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Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles Floor Covering Brokers, purchased in 2004 by Denny Lauterbach, an industry outsider whose business savvy and rapid learning curve helped the firm navigate the Great Recession and chart a path for growth.
Contributing editor Sandy Smith discusses the tradition of male salespeople selling to female homeowners and delves into strategies for how salespeople can cross that divide and give female consumers what they want in the selling process.
Senior editor Calista Sprague reports on the state of the government sector, analyzing the market, building trends and flooring needs, with A&D insights and case studies from Denise Bates of Gensler Dallas and Suzanne Szak of Heery International.
Editor Jessica Chevalier provides a preview of Surfaces 2016, with reports on events and education programs as well as new product previews and images from dozens of the leading flooring companies showing in Las Vegas.
Senior editor Calista Sprague reports on new products from firms not going to Surfaces, including a comprehensive review of new Shaw products, as well as products from Beaulieu America, Metroflor, Mirage, JMish and Novalis.
Executive editor Darius Helm provides an update on the carpet backing business, with highlights from Propex, Mattex, Bonar, Etex, Don & Low, Dow, Universal Textile Technologies (UTT), Trinseo, Omnova, Shaw, Mohawk and more.
Executive editor Darius Helm reviews the 2015 Greenbuild show, held in Washington D.C. in mid November, including reports on Mohawk, Interface, Shaw, Forbo, UTT, Nora, StonePeak, To Market, MP Global, SynLawn and DriTac.
Publisher Kemp Harr weighs in on whether domestic LVT capacity will outpace demand, and also reports on Mannington's centennial celebration, as well as the merger between Engineered Floors and J+J Industries.
Bill Ferguson, owner of ANF Architects, discusses its work on Teacher Town USA, a grouping of education-related nonprofit organizations in Memphis, Tennessee, and Interface tile's pivotal role in redesigning the 1930s warehouse space.
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews James Lesslie, assistant to the chairman, about how his background in chemistry led to a career in flooring, as well as the firm's plans with J+J Flooring and long-term strategies.