The opportunity for flooring companies to partner for success eventually leads to dream teams for clients.

Chances are luxury vinyl products, in every configuration and construction you can think of, will drive as much as 40% or more of specialty retail sales for the next several years.

When Kasee Vermeulen first started working at Las Vegas Flooring in 2000, she never anticipated she would one day own the business.

In part one, we examined many of the positive qualities of a great salesperson. In part two, we continue the discussion about what makes a certain few in the selling world so successful while others struggle.

The best companies are "hiring" even when they aren't desperate to hire.

Many of today's flooring consumers aspire to real wood, and a certain portion of those consumers demand the prestige of real wood. These consumers value style, design and prestige over performance attributes associated with other product types. Shaw created The Gallery collection with those consumers in mind.

When Armstrong Flooring emerged as an independent business focused 100% on resilient after its split from Armstrong World Industries in 2015, the industry watched to see how the business would redefine itself. Fast forward to 2020—the company is demonstrating a renewed focus on the customer, fashion and innovation.

Jim Gould, founder and CEO of the Floor Covering Institute, joined us recently at TalkFloor for a conversation about the changing floor covering industry.

After so many weeks of Zooming, Skyping and FaceTiming, our team is ready for some face-to-face meetings.