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Editor Jessica Chevalier puts together a panel to discuss best practices: Deb DeGraaf of DeGraaf Interiors, Airbase’s Michael Longwill, Cap Carpet’s Aaron Pirner, Rick Myers of Myers Carpet Co., Pierce’s Terry Walker and Hadinger’s Susan Hadinger.
Editor Darius Helm offers an overview of Coretec’s impact on the resilient category, starting with its invention of rigid LVT in 2013 and covering how the brand has developed over the years, its focus on better goods and keeping up with trends.
Editor Jennifer Bardoner reports on Mohawk’s December Edge Summit, including comments by CEO Jeff Lorberbaum, dealer of the year awards, new tools for retail partners, branding strategies and a guidance on design trends.
Publisher Kemp Harr touches on gains in retail and consumer confidence, followed by a report on Cyncly’s purchase of Broadlume, then discusses Georgia’s PFAS-contaminated water and how consumer advocate Erin Brockovich is getting involved.
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Jimmy Tuley, Mannington’s president of residential, covering his upbringing in Alabama, his flooring experience with Milliken before joining Mannington and how his manufacturing background informs his leadership.
Lea Wilson, a partner with One Studio D+A, reports on her firm’s redesign of Lake Tahoe’s Incline Lodge, including how flooring from Patcraft, Mohawk Group, Shaw Contract, Daltile, TileBar and Smartwood helped achieve the design vision.
Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles Pennsylvania’s Allwein Carpet One, covering the history of the family-owned business, its curated offering, the advantages of CCA affiliation, its mainstreet business and its “do unto others” guiding philosophy.
Contributing editor Sam Allman writes about how pain and suffering, which is part of the human condition, offers an opportunity to transform and transcend, and he offers a strategy for how to succeed in turning adversity into advantage.
Contributing editor Dave Stafford discusses trade shows, offering key questions for flooring businesses to ask themselves, along with tips for how to make the most out of these events, and he weighs in on speaking engagements and exhibiting.
Flooring executives from the world’s top manufacturers discuss how the flooring market declined in 2024 and how they expect modest growth in late 2025, but high interest rates and tariffs remain key challenges.