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Recent Floor Focus Magazine feature articles in chronological order with a 60 day delay. Use the search bar at the top to find specific articles or content. To subscribe or order back issues online, use the Subscribe link under the Floor Focus tab in the menu bar. Contact us if you need information on reprints.

Annual Report 2011 - May 2011

Annual Report 2011 - May 2011

Editors Jessica Chevalier and Darius Helm, along with Santo Torcivia of Market Insights/Torcivia, analyze the state of the flooring market, including 2010 revenue statistics and in-depth reports on all the flooring categories.

Hospitality Market Update - May 2011

Hospitality Market Update - May 2011

Editor Jessica Chevalier examines the state of the hospitality industry, reports on recent increased activity, debates luxury versus lifestyle, discusses the role of sustainability and takes a close look at flooring choices.

Social Media & Mobile Marketing Update - May 2011

Social Media & Mobile Marketing Update - May 2011

Editor Jessica Chevalier takes a look at the social and mobile technologies in the marketplace and how they can be used by everyone from manufacturers to retailers to reach out into the marketplace to gain clients and drive brand awareness.

Brands: Managing the Message - May 2011

Brands: Managing the Message - May 2011

Dick Whitney, an independent consultant, charts the top flooring brands in terms of spending on consumer advertising over the last five years and offers insights into brand focus.

Scarlet Opus Trend Forecast for 2012 - May 2011

Scarlet Opus Trend Forecast for 2012 - May 2011

Victoria Redshaw, founder of Scarlet Opus, and Shelly Pond, the trend forecasting firm's interior design leader, lay out, with vivid imagery, their view of the six key design trends coming next year.

Strategic Exchange - May 2011

Strategic Exchange - May 2011

Publisher Kemp Harr discusses the merits of home ownership and also examines whether Americans are focused on making the right choices and maintaining traditional values. Harr also reports on the latest annual Starnet meeting.

Designer Forum - May 2011

Designer Forum - May 2011

Jenny Anderson, a senior designer at Hendrick, writes about her firm's design of Atlanta based Packforum, an innovation and learning center for the food packaging industry, including the role of flooring in capturing the vision of the center.

Focus on Leadership - May 2011

Focus on Leadership - May 2011

Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Matt Espe, Armstrong's new CEO, focusing on the skills and experience Espe brings to the firm as well as strategies for the future.

People Power - May 2011

People Power - May 2011

Contributing editor Scott Humphrey talks about the Masters golf tournament as a metaphor for how to run a business successfully and with integrity.

Best Practices - May 2011

Best Practices - May 2011

Editor Brian Hamilton profiles Lippert Tile Company, a Wisconsin based comercial contractor that has been in business for over 60 years, and the tools the firm has developed to succeed in the competitive commercial market.