Starnet Awards Best Design 2020 - June 2020
Editor Meg Scarbrough takes a look at this year's Starnet awards, which celebrate the best and most innovative commercial flooring projects by Starnet members.
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Contract-New Products 2020: A look at the products and programs that would have been released at this year’s NeoCon - June 2020
NeoCon, like many other trades shows, was forced to cancel its annual event in Chicago this year. In its absence, editor Meg Scarbrough talks to manufacturers about what they had planned to release this year and what’s coming soon.
Design Shift Post-COVID: A&D experts weigh in on how this global event may influence commercial design - June 2020
Amid COVID-19, discussions have been underway about how shared spaces and public places will be altered in an effort to promote health and safety moving forward. We talked to four experts about what commercial trends they see on the horizon.
Strategic Exchange: In difficult times, it’s important to see the silver lining - June 2020
It’s been a difficult year for everyone: school, work, missed time with loved ones. But it’s in times like these that it’s critical to find the positives. Publisher Kemp Harr highlights some of the year’s bright spots, including the Rolling Stones.
Focus on Leadership: Jocelyn Stroupe merged her love of art and science into a career in healthcare design - June 2020
Publisher Kemp Harr sits down with Jocelyn Stroupe, director of healthcare interiors for CannonDesign, to talk about her passion for interior design and her path to get there, as well as current trends she’s seeing in healthcare design.
Designer Forum: Mercy Health partners with GBBN to create an elevated patient experience in its new ambulatory care center - June 2020
Amy Mees, associate principal at GBBN Architects in Cincinnati, shares details about how designers work with Mercy Health Deerfield Medical Center to create a healthcare facility that offers an exceptional experience for patients and staff.
Best Practices: Hoem & Associates - June 2020
Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles Hoem & Associates, a major San Francisco-based commercial contracting firm that stakes its reputation not on low cost but high quality—a standard it archives in part by making all of its union installers employees.
Marketing Minute: Building a brand when others run scared - June 2020
Contributing editor Paul Friederichsen talks about how B2B brands must stay close to customers during the COVID-19 outbreak and shutdowns in order to remain relevant and engaged and offers examples of how it’s being done in the flooring industry.
Successful Selling: What do the best salespeople identify as their cornerstones of success? - June 2020
Contributing editor Sandy Smith traveled to Ireland a few years ago to talk to some of the world’s top sales professionals and asked them what key things contributed to their success. Among their advice to others: have a positive attitude.
Annual Report 2020: Last year, a range of unrelated factors inhibited flooring growth - May 2020
The Floor Focus editorial team takes a deep dive into the flooring industry and dissects the various factors, including tariffs, supply chain issues and more, that led U.S. flooring consumption to fall 4.4% in 2019.