USFloors and USFContract strive to provide consumers with beautiful and durable floors at a great value, while minimizing our impact on the environment and enhancing and improving it whenever possible.

Q.E.P. Co. has kicked off a Spring Sales Spiff contest for its Harris Cork flooring dealers.

What happens when a designer redesigns his own home? Floor Trends was invited to the New York City apartment of nationally known interior design Vern Yip to find out.

Five years after its inception, Carpet Plus’ Re-Cork C’Ville program has collected over 1.1 million cork stoppers from over 60 participating locations in the Charlottesville, Va., area. Carpets Plus, an independent specialty retailer in Charlottesville, Va., recently partnered with Yemm & Hart, a Missouri-based company that recycles used wine cork stoppers into tile, to make use of the recyled cork from the program.

Two environmentally friendly cork flooring products—Heirloom and Prestige—have been introduced by Expanko. 

In conjunction with the 2014 InterCork II campaign being launched by APCOR, the international trade body representing cork producers from Portugal, I would like to elaborate further on their efforts while extolling the many virtues cork flooring has to offer the independent retailer.