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Editor Jessica Chevalier takes a close look at terrazzo, including its construction, lifecycle and environmental profile, as well as its installation and design flexibility, with input from leaders at American Terrazzo and North American Terrazzo.
Publisher Kemp Harr reports on this year's HGTV Smart Home in Austin, Texas, featuring flooring from Shaw, including Anso Caress soft nylon carpet and Epic, a hybrid engineered hardwood.
Strategic Exchange, June 2015—Publisher Kemp Harr reports on home building numbers and also takes a close look at CARE's efforts to find en uses for reclaimed PET carpet. In addition, Harr examines Somerset Hardwood and the secrets to its success.
June 2015—Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Cheryl Durst from the International Interior Design Association in a wide ranging discussion covering everything from the role of the IIDA to challenges facing designers and the future of interior design.
June 2015—Mark Hirons with CannonDesign writes about his firm's design of Follet's headquarters in Chicago, and how flooring products, including Shaw Contract carpet tile and cork from Solida, helped achieve the vision for the project.
June 2015—Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles Commercial Interior Resources, a contract dealer that's been in business in southern California for 32 years. The firm, which is a member of the Fuse Alliance, generates $11 million in annual revenues.
People Power, June 2015—Contributing editor Sam Allman discusses people skills, why they're important in the selling process, and the importance of empathy in building rapport and creating powerful, mutually beneficial relationships.
June 2015—Contributing editor Dave Stafford offers a roadmap to success for contract dealers, covering brand creation, clientele, sales people, product sales, service and profit making.
Wood Cuts, June 2015—Brett Miller, vice president of education and certification for the NWFA, writes about the trend toward longer and wider hardwood boards, and he also delves into some of the challenges inherent in these larger formats.
May 2015—Floor Focus' editorial team, along with analysis and statistics by Market Insights LLC, breaks down the flooring industry's 2014 results. The report includes a statistical overview as well as indepth reports on all six major flooring categories.