March 20, 2018—Tom Lape, President of Mohawk's residential business, and Kemp Harr discuss Mohawk's move to combine the firm's sales focus for hard and soft surface products as well as Mohawk's product focus for 2018. Listen to the interview for more details and to learn more about Mohawk's product positioning.
March 19, 2018—Melissa Marney, western region sales manager with Crossville Tile, and Kemp Harr discuss Gensler's new Hotel Design Lab in San Francisco. Listen to the interview to hear more about where tile is being specified in the hotel rooms and public spaces in hotels that are now in the planning stages. Click here to see photos of the space.
March 16, 2018—Randy Dye, product and marketing manager with Leggett & Platt Flooring Products, and Kemp Harr discuss Leggett & Platt's brand refresh as it broadens its market focus by offering more hard surface underlayment products. Listen to the interview to hear more details.
March 15, 2018—Kip Howlett, President of the Decorative Hardwoods Association (formerly HPVA) and Kemp Harr discuss the trade association's name change, recent regulations regarding formaldehyde compliance, and ANSI standards that define engineered hardwood flooring. DHA is comprised of manufacturers of plywood, veneer and engineered hardwood flooring.
March 14, 2018—John Baugh, managing director with Stifel Nicolaus, and Kemp Harr discuss the preliminary estimates for flooring industry growth in 2017 as well as the financial results of Mohawk, Armstrong and Interface. Listen to the interview for more details as well as John's perspective on the potential for growth in flooring sales for the remainder of 2018.
March 8, 2018—Jeff Bennett, President of Business Flooring Specialists, a Fort Worth, Texas based commercial flooring contractor, and Kemp Harr discuss the focus of Jeff's business and the value he gets from being part of Fuse Alliance. Listen to the interview, taped at Fuse's annual meeting, for more details.
March 7, 2018—Geoff Gordon, Executive Director with Fuse Alliance, and Kemp Harr discuss the growth and health of this network of commercial flooring contractors. Listen to the interview to hear more about the highlights from the group's annual meeting and how the role flooring contractors play is evolving. Fuse's meeting was held in New Orleans.
March 6, 2018--Abby Reinhard, owner of GP Flooring Solutions, a commercial flooring contractor based near Rochester, NY, and Kemp Harr discuss GP Flooring Solutions' rapid growth and the challenges it works hard to overcome. Listen to the interview recorded at the Fuse Alliance annual meeting for more information. Abby is also a winner of the Future Focus Award.
March 2, 2018—Chip Grimes, co-founder of Facilities Services Group, a commercial contractor business in northern Philadelphia, and Kemp Harr discuss the growth of the flooring maintenance side of his business. Recorded at this week's Starnet Floorcare meeting, in the interview Chip talks about his firm's venture and success on this side of the business. Listen to the interview for more details.
March 1, 2018—Bruce Zwicker, former CEO with Haines, and Kemp Harr discuss the shifting product channel dynamics in the floorcovering business as well as his observations for the Domotex show in Germany—which he attended for the first time in January. Listen to the interview for more details.