The Dixie Group

The Dixie Group: Celebrating 100 Years - Oct 2020

By Meg Scarbrough In a year marked by uncertainty and challenges, a Dalton, Georgia-based company is quietly celebrating a major milestone. Of the millions of businesses tallied within U.S. Census B...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/the-dixie-group-celebrating-100-years-oct-2...

Masland Celebrates 150 Years - Apr 2016

By Calista Sprague Few manufacturers survive to celebrate their centennial anniversary, fewer still reach their sesquicentennial, but this year Masland will celebrate 150 years of continuous business...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/masland-celebrates-150-years--apr-2016

Fabrica Expands Sales Management

Santa Ana, CA, December 1, 2006--In a move focused on current and future growth, Fabrica has expanded its sales management structure to include the addition of a third national sales region. Natio...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/fabrica-expands-sales-management

Surfaces 2022 Review: New products and innovations in flooring from the annual show – March 2022

By Darius Helm, Jennifer Bardoner and Anne Harr This year’s Surfaces took place over the first three days of February, and, by all accounts, a high volume of business was conducted, despite at...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/surfaces-2022-review-new-products-and-innov...

Carpet: Residential Focus: Manufacturers report strong activity at middle to high price points – Feb 2022

By Darius Helm Over the last decade, the residential market has taken on a bottom-heavy hourglass shape, with a relatively healthy upper end overshadowed by a ballooning at the entry level and a con...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/carpet-residential-focus-manufacturers-repo...

Surfaces 2018 Review: At this year's show, branding and marketing shared center stage - Mar 2018

By Darius Helm, Beth Miller and Anne Harr This year’s show, held in Las Vegas from January 30 to February 1, was busy, colorful and enthusiastic. Attendee traffic was strong, exhibitor booking...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/surfaces-2018-review-at-this-years-show-bra...

Winter Show Preview: A peek at the 2019 flooring products in two premier shows - Jan 2019

By Jessica York   This winter, there will be two national flooring shows, Surfaces and Domotex USA. Surfaces, part of The International Surfaces Event (TISE), will take place January 22 to th...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/winter-show-preview-a-peek-at-the-2019-floo...

Surfaces 2019 Review: Trends and highlights from the 30th annual national flooring expo - Mar 2019

By Darius Helm, Beth Miller and Anne Harr   At this year’s Surfaces show, held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 23 to 25, technical innovations and...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/surfaces-2019-review-trends-and-highlights-...

Elevating Residential Carpet: Elevated design at affordable price points signals a shift - Mar 2019

By Darius Helm The residential carpet market in recent years has taken on the contours of an increasingly bottom-heavy hourglass, as inexpensive PET carpet has swamped the lower price points with an...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/elevating-residential-carpet-elevated-desig...

Mannington Commercial Acquires AtlasMasland from Dixie Group

Calhoun, GA, June 30, 2021-Mannington Commercial has entered into an agreement to acquire select assets of AtlasMasland, the commercial floorcovering business of The Dixie Group. The transaction is ex...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/mannington-commercial-will-acquire-atlasmas...

Rug Market Update - December 2011

By Jessica Chevalier   Many of the area rug manufacturers we interviewed reported good things in the works: busy, lucrative markets; optimistic retailers; the reestablishment of permanent showr...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/rug-market-update--december-2011

Surfaces 2023 Review: The annual flooring show is back to pre-pandemic form - March 2023

By Darius Helm, Jennifer Bardoner and Anne Harr This year’s Surfaces show, held in Las Vegas as part of the TISE event that includes TileExpo and StonExpo, was the busiest it’s been since...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/surfaces-2023-review-the-annual-flooring-sh...

Dixie Shifts Some Production to Georgia

Atmore, AL, November 8, 2005--Approximately 60 employees of the Masland Carpet Atmore Division were laid off last week as part of restructuring by The Dixie Group to accommodate future growth of the c...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/dixie-shifts-some-production-to-georgia

Vande Hei Resigns as President of Dixie’s Fabrica

Chattanooga, TN, December 14, 2005--The Dixie Group announced that, effective December 13, 2005, Todd Vande Hei resigned from his positions as President of Fabrica International, Inc. and as Vice Pres...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/vande-hei-resigns-as-president-of-dixies-fa...

