Floor Focus

Engineered Floors’ Will Young shares lessons on mentorship, family leadership, carpet’s future and building trust as flooring’s next-generation leader in an exclusive interview.

Retailers are seeing renewed consumer interest in carpet, driven by affordability, improved styling, performance innovations, and the growing popularity of custom-bound area rugs.

The U.S. flooring market declined 3.2% in 2025 as resilient overtook carpet. Floor Focus’ Annual Report examines category trends, housing, tariffs and what’s ahead.

Resilient flooring sales fell 2.4% in 2025 to $7.37 billion. Floor Focus examines LVT trends, domestic production, imports, innovation and the market forces shaping resilient’s future.

Carpet sales fell 4% in 2025 to $7.23 billion as residential demand weakened. Floor Focus examines premium growth, fiber trends, market challenges and strategies to regain share.

Ceramic tile sales fell just 0.8% in 2025 despite a 4.9% drop in volume. Floor Focus examines tariffs, premium product trends, imports and the strategies driving growth.

Area rug sales fell 8% in 2025 to $1.71 billion as tariffs, imports, e-commerce and shifting consumer behavior reshaped the market for Mohawk Home, Surya, Loloi and…

Hardwood flooring sales fell 3% in 2025 as premium demand offset housing weakness. Floor Focus examines tariffs, sourcing, innovation and the strategies shaping the category’s future.

Laminate flooring is redefining itself through durability, realistic visuals and performance. Floor Focus examines 2025 trends, imports, innovation and the category’s renewed momentum.

The grand prize winner this year is James Floor Covering’s F1 Arcade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  For 28 years, the Starnet Design Awards have highlighted projects that turn…