July 7, 2016—Paul Cleary, the newly appointed CEO of Lexmark Carpet Mills, and Kemp Harr, discuss Paul's focus as the new leader of Lexmark. Listen to the interview to hear more about Lexmark's focus in the market and what sets them apart from their competition. Most of Lexmark's business is focused in the commercial hospitality sector but they are growing their residential presence as well.
June 30, 2016—Kermit Baker, a Harvard Economist, and Kemp Harr discuss the health of the May Architectural Billing Index as well as the strength of the housing market overall. Listen to the interview to hear Kermit's positive outlook for the U.S. economy based on the strength of construction activity in both the commercial sector and the housing sector.
June 29, 2016—Jackie Dettmar, VP of product development and design for the Mohawk Group, and Kemp Harr discuss the firm's new showroom, product highlights, and their NeoCon show experience. Listen to the interview to get Jackie's take on this year's NeoCon.
June 28, 2016—Jeff Collum, President of Shannon Specialty Floors, and Kemp Harr discuss the firm's new partnership with Spartan Surfaces. Listen to the interview to hear more about Jeff's background, about Shannon and about the strategy for this new alliance.
June 27, 2016—Brenda Knowles, VP of Marketing for Shaw's commercial business, and Kemp Harr discuss Friday's groundbreaking on Shaw Industry's Create Center in Cartersville, Georgia. This $24 million facility was designed by Gensler and will be built by EMJ construction company. The three story glass structure will be the new home for Shaw's commercial marketing and design teams. It is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2017.
June 23, 2016—Jim McCallum, President of Milliken's Flooring Business, and Kemp Harr discuss Lapidus, which won the top modular carpet award at NeoCon 2016. Listen to the interview to hear more about this product, about the growth of the firm's LVT business and Jim's outlook in the commercial sector for the rest of the year.
June 23, 2016—Dan Pelton, the newly appointed CEO of W.F. Taylor, and Kemp Harr discuss Taylor's decision to move its headquarters from Fontana, California to Dalton, Georgia and the firm's strategy moving forward. Listen to the interview to hear more about Dan and Taylor's plans for future growth.
June 21, 2016—John Stephens, VP of Marketing for Shaw Contract, and Kemp Harr discuss his brand's NeoCon awards and the overall traffic and experience at NeoCon 2016. Listen to the interview to hear more about the show and about Modern Edit, Configure and Extraordinary.
June 20, 2016—Joe Parry, VP of Marketing with Universal Fibers, and Kemp Harr discuss Universal Fibers' new Thrive fiber that won a Gold best of NeoCon award. Listen to the interview to hear more about this nylon 6,6 fiber with a high level of recycled content and also hear about how the Chicago office of Gensler has created an award winning NeoCon booth for three years in a row.
June 17, 2016—Todd van der Kruik and Sherry Dreger, VP Design and VP Marketing (respectively), and Kemp Harr discuss Bentley Mills' (Los)t Angeles theme, recent growth, continued investment and new product introductions. Listen to the interview which was recorded at NeoCon 2016.