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Design Week Chicago 2025 showcased bold new flooring designs across NeoCon and Fulton Market, with standout carpet textures, earthy and biophilic palettes, colorful resilient visuals and a growing emphasis on customization and sensory-driven commercial spaces.
Tikka Charcoal Grill in Hicksville, NY transforms dining into an immersive, ocean-inspired experience. Designed by Olbos Studio, the restaurant blends sculptural forms, fluid lighting, flexible gathering spaces and rich materiality to create a serene, otherworldly escape.
UCX, now the largest family-owned full-line flooring distributor in the U.S., has evolved through three generations of the Mancini family. CEO Ray Mancini Jr. reflects on the UCX rebrand, culture-first leadership, strategic scale and the company’s continued commitment to hardwood and strong brands.
Residential flooring recovery keeps getting pushed out amid shaky consumer confidence and tariff uncertainty. At NeoCon/Design Days, the commercial market showed signs of fragmentation, while Alliance Flooring focused on stability and dealer support during its annual meeting.
Retail design is evolving beyond price and product. In 2025, stores are built to spark emotion and connection. Flooring now drives comfort, acoustics and style, helping brands turn ordinary spaces into memorable shopping experiences.
Weaver’s Flooring America marks 50 years of family ownership in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Led by Matt Weaver and Chad Nussbaum, the business thrives on hands-on leadership, community roots, and a reputation for trust and quality service.
Explore how true power comes from inner strength-resilience, integrity and will. Drawing on lessons from Africa, Mandela, and history’s great minds, Sam Allman explains how adversity refines us into stronger, wiser leaders.
Learn how commercial flooring contractors can manage change orders-documenting scope changes, getting written approvals, avoiding verbal agreements and protecting profits through clear communication and fair pricing.
With statistics by Market Insights, editors Darius Helm and Jessica Chevalier offer an indepth report on the state of the market, including reports on the segments, statistics on flooring use and flooring marketshare, and updates on top players.
Editor Jennifer Bardoner reviews this year’s Coverings show, held in April in Orlando, Florida, including new products from Stonepeak, MSI, Wow, Del Conca, Portobello, Panariagroup, Wonder, Crossville, Dal-Tile, Florim, Landmark, Anatolia and more.