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More or Less Important?

Al Levi
February 14, 2012
A trip to New York lent an opportunity to catch up with my good friend, Dan Holohan.
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Engineering a Turnaround

Al Levi
February 1, 2012
It’s never too late to engineer a turnaround at your company!
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It's Hard for Me to Recognize the Rug Sector After a Few Years Away

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
January 16, 2012
It has been several years since I last attended the Atlanta International Area Rug Market, and since I skipped Domotex Hannover this year I had a great opportunity to get back in the area rug sphere and check out firsthand how much the domestic rug business has changed over the past few years.
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Five O'clock Knock

Al Levi
January 16, 2012
“Got a minute?”
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A Better ‘New Normal' Emerging for Surfaces, Industry Events

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
December 15, 2011
I guess the question now is how many will show up at Surfaces and the other market events this season. From my vantage point the early indicators lean toward overall traffic on the positive side.
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Want to Add Another Trade...Really?

Al Levi
December 12, 2011
It’s an age old question that we contractors face.
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Culture of Change

Al Levi
November 28, 2011
When I do workshops, I ask the audience, “Why do people resist change?”
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The NAFCD Convention Gives Reason to Chuckle at the Doomsayers 20 Years Ago

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
November 15, 2011
It wasn’t so many years ago that the talk around the industry was if you were a distributor your days were numbered. The entire species was supposed to go extinct before too much longer. Well, if you attended the 2011 NAFCD convention in Nashville you know the news of the sector’s demise was a gross exaggeration.
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Division or Divisive

Al Levi
October 31, 2011
I work with companies that do commercial work only, commercial and residential work only and residential work only.
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A Visit to the Idea Factory

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
October 3, 2011
We’re on our way back from a trip to Viken, Sweden, and Valinge Innovation’s Expo 2011 along with a chance to see the company’s new R&D Center. The trip couldn’t even be dulled by the assault of the mystifying Charles de Gaulle airport. What were they thinking anyway?
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