August 9, 2018—Ed Keller, CEO with Hadinger Flooring in Naples, Florida, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions as well as Hadinger's new waterproof gallery. Listen to the interview to hear more about how this successful retailer is drawing more attention to the multilayered flooring category. At the end, Ed also gives his thoughts on potential Chinese tariffs.
August 7, 2018—Geoff Gordon, Executive Director with the Fuse Commercial Flooring Alliance, and Kemp Harr, Publisher of Floor Focus Magazine, discuss the growth within the membership for the first half of the year as well as the news that Spectra has joined the task force that Starnet and Fuse started last year. Listen to the interview for more details. The focus of the task force is recruiting and training labor as well as concrete monster issues.
August 1, 2018—Andrew Bonham, President and CEO of Tarkett North America, and Kemp Harr discuss Andrew's background and the strategic plans for the firm's North American flooring business. Listen to the interview for more on Andrew's past, company financials and future plans.
July 31, 2018—Joe Yarbrough, President of the Carpet and Rug Institute, and Kemp Harr discuss CRI's social media outreach, the ongoing negotiations with Cal Recycle related to fees and carpet recycling in California and the third round of suggested Chinese Tariffs that include carpet and carpet tile. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 30, 2018—Pat Molyneaux, Co-owner of Molyneaux Tile Carpet Wood, and Kemp Harr discuss Pat's family run, eight-store, independent floorcovering retail chain based in Pittsburgh. Listen to the interview to hear him talk about the viability of E-commerce and how important it is to focus on service and an enhanced retail experience.
July 27, 2018—Cathy Buchanan, Co-owner of Independent Carpet One in Westland, Michigan, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions, sales trends, and Cathy's promotional strategy. Listen to the interview for more details and also get her perspective on this week's Carpet One meeting in Montreal, Canada.
July 26, 2018—Eric Demaree, President of Carpet One Floor and Home, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of this week's summer meeting as well as Eric's announcement that he will be retiring at the end of this year. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 25, 2018—Keith Spano, President of Flooring America and Flooring Canada, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of this week's summer meeting in Montreal. Listen to the interview to hear about a few of the group's newest initiatives and the meeting's new format.
July 23, 2018—Michael Kephart, President of American Wonder Porcelain, and Kemp Harr discuss American Wonder Porcelain's background and business focus as one of the six large tile factories that produce tile in Tennessee. Listen to the interview to hear more details about the firm's fit in the marketplace.
July 11, 2018—Kermit Baker, a Harvard University Economist, and Kemp Harr discuss the economic outlook impacting growth within the flooring business for the next 12 months. Listen to the interview to hear more details about the sectors to focus on and underlying trends that are driving that demand.