January 18, 2015 — Piet Dossche, owner of US Floors, and Kemp Harr, discuss US Floors' expanded patent protection for Coretec and the firm's decision to use Unilin and Valinge as a licensing agent for this expanded intellectual property. Listen to the interview for more on this as well as Coretec's debut in Europe at this year's Domotex Germany trade expo.
January 11, 2016—Eric Demaree, President of Carpet One Floor & Home, and Kemp Harr discuss the challenges that floorcovering retailers are facing today and solutions that Carpet One is developing to address them. Listen to the interview to hear more about competition, shift in mix, shift in buying habits and diversity of supply.
January 8, 2016—Trey Thames, VP Residential Marketing with Shaw, and Kemp Harr discuss a few of Shaw Industries' core introductions for 2016 and the success they are seeing at their regional shows which kicked off this week. Listen to the interview for more details on Shaw's residential focus for the coming year.
January 6, 2016—Shannon Vogel, Social Media Director with Creating Your Space, and Kemp Harr discuss which social media programs are best for floorcovering retailers. Listen to the interview to hear more about Shannon's recommendation and in particular how effective Houzz is as a social media option.
January 5, 2015—Bob Peoples, Executive Director with CARE, and Kemp Harr discuss CARE's accomplishments toward its goal of reducing the amount of post-consumer carpet that ends up in America's landfills. Listen to the interview to hear Bob talk about the highlights of their most recent report card.
December 28, 2015--Keith Campbell, Chairman of Mannington Mills, and Kemp Harr discuss Mannington's Centennial Celebration which starts tonight and runs throughout the coming year. Listen to the interview to hear Keith's perspective on this milestone achievement and what Mannington is doing to achieve success over the next 100 years.
December 23, 2015 — Amie Gilmore, Show Director of The International Surface Event, and Kemp Harr, discuss the upcoming show at The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Listen to the interview to hear about some of the layout and schedule changes to this year's show that runs from January 19th to 22nd.
December 22, 2015—Bob Shaw, CEO with Engineered Floors, and Kemp Harr discuss the strategy behind Engineered Floor's decision to acquire J+J Industries. Listen to the interview to hear more about the synergies and also hear Bob's growth outlook for 2016.
December 21, 2015—Tom Lape, President of Mohawk's Residential Business, and Kemp Harr discuss Mohawk's decision to return to the show floor at the Surfaces Expo in January. Listen to the interview to hear more about their unified presence plus a section at the end that summarizes the health of the different business sectors as we look back at the end of 2015.
December 18, 2015—Harvard Economist Kermit Baker and Kemp Harr discuss November's Architecture Billings Index and the Joint Center for Housing Studies' latest read on residential remodel activity for 2016. Listen to the interview to hear Kermit's optimistic outlook for the coming year.