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Editor Darius Helm breaks down the responses from this year’s survey, covering segment growth, biggest challenges, design trends, flooring trends, wish lists, green developments, and favorite carpet, hard surface and resilient manufacturers.
Editor Jessica Chevalier talks design with AHF Products’ Sara Babinski, Bauwerk and Somerset’s Dan Natkin, and Mirage’s Brad Williams, and puts together a comprehensive pictorial of key hardwood trends.
Editor Jessica Chevalier offers a comprehensive overview of the acute care segment, including the state of the market, reports on resilient flooring and carpet tile use, update on staff support, design influences and the state of costs and timelines.
Editor Jennifer Bardoner reports on the commercial sheet vinyl category, offering an overview on market activity and focusing on material selections, from traditional sheet vinyl to the PVC-free alternatives hitting the market.
Publisher Kemp Harr discusses the impact of rising wages and interest rates on consumers, and he also offers tips on how to get one’s house in order during these down times, with a link to a podcast with Mirage’s Pierre Thabet.
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Jay Smith, vice president of Shaw’s builder, multifamily and specialty markets, covering his background, including his father’s role in DuPont and his own long tenure at FEI Group, and what he’s focusing on now.
Editor Jennifer Bardoner interviews LS3P’s David Anderson and Beth Florence about their firm’s design of the South Carolina’s Law Enforcement Division’s Forensics Lab, including its selection of terrazzo and Gerflor’s Mipolam sheet vinyl.
Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles the many operations of Colorado-based John and Beth Hughes, including O’Briens Carpet One Floor & Home, The Floor Trader in Colorado Springs, ProSource of Colorado Springs and PRS Flooring Supplies & Distribution.
Contributing editor Michael Martin, president and CEO of the National Wood Flooring Association, writes about the need for honesty to the consumer when it comes to naming and describing hardwoods and wood-look hard surface alternatives.
Contributing editor Sam Allman discusses the pros and cons of technology, with the cons centered on how it can inhibit emotional growth and engender loneliness, and how in retail settings it can be a barrier to forming consumer relationships.