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Contributing editor Sharon La Riviere walks readers through strategies for targeting social media messages, including a section on content ideas to help get retailers started.
Industry veteran Don Styka offers a primer on key elements of LVT use, from selecting the right product and consulting installation guidelines to controlling the jobsite and securing the subfloor.
Design experts weigh in on key color and design trends for 2022, with contributions from Shaw’s Reesie Duncan and Pamela Rainey, Interface’s Kari Pei, Mohawk’s Jackie Dettmar, Royce Epstein and Jamie Welborn, and The Dixie Group’s Vickie Gilstrap.
Floor Focus presents this year’s ten award winners: Emily Bode, Amber Conant, Alexander Feldman, Alyssa Turner, Stacy Murphy, Kaleigh Toole, Alex Samudio, Richie Santarelli, Gregory Johnson, Jr. and Erica Roman.
Editor Jessica Chevalier reports on the state of the LVT market, with sections on importing and onshoring, innovation, tariffs, rigid LVT demand, automation, and raw material issues, as well as an update on several of the leading producers.
Editor Darius Helm reports on residential carpet, including a market overview, a trend report, a look at carpet campaigns, a section on consumer perceptions and highlights from Shaw, Mohawk, Engineered Floors, Dixie, Stanton, Phenix and Tarkett.
Editor Jennifer Bardoner speaks with leading retailers and industry consultants about key elements of showroom and merchandising strategies, from curating selections and creating streamlined aesthetics to how to stand out from the crowd.
Publisher Kemp Harr discusses the latest economic data, including retailer reports and commercial updates, and the flooring shows in the first quarter, as well as weighing in on the young professionals who received this year’s Emerging Leader awards.
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Thomas Baert, president of Creative Flooring Solutions, covering his background in the industry, strategies for differentiation, the state of its U.S. production and insights into the direction of the rigid core market.
Heidi Hefferlin, founder and managing partner of HK Architects, writes about a Montessori school project in Chattanooga, Tennessee and how flooring, including finished concrete and carpet tile by Shaw Contract helped achieve the firm’s design goals.