Flooring Sales Will Keep Growing According to New

Reading, PA. July 14--U.S. flooring sales were up a record breaking 10.3% in 2004, and according to the 2006 edition of the US FLOOReport, they should continue to grow an average of 2.8% a year through 2010. The Report notes a number of significant trends, including: · The rapid growth of home centers. Home centers now dominate retail sales of ceramic tile, laminate, and resilient flooring. · China is now the fastest growing and second largest source of U.S. flooring imports, accounting for over $800 million worth of all types of floors. Italy remains the largest source, with $940 million in sales. Most of those sales are ceramic tiles. · Laminate showed the strongest percentage growth of any flooring category last year, and should continue to grow faster than any other through the end of the decade. · America’s largest flooring product category is carpet and rugs. The U.S. accounts for 43% of world production and 47% of world consumption of carpet and rugs. The US FLOOReport is written by well known flooring industry analyst Santo Torcivia. It’s the most comprehensive analysis of the U.S. flooring industry available. It forecasts dollar and quantity sales for all flooring categories. It also forecasts pricing, product usage by building type, sales by market channel, and much more. Brand sales and strategies are analyzed as well as manufacturing costs and the U.S. production and consumption of flooring. Proprietary data from Floor Focus and Market Insights/Torcivia help make this report unique and unsurpassed. The cost is $4,995 for a hardcopy (or $7,500 for an electronic license for one year), many times less than it would cost to compile all this data. For information, contact Santo Torcivia at Market Insights/Torcivia, 1409 Independence Drive, Reading, PA 19609; 610 927-2299; or santot@aol.com.