Two Floorscapes, ColorCenter Dealers Honored

San Antonio, TX, Jan. 22, 2010--Two retailers were named Mohawk Floorscapes and Mohawk ColorCenter National Dealers of the Year for 2009.

Avalon Carpet Tile & Flooring of Cherry Hill, N.J. has been named the Mohawk Floorscapes Dealer of the Year; and Richie Ballance Flooring, Wilson, N.C. was named Mohawk ColorCenter Dealer of the Year.

The awards were presented at Mohawk’s recent aligned dealer convention in San Antonio.

The awards recognize exceptional work within the Mohawk aligned dealer network. They are based on a number of criteria, including a percentage increase over previous year’s business, excellence in promoting the store concept, ongoing commitment to training, store standards, brand building, merchandising and installation ideas and community involvement.

Avalon has 13 stores in the New Jersey, Delaware, and Philadelphia area. It was the second time Avalon has won the award, the only dealer ever to have accomplished this.

Avalon first won the Floorscapes Dealer of the Year Award in 2005.

A 32-year veteran of the flooring industry, Richie Ballance became a Mohawk ColorCenter dealer in 1992. In 2007, the Ballances decided to step up to the Mohawk ColorCenter Elite program.