May 4, 2025—Byron Morton, VP of Leasing for The Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss the anticipated crowd and key speakers scheduled for NeoCon in Chicago next week. Listen to the interview to hear why Chicago is the place to be next week if you want to connect with the A&D firms and end users about contract finishes. The event starts over the weekend and runs through Wednesday.
June 3, 2025—Franco Rossi, President of Aquafil USA, and Kemp Harr discuss Aquafil’s recent growth as the largest independent supplier of nylon for the carpet industry, and the firm’s message at NeoCon next week in Chicago. Listen to the interview for more information.
June 2, 2025—Bill Bohrer and Dean Miller, President and COO, respectively, with Wall 2 Wall Commercial Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss Wall 2 Wall's annual customer appreciation fishing tournament and how relationships are a long standing reason for their 102-year business success. Listen to the interview to learn more about how this commercial flooring contractor and a Starnet member has taken baby steps over the years to build a successful business.
Read the Best Practices coverage on Wall 2 Wall from the May issue of Floor Focus here.
May 28, 2025—Phil Koufidakis, President of Baker Brothers, a six story chain of flooring stores based in Phoenix, and Kemp Harr discuss Phil's firm’s digital marketing strategy and how his consumer advertising has evolved. Listen to the interview for more details.
May 27, 2025—Norman Freeback, incoming President with Roppe Holding Company, and Kemp Harr discuss Norman's background, new role and Roppe’s diversified mix of products. Listen to the interview for more details.
May 23, 2025—Carolyn Haicl, SVP of Marketing and Brands for Shaw’s residential business, and Kemp Harr discuss this week’s Nebraska Furniture Mart event in Kansas City and the branding changes Shaw is making that is resulting in recent growth. Listen to the interview for more details.
May 21, 2025—Dave Chambers, Director of Flooring for Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss the flooring department showroom reset at the Kansas City store. Listen to the interview for more details as well as an update on the Floor Covering Education Foundation.
May 19, 2025—Max Holland and Amie Foster, COO and VP of Flooring, respectively, with the FEI Group, and Kemp Harr discuss this group of builder and multifamily contractor’s recent benchmarking session held last week in Naples, Florida. Listen to the interview for details on the takeaways from the meeting.
May 16, 2025—Royce Epstein, Sr. Director of Design Insights for The Mohawk Group, and Kemp Harr discuss the firm’s new Believe in Better design awards. Listen to the interview to hear more details about this contest launched to recognize noteworthy design work by architectural firms. The contest has four award categories.
May 12, 2025—Santo Torcivia, an economist focused on the flooring business, and Kemp Harr discuss the just-released Annual Report in the May issue of Floor Focus. Listen to the interview for a quick summary of some of the findings from hundreds of interviews done by Santo and the Floor Focus team to compile the data. The digital issue can be seen at this link.