Who? What? When? Why? All these questions and more are asked and answered by the floor covering industry’s top designers, marketers and business leaders.
After losing family members to gun violence, Charity Adeoti discovered her passion for making a difference. Learn how this graduate of the Floor Covering Education Foundation 10-week installation program aims to inspire youth to get off the streets to pursue careers—and successful futures—in flooring.
The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) continues to advocate for flooring retailers in an effort to address the new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) ruling that determines the definition of independent contractor and employees—an issue hugely consequential to the thousands of flooring retailers who hire subcontractors for their installation jobs.
Ned Monroe, president and CEO of the Vinyl Institute, offers insight into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement that vinyl chloride will be one of the next five chemicals selected for prioritization under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Go Carrera’s Jumpstart program offers a way to track new flooring installation talent and connect them to their first job. Here, Ben Walker, discusses his journey into flooring and defines Go Carrera and some of its new features.
Flooring inspection consultant Ralph Godfrey compares retail flooring training attitudes that exist today with the training philosophy of industry training legend Ray Kaster who owned Kaster Carpet Villa in the 1970s.
Each week, The Huddle tackles topics that are specific to the flooring installation community and at times, invites an industry veteran to weigh in. Here are the topics for April.
Fact.MR, a leading provider of market research, recently released a study indicating that the global floor care machine market is forecasted to achieve a valuation of US$ 5.92 billion by 2024.