Carpet One Floor & Home Names New Council Members

Manchester, NH, August 8, 2006--Carpet One Floor & Home recently appointed six new members to its advisory council. These 18 storeowners act as liaisons between the entire membership and Carpet One Floor & Home executives. The new appointees are: Northwest Region: Tim Jacobi - Jacobi's Carpet One Floor & Home (Hastings, NE) Southwest Region: Billy Ward - Artistic Carpet One Floor & Home (Lancaster, CA) Midwest Region: Tom Jennings - Bud Jennings Carpet One Floor & Home (Lawrence, KS) New England Region: Stuart Shapiro - Tile & Carpet Town Carpet One Floor & Home (Dewitt, NY) Southeast Region: Mark Stinson - Stinson Carpet One Floor & Home (Apopka, FL) Central East Canada Region: Jane Vander Baaren - Custom Décor Carpet One Floor & Home (Brockville, ON) Members of Carpet One Floor & Home's advisory council meet with executives on a regular basis to review and evaluate Carpet One Floor & Home marketing, training and merchandising programs; discuss floor covering industry-related topics and trends; and continually develop and improve the company's strategic plan for the future. Carpet One Floor & Home retailers are invited to join the advisory council based on their involvement in Carpet One Floor & Home programs, commitment to their fellow retailers and desire to improve the company as a whole. "I'm very pleased to welcome these six members to our advisory council," said Charlie Dilks, COO of Carpet One Floor & Home and president of Carpet One Floor & Home Canada. "It's always exciting to have an opportunity to work with different storeowners and to get fresh perspectives on our programs and plans for the future. I'm really looking forward to working with all of them." "This is a great time for more of our members to get involved," continued Evan Hackel, president of Carpet One Floor & Home. "As we head into the second year of our Five-Year Plan and prepare for the CCA Global Summit, there are a lot of exciting initiatives that we will need the input and support of our members to achieve."