In the February 2020 issue of Floor Trends, we look at the prospects for multilayer flooring this year and innovations that are priming the category for success.
A new year brings fresh opportunity on Main Street for specialty flooring retailers, and manufacturers are following suit with product introductions that are expanding what's possible through softer, more residential-like designs and competitive pricing.
Moldings, trims and stair treads are accessories that provide the perfect finish to flooring. As categories continue to advance and grow, these accessories are following right along, allowing floors to perform as intended.
Two years ago, ICC Home in Indianapolis was experiencing a challenge common among independent specialty retailers: high employee turnover, particularly in the sales department.
January 1, 2020, marked the first anniversary of AHF Products' split from Armstrong Flooring, and the business has made great strides to improve its market position.
As competition gets sharper and as big box stores become more aggressive, independents need to explore every possible facet of their businesses for ways of achieving advantage in order to help them compete at least as effectively and as profitably as their competition.
The sales world has exhausted an incompatible amount of effort tutoring salespeople on how to get sales and new clients; however, extremely little is ever said about being focused on continuing these relationships.
HMTX Industries has evolved to include a new innovative direction for the flooring industry, and has now fully merged quality and sustainability by creating two new leadership positions.
Tarkett and Aquafil present a significant step towards circular economy at Tarkett’s carpet tile facility in Waalwijk, the Netherlands with its unique recycling center that creates two streams of materials that can be recycled and transformed into high-quality resources for new products.