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Editor Jessica Chevalier takes a look at the growing interest in carpet tile and how its attributes—like ease of installation and customization—are inspiring designers and spurring new products from manufacturers like Shaw, Interface and Patcraft.
Contributing editor Ruth Simon McRae explores the changing landscape of senior living and how an increase in retirees, aka Baby Boomers, means designers are examining new and innovative ways to help people transition into the next stage of life.
Once again, we celebrate the young professionals poised to shape the future of the flooring industry with our annual Emerging Leaders award, which this year honored a CFO, vice presidents, account executives, managers directors and design consultants.
Contributing editor Mark Nestler talks about the major challenges facing the commercial interiors industry, including decreased demand and changes to product utilization, and ways in which the companies can adapt through new, innovative strategies.
Publisher Kemp Harr looks back at 2019 and the trends that may have contributed to the slower growth of floor sales, including increases in single-family rentals, improved office efficiency and the longer life cycles of hard surfaces versus soft.
Publisher Kemp Harr catches up with Michel Vermette, the president and CEO of Armstrong Flooring, about growing up in French-speaking Canada and his path to the U.S., as well as what it takes to be a strong leader and how he came to be at Armstrong.
Laurel Clark, a project architect with Tecton Architects in Connecticut, talks about the design elements that went into creating a unique space for pediatric patients at the Connecticut Children’s Infusion Center and how flooring played a role.
Editor Jessica Chevalier catches up with Kevin Jones, executive vice president of All Commercial Floors, and learns how he has grown his family’s commercial contracting business into a multistate firm with 12 locations, as well as his plans for the future.
Contributing editor Paul Friederichsen takes a look at whether displays can have a negative impact on the customer experience and how specialty floorcovering retailers can achieve greater success on the showroom floor with a “less is more” attitude.
Contributing editor Lew Migliore explains what makes PVC-free resilient flooring unique, including what it’s composed of, whether it is a superior vinyl choice, and whether PVC-free means it a healthier and environmentally sound flooring option.