November 17, 2016—Arthur Paylor, President of Mill Creek Carpet and Tile, and Kemp Harr discuss how this Tulsa, Oklahoma based flooring retailer is shifting more of its promotional dollars to digital marketing. Listen to the interview to hear more about how Creating Your Space is putting that investment to work for Mill Creek.
November 16, 2016—Bob Burton, VP with Southwestern, and Kemp Harr discuss Southwestern's single-family builder flooring business and how the firm uses Bridgeway Interactive's design center tools to interface with their builder customer's clients. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 15, 2016—David Duncan, SVP of Sales for Durkan Hospitality, and Kemp Harr talk about David's new role at Mohawk and flooring trends in the hospitality market from the floor of the BDNY show in New York. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 14, 2016—Charley Knight, VP of Hospitality for Interface, and Kemp Harr discuss Interface's entry into the LVT category and the firm's core product message at the BDNY show in New York. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 9, 2016—Leah Ledoux, Director of Strategic Accounts at Starnet, and Kemp Harr talk about the early successes that Starnet is having with its pilot strategic account initiative. Listen to the interview to hear more about this, plus hear more about Starnet's growing number of A&D reps and its new member incentive program. This interview was taped at last weekend's Fall Starnet meeting in Nashville.
November 8, 2016—Harold Chapman, retiring CEO from Bonitz, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of Harold's career, his decision to retire and his focus moving forward. In addition to leading Bonitz, a major commercial flooring contractor based in the Carolinas, Harold has also served as Chairman of Starnet and the WFCA. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 7, 2016—Jeanne Matson, President and CEO of Starnet, and Kemp Harr discuss the growth rate of membership in 2016 and highlights for this fall's meeting held in Nashville last week. Listen to the interview to hear more details.
November 4, 2016—Scott Roy, President and CEO of Golford Johnson, and Kemp Harr discuss this year's integration of Gilford Flooring and Johnson Wholesale Floors into Gilford-Johnson Flooring and the two lifetime achievement awards given to Melinda McChesney and Dennis Cook, the two leaders who ran the individual companies for years and are now retiring. The awards were announced at the NAFCD meeting earlier this week in Chicago.
November 3, 2016—Torrey Jaeckle, VP with Jaeckle Distributing, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of this year's National Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) annual meeting held in Chicago. Listen to the interview to hear about business conditions within the membership and about a few of the awards given out this year.
October 31, 2016—Bobby Blake, Owner of Brunswick Floors, and Kemp Harr, discuss the impact of Hurricane Matthew on this retail flooring business. Listen to the interview to hear how this storm affected Bobby's three store retail flooring business based on the Atlantic coast in Brunswick, Georgia.