January 9, 2019—Amie Gilmore, Surfaces show director with Informa Exhibitions, and Kemp Harr discuss the anticipated crowds and highlights for the Surfaces Expo that takes place in Las Vegas in two weeks. Listen to the interview for more details and to learn more about the changes the show has made to its education program.
January 8, 2019—Jon Pierce, director of business development with Pierce Flooring, a seven-store flooring retailer based in Montana, and Kemp Harr discuss the challenges that Pierce flooring faces in the market and the firm's plans to attend Shaw's aligned dealer convention. Listen to the interview to hear more about the business and value they get from being aligned with Shaw.
January 7, 2019—Tim Dole, Co-owner of Flooring America Design Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Kemp Harr discuss Tim’s background as a flooring dealer and his plans to attend Domotex Asia as the winner of the Domotex USA World Tour Sweepstakes. Listen to the interview for more details.
January 4, 2019—John Baugh, Managing Director with Stifel Nicolaus, and Kemp Harr discuss the performance of the Dow in 2018 versus the publicly traded flooring companies. Listen to the interview for more details as well as John’s outlook for 2019.
December 26, 2018--Santo Torcivia, an economist at Market Insights, and Kemp Harr discuss factors that could impact growth in the flooring business for 2019. Listen to the interview for more details. Santo’s outlook is optimistic with a few caveats.
December 19, 2018—John Turner, President of Daltile, and Kemp Harr discuss the impact that LVT and installation labor issues have had on U.S. tile consumption. Listen to the interview to hear more on this as well as the impact of the strong dollar and Chinese Tariffs.
December 18, 2018—Robert Blochinger, chairman of the Floor Covering Leadership Council (FCLC), and Kemp Harr discuss the Blackstone research project which attempts to quantify the impact of the labor shortage of trained flooring installers. Listen to the interview to hear more details as well as the plans to recruit new installers.
December 17, 2018—Rachael Palopoli, a principle with Planet Recycling based in Phoenix, and Kemp Harr discuss how her family's business serves as both a major collector/sorter of post-consumer carpet and an independent flooring retailer as well as a supply house for installation supplies. Listen to the interview to learn more about Planet Recycling's diverse operation.
December 14, 2018—Giulio Bonazzi, CEO of Aquafil, and Kemp Harr discuss the grand opening of Aquafil's carpet recycling facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Listen to the interview to hear more about this Italian firm's plans to build enough of these facilities to warrant the need for a depolymerization plant here in the U.S.
December 12, 2018—Allison Weiner, interior designer with HJ Martin, and Kemp Harr discuss Allison's sweepstakes selection in the Domotex World Tour. Listen to the interview for more details and hear more about HJ Martin's business in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Two more winners will be drawn in this contest which is still open for entry.