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Contributing editor Dave Stafford goes into detail, with lively anecdotes, on government jobs, including bidding strategies, processes for determining one’s bid, and how, ultimately, to secure the job.
Editor Darius Helm analyzes the results of this year’s retailer survey, including changes in earnings and revenues, biggest challenges, trends in consumer purchasing, and favorite producers in all categories of flooring and supplies.
Editors Darius Helm and Jennifer Bardoner review new commercial flooring products from leading manufacturers at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart and Fulton Market, and also report on innovations and trends in color and design.
Editor Jennifer Bardoner reports on strategies for how to approach succession planning, focused on residential flooring dealers, with input from several retailers, and offers examples of various outcomes.
Editor Jessica Chevalier takes a close look at diversification among residential flooring dealers, reporting on key strategies, investment advice, staffing considerations and some of the benefits of diversification—along with tips for success.
Editor Jessica Chevalier introduces a pictorial of a range of restaurant designs with notes on the role of flooring and how the unique story of every restaurant informs the design.
Publisher Kemp Harr takes a look at the state of the residential and commercial markets, discusses the movement of commercial interior décor firms from Chicago’s Merchandise Mart to Fulton Market, and offers insights about the retailer survey.
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Mike Weaver, vice president of dealer/trade sales for Emser Tile, about his career path, his long tenure with Emser, his managerial strategies, how he builds his teams and how he drives them to be successful.
Jessica Collins, a senior associate at HOK, writes about a full-service tenant fit-out in Plano, Texas, including how color shaped the design and how flooring products from Shaw Contract and Interface helped achieve the final vision.
Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles ProFloors, with locations in Sacramento and San Francisco, California and Portland, Oregon, including owner Rick Curbelo’s journey through a range of professional before settling on the residential flooring market.