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Editor Beth Miller offers a glimpse into the hardwood flooring market, where producers are trying to find ways to innovate and elevate through technology in an effort to tell hardwood’s story and navigate a new world where resilient flooring rules.
Editor Jessica Chevalier takes a look at how a shift in the flooring distribution business over the last decade has changed the business model, meaning that those with ample resources and a nimble nature have fared well, while others have not.
Contributing editor Ruth Simon McRae examines how several new projects across the country are expanding critical healthcare access to veterans in need and how designers and architects are meeting that demand in terms of design, both inside and out.
Editor Jessica Chevalier looks at a Nashville, Tennessee project where a unique flooring system from Metroflor helped change a space in a dramatic and fun way with minimal impact on employees while respecting the building’s roots and history.
Publisher Kemp Harr talks to leading flooring retailers about waterproof LVT flooring and what it really is, as well as ways the industry can better educate consumers about what sort of expectations they should have when installing it in their homes.
Publisher Kemp Harr discusses the economic outlook for the fall, looks back at highlights from the National Floorcovering Alliance’s fall meeting in September, including consumer demand and strategy, and duties imposed on Chinese-produced tile.
Editor Jessica Chevalier talks with the founder and principal of JSR Associates about elder care and how residential design can offer seniors more freedom, as well as her nonprofit work and her new role with the Resilient Flooring Covering Institute.
Deborah Elliott, co-founder of ID Studios, discusses the design of Mission Federal Credit Union in San Diego, California, and how porcelain tile from Marazzi and carpet tile from Shaw and Bentley Mills were used to achieve balance within the space.
Editor Jessica Chevalier catches up with Marr Carr, president of Color Interiors, and looks at how this Texas-based retailer has tailored his business approach as it relates to employees, marketing and showrooms in an effort to better serve consumers.
Contributing editor Paul Friederichsen discusses how B2B marketers must be innovative and creative when establishing a brand—and trust—among customers in order to succeed in today’s market and the tools that can help reach those goals.