May 26, 2023—Steve Cloud, Co-owner of M. Frank Higgins and Chairman at Starnet, and Kemp Harr discuss his family’s commercial flooring contracting business in Connecticut and his new role at Starnet. Listen to the interview for more information.
May 23, 2023—Pete Larmore, CEO with Bonitz, and Kemp Harr discuss the firm’s recent growth and future plans for strategic geographical growth in the future. Listen to the interview to hear more about Bonitz growth plans.
May 22, 2023—Dave Triepke, CEO of Universal Metro, and Kemp Harr discuss the makeup of Starnet’s board of directors following this weekend’s spring meeting. Listen to the interview to hear more the board and the keynote speakers from the meeting in Scottsdale.
May 19, 2023—Mark Bischoff, CEO of Starnet, and Kemp Harr discuss the health of the organization, current challenges that commercial flooring contractors are facing and the highlights of the annual spring meeting taking place this year in Scottsdale, Arizona. Listen to the interview for more details.
May 17, 2023—Brenda Knowles and Jeff West, VP of Commercial Customer Experience and VP of Commercial Marketing, respectively, and Kemp Harr discuss their new business focus on Shaw’s commercial leadership team. Listen to the interview for more details as well as a quick overview of NeoCon in June.
May 16, 2023—Cheryl Acierno, President and owner of Acierno & Company and Kemp Harr discuss her process for getting the most out of the annual Starnet meeting. Listen to the interview to hear how this Denver-based commercial flooring contractor plans to network at the meeting this week in Scottsdale, Arizona.
May 10, 2023—Bill Blackstock, CEO of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of the spring meeting held in early May near Hilton Head, South Carolina. Listen to the interview for more details on the growth focus for this trade association.
May 9, 2023—Annie Cowart, VP of Marketing for Shaw’s residential business, and Kemp Harr discuss Annie's background and focus as she steps into this new role. Listen to the interview for more details.
May 8, 2023—Zach Zehner and David Sheehan, President and SVP of Product Development with Mannington Mills' residential business, respectively, and Kemp Harr discuss the firm’s revised supply chain and communications plan for dealers in light of border issues with select products sourced from Asia. This proactive response is necessary due to products being delayed at the border to ensure they aren’t sourced from the Uyghur region of China. This import delay issue is affecting inbound freight from Asia for many of the brands here in the U.S.
May 5, 2023—Bruce Zwicker, Flooring industry consultant, and Kemp Harr discuss current demand trends within flooring business and the Q1 results for publicly traded flooring companies. Listen to the interview for more details.