Bill Yeadon, training facilitator, discusses growth in the maintenance sector in 2016 and noteworthy technological changes that took place during the year in both the residential and commercial sectors. Yeadon also discusses some of the largest problems facing the industry, including the shortage of qualified technicians and the number of companies operating in the maintenance business.

Posted: February 21, 2017

Howard Brodsky, Co-CEO & Chairman CCA Global Partners, discusses a campaign called Cooperatives For A Better World, a non-profit group where he serves as chairman, which was formed to highlight the benefits of cooperatives and to build awareness of the benefits of co-ops. He contrasts co-ops with corporations and shares the number of co-op businesses, members and employees as well as the rollout of the association’s plans to engage employees of co-ops, empower them and capture the attention of the public.

Posted: February 16, 2017

Howard Brodsky, Co-CEO & Chairman, CCA Global Partners discusses a campaign called Cooperatives For A Better World, a non-profit group where he serves as chairman, which was formed to highlight the benefits of cooperatives and to build awareness to the benefits of coops. He contrasts co-ops with corporations and shares the number of co-op businesses, members and employees as well as the rollout of the associations plans to engage employees of co-oops, empower them and capture the attention of the public.

Posted: February 14, 2017

Scott Levy, President, Arley Wholesale provides a thumbnail and history of the Arley organization discussing growth in the tile and stone sector as well as growth at Arley during the period. He discusses the biggest break throughs in the industry during the year as well as its biggest problems including the industry’s problems related to qualified installers. Levy shares his expectations for 2017 as he looks at the importance of the wood look in the ceramic sector, market share gains in the market place and his expectations for gains in the future.

Posted: February 9, 2017

Scott Levy, President, Arley Wholesale provides a thumbnail and history of the Arley organization discussing growth in the tile and stone sector as well as growth at Arley during the period. He discusses the biggest break throughs in the industry during the year as well as its biggest problems including the industry’s problems related to qualified installers. Levy shares his expectations for 2017 as he looks at the importance of the wood look in the ceramic sector, market share gains in the market place and his expectations for gains in the future.

Posted: February 7, 2017

Scott Levy, President, Arley Wholesale provides a thumbnail and history of the Arley organization discussing growth in the tile and stone sector as well as growth at Arley during the period. He discusses the biggest break throughs in the industry during the year as well as its biggest problems including the industry’s problems related to qualifiec installers. Levy shares his expectations for 2017 as he looks at the importance of the wood look in the ceramic sector, market share gains in the market place and his expectations for gains in the future.

Posted: February 2, 2017

Mike Chmielecki, Editor Floor Covering Installer discusses the installation situation in the floor covering industry, and the realization that occurred in 2016 with the Installation Summit to take action to remedy the problem. Chmielecki discusses the shortage of qualified installers in the country, actions at the high school level that ignore trade schools, the potential for earning in the profession, and the importance of qualified installers at the retail level. Also discusses is the advantages and disadvantages to retailers of hiring installers verses using independent contractors.

Posted: January 31, 2017