September 17, 2025—Ashlie Butler and Belinda Krauss, Owner and Controller at Bob’s Carpet and Flooring, respectively, and Kemp Harr discuss this 17-store chain of flooring stores’ decision to switch its ERP software system from RFMS to Q-Floors. Listen to the interview to hear more about what drove this decision and how the integration is progressing.
September 15, 2025—Ian Newton, General Manager of Flooring 101 and President of the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA), and Kemp Harr discuss the buying group's Fall meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 11, 2025—Santo Torcivia, an economist focused on the flooring business, and Kemp Harr summarize a few highlights from Santo’s Market Monitor quarterly report. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 10, 2025—Dave Triepke, CEO with Universal Metro, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and outlook for growth for Dave's commercial flooring contracting business based in Los Angeles. Listen to the interview for more information.
September 5, 2025—Scott Garmon, President of Garmon & Company, a commercial flooring contractor based in Charlotte, and Kemp Harr discuss his company’s sector focus, backlog, outlook and pricing strategy. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 3, 2025—Amie Gilmore, Show Director for Informa’s Surfaces/TISE expo, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights for next year as the show opens registration for the Las Vegas residential flooring show scheduled for January 27 - 29, 2026. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 28, 2025—Bruce Zwicker, a flooring industry consultant, and Kemp Harr discuss the segment performance within the flooring industry for the first half of the year and the outlook for the remainder of the year. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 27, 2025—Gary Scheidker and Anthony Roopnauth, director of technical services and technical sales manager, respectively, with Taylor Adhesives, and Kemp Harr discuss Taylor’s Dynamic product and the firm’s shift to recycled packaging. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 26, 2025—Ashlie Butler, owner of Bob’s Carpet and Flooring, a family owned chain of flooring stores on the west coast of Florida, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and her decision to open a 17th store north of Clearwater. Listen to the interview to hear more details.
August 25, 2025—Noah Chitty, VP of Sustainability and Technical Services for AHF Products, and Kemp Harr discuss the recent Flooring Sustainability Summit held last month in Washington, D.C. and AHF Products' sustainability report. Listen to the interview for more details.