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.
October 27, 2016—Michelle Finn, President of Hospitality Media Group, and Kemp Harr discuss the upcoming Boutique Design New York (BDNY) expo scheduled for November 13-14 at the Javits Center in New York. Finn was instrumental in creating the HD Expo in Las Vegas early in her career, but shifted her focus to this show in 2012. Listen to the interview to hear how she's working hard to reinvent the trade show experience and engage the key decision makers in four key areas: property owners, hotel brands, designers and suppliers.
October 26, 2016—Brandon Culpepper, VP of Specialty Sales with Mohawk Home, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of this week's High Point Furniture market. Listen to the interview to hear more about the tone of the market and about some of the channel issues that are being addressed in the market related to brick and mortar vs. e-tailing.
October 25, 2016—Chip Hartzog, President of Oerlikon's North America Division, and Kemp Harr, Publisher of Floor Focus Magazine, discuss Oerlikon's core message last week as an exhibitor at the FloorTek show in Dalton. Listen to the interview for more details.