People Power: Time can do so much – August/September 2024
Contributing editor Sam Allman does a deep dive into time—time as a resource, time as a teacher and time as a healer—and how it all impacts “people power.”
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Contractor’s Corner: Unique challenges in government and institutional projects – August/September 2024
Contributing editor Dave Stafford goes into detail, with lively anecdotes, on government jobs, including bidding strategies, processes for determining one’s bid, and how, ultimately, to secure the job.
Survey 2024: What the Retailers Think: Independent retailers are increasingly concerned that manufacturer strategies aren’t focused on their success – July 2024
Editor Darius Helm analyzes the results of this year’s retailer survey, including changes in earnings and revenues, biggest challenges, trends in consumer purchasing, and favorite producers in all categories of flooring and supplies.
DesignWeek Chicago 2024: NeoCon and Fulton Market Design Days evolve the commercial market experience - July 2024
Editors Darius Helm and Jennifer Bardoner review new commercial flooring products from leading manufacturers at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart and Fulton Market, and also report on innovations and trends in color and design.
Succession Options: There are multiple options for selling your flooring business, and the earlier you get started, the better the outcome – July 2024
Editor Jennifer Bardoner reports on strategies for how to approach succession planning, focused on residential flooring dealers, with input from several retailers, and offers examples of various outcomes.
Retailer Diversification: Flooring retailers offer honest talk on diversification ventures – July 2024
Editor Jessica Chevalier takes a close look at diversification among residential flooring dealers, reporting on key strategies, investment advice, staffing considerations and some of the benefits of diversification—along with tips for success.
Trends in Restaurant Flooring: Restaurants share their stories through interior finishes – July 2024
Editor Jessica Chevalier introduces a pictorial of a range of restaurant designs with notes on the role of flooring and how the unique story of every restaurant informs the design.
Strategic Exchange: Commercial demand continues to drive flooring sales – July 2024
Publisher Kemp Harr takes a look at the state of the residential and commercial markets, discusses the movement of commercial interior décor firms from Chicago’s Merchandise Mart to Fulton Market, and offers insights about the retailer survey.
Focus on Leadership: Emser’s Mike Weaver seeks to build business by building relationships – July 2024
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Mike Weaver, vice president of dealer/trade sales for Emser Tile, about his career path, his long tenure with Emser, his managerial strategies, how he builds his teams and how he drives them to be successful.
Designer Forum: Color-coordinated carpet tile enhances an office building’s neighborhood design – July 2024
Jessica Collins, a senior associate at HOK, writes about a full-service tenant fit-out in Plano, Texas, including how color shaped the design and how flooring products from Shaw Contract and Interface helped achieve the final vision.