Article Archives

Floor Focus is a monthly magazine of analysis and education for the floor covering industry's interconnected business sectors: retailers, distributors, contract dealers, manufacturers, architects, designers and commercial end users. While Floor Daily gives you the news, Floor Focus tells you what the news means for your business.


Rug Report - December 2010   Full Article
Editor Jessica Chevalier takes a look at the rug business through the eyes of retailers, including sales strategies, style and construction, and online sales.

NWFA 2010 - May 2010   Full Article
Publisher Kemp Harr and editor Darius Helm report on the annual hardwood flooring show, held this year in Washington, D.C., with the latest introductions from the leading hardwood players.

Greenbuild Review - December 2010   Full Article
Publisher Kemp Harr and editor Darius Helm report on Greenbuild 2010, held in Chicago at McCormick Place West, including highlights from manufacturers of carpet, cork, vinyl, hardwood, bamboo and backings.

NAFCD Distributor Marketplace - December 2010   Full Article
Editor Jessica Chevalier reports on the National Association of Floor Covering Distributors' annual Distributor Marketplace, held in Colorado Springs at the Broadmoror resort in mid November.

Strategic Exchange - December 2010   Full Article
Publisher Kemp Harr closes out the year with a quick look at the residential and commercial markets, as well as some commentary on websites and social media, and also weighs in on the significance of the mid-term election results.

Designer Forum - December 2010   Full Article
Tami Bopp, leader of Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford's interior design practice, discusses how her firm approached the design of its new Texas offices and how it used flooring to achieve its design goals.

Focus on Leadership - December 2010   Full Article
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Randy Weis, head of RD Weis, an East Coast contract dealer, covering everything from the state of the market to highlights from the fall meeting of Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership.

Best Practices - December 2010   Full Article
Contributing editor Sonya Jennings profiles Wesboro Flooring, a floorcovering retailer based in Ottawa, Ontario that has gained a competitive edge by creating a post-consumer carpet recycling program.

Wood Cuts - December 2010   Full Article
Ed Korczak, executive director of the National Wood Flooring Association, writes about how the demand for beauty and variety in hardwood flooring has helped fuel global trade.

People Power - December 2010   Full Article
Contributing editor Scott Humphrey examines the role of leadership in organizations and offers up his idea of essential qualities that define a good leader in today's market.