AtlasMasland Unveils New Brand Identity

Dalton, GA, May 14, 2020-AtlasMasland revealed a comprehensive new brand strategy that reflects the company’s legacies with a unified voice and identity to the marketplace. Creating the new bra...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/atlasmasland-unveils-new-brand-identity

Fabrica Celebrating 50 Years

Santa Ana, CA, April 19, 2024-On April 19, 1974, Fabrica was incorporated into business, so today it celebrate its 50thyear.  Since its inception, Fabrica has been synonymous with quality and cr...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/fabrica-celebrating-50-years

Area Rug Report: Suppliers evolve to meet consumers' changing needs - Dec 2015

By Calista sprague The area rug segment is growing, bolstered by the sustained growth of hard surface flooring, but it is also undergoing dramatic changes. Suppliers have been forced to evolve in o...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/area-rug-report-suppliers-evolve-to-meet-co...

Season One Product Preview: Rollouts center on eye-catching style and new and improved technology, as supply chain issues temper quantity – Jan 2022

By Jennifer Bardoner This time of year is an exciting one for the residential and mainstreet sectors, with many manufacturers centering breakthrough launches around the Surfaces trade show. Supply c...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/season-one-product-preview-rollouts-center-...

Wools of New Zealand Adds Partners

Atlanta, GA, July 6, 2007—The number of Wools of New Zealand Brand partners continues to grow as does the demand for environmentally friendly products. Many companies are turning to New Zealand ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/wools-of-new-zealand-adds-partners

Dixie and Atlas, CRI, WFCA and the S600 standard

  By Kemp Harr   As spring arrives and the 2014 floorcovering selling season starts to ramp up, we can only hope that much of the pause in the economy in the last three months is weather ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/dixie-and-atlas-cri-wfca-and-the-s600-stand...

Dixie Launches Decorative Import Rug Business & New Brands

Dalton, GA, October 5, 2021-T.M. Nuckols, president of The Dixie Group (TDG) Residential, is excited to announce the rebranding of the company’s decorative segment product lines. Masland Wool is...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/tdg-residential-rebrands-decorative-segment...

Area Rug Update - April 2013

  By Darius Helm   Area rugs are unique among flooring options because they are the only floorcovering designed to go on top of a finished floor. As such, area rugs can on the one hand be...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/area-rug-update--april-2013

DeOrzio Named Fabrica EVP Sales

Santa Ana, CA, September 26, 2006—Rich DeOrzio has been named to the newly created position of executive vice president of sales a Fabrica. DeOrzio for the past nine years, has held the position...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/deorzio-named-fabrica-evp-sales

Modular Carpet Report: Rewriting the script on sector-specific and product-specific plans - Feb 2019

By Beth Miller An elevated end-use focus by manufacturers is transforming the production and marketing of carpet tile, not simply influencing design, performance and maintenance considerations, but al...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/modular-carpet-report-rewriting-the-script-...

LVT Market Profile: An overview of the dynamic floorcovering category - Feb 2019

By Darius Helm With the advent of rigid products in 2013, the already ascendant LVT category entered a period of relentless growth that has generated huge opportunities and lots of enthusiasm-and a ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/lvt-market-profile-an-overview-of-the-dynam...

Former Masland Auto Carpet Plant Closes

Carlisle, PA, Oct. 13, 2008--Central Pennsylvania has lost a piece of history with the closing of the International Automotive Components plant.In its heyday under the Masland family, the plant employ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/former-masland-auto-carpet-plant-closes

Focus on Leadership: TM Nuckols is preparing The Dixie Group for its next 100 years – October 2022

Interview by Kemp Harr From a farm kid in rural Virginia to president of The Dixie Group (TDG), TM Nuckols has stood in many shoes throughout his life but pulled from the same well of strengths: har...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/focus-on-leadership-tm-nuckols-is-preparing...

The Dixie Group Reports Higher Sales

Chattanooga, TN, Apr. 29--The Dixie Group, Inc. today reported income from continuing operations of $1,976,000, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the first quarter ended March 27, 2004, compared with in...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/the-dixie-group-reports-higher-sales

The Dixie Group Posts Loss

Chattanooga, TN, Feb. 17--The Dixie Group reported a loss from continuing operations of $11.7 million, or $0.99 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter ended December 27, 2003, compared with income ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/the-dixie-group-posts-loss

Dixie Reports 3rd Quarter Results; Completes Sale

Chattanooga, TN, Nov. 12, 2003--The Dixie Group, Inc. today announced financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 27, 2003. The Company also announced that it has compl...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/dixie-reports-3rd-quarter-results-completes...