Flooring Interviews

Santo Torcivia Discusses the Declining Number of Floor Covering Stores

Santo Torcivia Discusses the Declining Number of Floor Covering Stores

September 3, 2013—Santo Torcivia, the Economist with Market Insights LLC, and Kemp Harr, discuss the U.S. Census data which reported that the number of floorcovering stores in the U.S. dropped from 14,592 in 2006 to 11,858 in 2011. Listen to the interview to hear Santo discuss what this data tells us and where the threats are today for the independent floorcovering retailer.