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Executive editor Darius Helm analyzes the results of this year's survey of the nation's top design firms, including top projects, new markets, priorities, top problems and color and design trends, along with designers' favorite flooring manufacturers.
Senior editor Calista Sprague discusses the challenges of selling hardwood flooring with key retailer experts from Nebraska Furniture Mart, Great Floors and Rusmur Floors, covering everything from big box competition to installation and refinishing.
Editor Jessica Chevalier writes about the acute care market and how it is evolving, including a section on the hospitals of tomorrow as well as a section on the science of creating a healing environment.
Bradford G. Harvey, a Tennessee lawyer specializing in labor and employment, offers a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, along with the legal challenges in specific cases.
Publisher Kemp harr discusses the installer problem and on CRI's revised carpet installation standard, and he also weighs in on CFI becoming a division of WFCA. The column also includes a report on Mullican's celebration of its 30th anniversary.
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Viveca Bissonnette, discussing her career path and mentors as well as the development of the modern office design and the role of flooring in that evolution.
Rebecca Kundysek, a designer with Studio Hive, describes the challenges her firm faced in designing an interior to a historic building, as well as how Mohawk carpet tile helped achieve the vision of the designers.
Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles CB Flooring, an 18-year-old firm serving both the residential and commercial markets in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia through two retail operations, two commercial businesses and two to-th-trade locations.
Digital Evolution—Jay Flynn, VP of sales and marketing at Creating Your Space, offers a comprehensive comparison of SEO and PPC tools, and makes a case for why each of these Internet tools can help increase store traffic and sales.
Wood Cuts—Contributing editor Brett Miller, vice president of education and certification for the National Wood Flooring Association, discusses the growth in engineered flooring and explains its growth in the current market.