Ten Year Shift in Flooring: How consumers’ choices have evolved over ten years – Jan 2024
Pie charts on new single-family flooring, new multifamily flooring and home flooring replacements illustrate changes over the last decade.
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Floor Prep & Underlayment Report: Successful flooring installations hinge on the performance of the materials under the floor – Jan 2024
Editor Darius Helm reports on developments among pad, floor prep, adhesive, grout and underlayment firms, including MP Global, Foam Products, Leggett & Platt, Universal Textile Technologies, Schönox, Uzin Utz, Ardex, Taylor, Sika and Laticrete.
Strategic Exchange: Make strategic adjustments during slack times for share growth on the uptick – Jan 2024
Publisher Kemp Harr discusses the state of flooring going into 2024, and also takes a look at Engineered Floors’ digital printing LVT technology, closing with a note that 2024 will bring big changes, citing recent personnel changes in the industry.
Focus on Leadership: Drew Hash is passionate about moving the needle in the flooring industry – Jan 2024
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Drew Hash, CEO of Southwind Building Products about his journey through the industry, including leadership roles at Hartco, Armstrong, Zickgraf and Shaw, his mentor and his vision for Southwind.
Designer Forum: Flooring serves an important supporting role in a performance hall’s design – Jan 2024
HGA sustainability director Ariane Laxo reports on the design of Capital One Hall in Capital One Center, a 25-acre mixed use space in Washington, D.C., including how products from Karastan, Forbo and Mannington helped achieve the design vision.
Best Practices: Hessler Floor Covering & Wayne Wiles Floor Coverings – Jan 2024
Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles Florida-based Hessler Floor Covering and Wayne Wiles Floor Coverings, both owned by Mark Wiles, including customer service strategy, product focus and generational growth.
Marketing Minute: Resolve to be a better marketer – Jan 2024
Contributing editor Paul Friederichsen offers a primer on strategies for marketing success, including resolving to be consistent, to make people care, to be smarter, to be pragmatic, to be analytical, to respect the CFO and to be a partner.
Social Savvy: Is over-the-top advertising the out-of-the-box strategy your biz needs to generate leads? – Jan 2024
Contributing editor Irene Williams provides an overview of over-the-top (OTT) advertising, which are streaming TV ads and offers tips for how to best use OTT, including how to pick the right platforms and formats and how to target one’s audience.
Successful Selling: The business of optimism – Jan 2024
Contributing editor Sandy Smith looks at how optimists’ approach to life—including how they cope with adversity and handle stress—compared to those of pessimists helps drives business success, including career advancement and leadership roles.
Executive Outlook: Residential demand isn’t expected to bounce back until later next year, but executives remain focused and optimistic - Dec 2023
Interviews with Shaw’s Tim Baucom, Mohawk’s Paul De Cock, Engineered’s James Lesslie, Interface’s Laurel Hurd, Mannington’s Tom Pendley, AHF’s Brian Carson, HMTX’s Harlan Stone, Novalis’ John Wu, Dixie’s TM Nuckols and Dal-Tile’s Scott Maslowski.