a collaboration between Shaw and NFM, reenvisions the carpet shopping experience for consumers.
