November 5, 2025—Jana Roesch, sales director for the BDNY expo, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights for this annual boutique hospitality show taking place in New York this weekend. Listen to the interview to hear more about the highlights and the anticipated attendance.
November 4, 2025—Russ Rogg, President of HMTX’s contract and trade business and outgoing Chairman of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of group's fall meeting held last week in Arizona. Listen to the interview for more details including summaries of economic outlooks for the coming year.
November 3, 2025—Joe Semaan, president of Mohawk’s residential soft surface business, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and the success of the firm’s Black Label carpet collection. Listen to the interview for more details.
October 31, 2025—Mary Yocum, architectural manager for Schluter Systems in southern California, and Kemp Harr discuss Schluter’s message at the Tile Solutions Plus meeting in Phoenix. Listen to the interview for more information.
October 30, 2025—Rick Church, executive director of the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association, (CTDA), and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of this year’s Tile Solutions Plus (TSP) meeting in Phoenix Arizona. Listen to the interview for a quick summary of the meeting.
October 29, 2025—Steve Cloud, Chairman of Starnet and Co-owner of M. Frank Higgins, and Kemp Harr discuss Starnet’s Board initiatives for this year and the recent success he is having with his commercial flooring contracting business in Connecticut. Listen to the interview for more details.
October 28, 2025—Lara Rassette, VP and GM at Circadia Flooring (formerly Image Flooring), discusses her commercial flooring contracting business based in Kansas City and the benefit of being part of Starnet. Listen to the interview for more details.
October 25, 2025—Mark Bischoff, CEO of Starnet, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of this week’s Starnet meeting in Tucson, Arizona. Listen to the interview to hear more about business conditions and the outlook for continued growth.
October 22, 2025—Karen Sigrist, senior director of product and marketing with Stone Source, and Kemp Harr discuss her background as a product designer and the latest design trends in the tile business. Listen to the interview for more details.
October 21, 2015—Jean-Pierre Thabet and Pierre Thabet, CEO and Executive Chairman of Mirage, respectively, and Kemp Harr discuss the timing of passing the CEO role from father to son. Listen to the interview for more details.