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FLOOR Trends & Installation

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2022 October

In this special issue, we're congratulating the people and ideas that built this industry and are leading it to where the future is headed.

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World Floor Covering Association 13th Annual Convention, 1973
Floor Trends 70th Anniversary Special

Milestones in Flooring History

October 6, 2022

Floor Trends looks back at the archives to uncover the major events, people, technologies and topics over the past 70 years.


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Arizona 2022 Starnet Design Awards Hospitality and Public Space Nominee
Future of Flooring

A Forward Look at Commercial Flooring

Mark Bischoff
Mark Bischoff
October 10, 2022

Discover the insights pooled by Starnet staff members that they collected from interactions with product and installation members, vendors, manufacturers, floor care members, architects, designers, and real estate professionals.


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Bruce LifeSeal rigid-core vinyl plank
Future of Flooring

What’s Next for AHF After the Armstrong Flooring Acquisition

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Tanja Kern
October 12, 2022

AHF President Brian Carson shares his history with the Armstrong brand and what’s next with its move to AHF Products.


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MSI's Brookline vinyl flooring
Future of Flooring

Where is the Resilient Flooring Category Headed?

Bill Blackstock
Bill Blackstock
October 12, 2022

RFCI President and CEO Bill Blackstock shares how innovations in resilient flooring will continue at a feverish pace as competitors push to enhance their value propositions for consumers.


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new HMTX headquarters
Future of Flooring

HMTX Builds The House Up on the Hill

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Tanja Kern
October 12, 2022

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. 


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flooring retail
Future of Flooring

What’s Next for Independent Flooring Retailers

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Tanja Kern
October 12, 2022

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.


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CFL manufacturing plant in Calhoun, Georgia
Future of Flooring

‘Localization Is the Future’: CFL President & Co-Founder Thomas Baert

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Tanja Kern
October 12, 2022

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. 


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high-end residential carpet
Future of Flooring

What’s Next for Dixie

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Tanja Kern
October 12, 2022

Dixie Vice President T.M. Nuckols shares insight on the company’s continued focus on residential retail and the upper end of the residential market.


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Tranquil Spirit pet-friendly flooring by Shaw Floors
Future of Flooring

How Housing Affordability is Affecting Flooring Choices in Builder, Multifamily

October 12, 2022

With rising materials prices and rising interest rates comes increased market pressures. Floor Trends caught up with Jay Smith, vice president of sales, builder/multi-family division, Shaw, to find out how builders and multifamily developers are navigating business today.


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Future of Flooring

Future of Flooring: Insights from Flooring Leaders

October 12, 2022

Hear from leadership at Engineered Floors, Mohawk and Stanton on what’s next for the future of flooring.



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70 Years of Floors

70 Years of Floors

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Tanja Kern
October 5, 2022

Floor Trends Associate Publisher and Editorial Director Tanja Kern takes a look back and what’s ahead.  


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CCA Global summer convention

The Future of Next: CCA Global Looks to the Future of Retail

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Tanja Kern
Beth Miller
Beth Miller
October 17, 2022

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.


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flooring retail technology

Why Aren’t More Flooring Retailers Using Industry-Specific Software?

Dave Foster
Dave Foster
October 19, 2022

Flooring retailers who use industry-specific software have a distinct leg up on their competitors. Terry Wheat, founder of RFMS, shares insights into why more retailers should get on board with the Floor Covering Business to Business system.


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TalkFloor Podcasts October 2022

October 24, 2022

Hear the latest episodes of Women in Flooring, Military in Flooring and a case study of a concrete project by ISELogik. Plus: Matter Surfaces Celebrates 50 years.


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