September 23, 2024—Sean Brennan, President of Kährs USA, and Kemp Harr discuss the Kährs' new domestic supply which expands the company’s hardwood flooring offering. Listen to the interview for more information.
September 20, 2024—Jon Youngberg and Scott Bertram, VP of Sales and Marketing-Installation Supplies and VP of Sales-Flooring, respectively with Tom Duffy, and Kemp Harr discuss the Tom Duffy Company’s annual Floorsight meeting held this week in Lake Tahoe. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 19, 2024—Geoff Gordon, executive director with Fuse Alliance, and Kemp Harr discuss feedback from suppliers at the group's recent fall board meeting on the outlook for growth in the commercial flooring market. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 16, 2024—John Anderson Lanier, Ray Anderson’s Grandson, and Kemp Harr discuss what the Ray Anderson Foundation is focused on to reduce climate change. Listen to the interview for more information.
September 11, 2024—Max Holland and Amie Foster, EVP and VP of Flooring, respectively, with the FEI Group, and Kemp Harr discuss market conditions and the highlights of group’s annual meeting held this year at the Gaylord National in Washington, D.C. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 10, 2024—Tom Sullivan and Jason Delves, chairman and CEO, respectively, of F9 Investments, and Kemp Harr discuss their plans to make Lumber Liquidators a successful retail flooring chain of 219 stores using the same strategy that made it successful in the beginning. Listen to the interview for more details. Tom Sullivan was the founder of Lumber Liquidators 30 years ago.
September 9, 2024—Kermit Baker, Chief Economist for the American Institute of Architecture, and Kemp Harr discuss Kermit's outlook for economic growth in both the commercial and residential building sectors and what effect the election is having on that growth. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 6, 2024—David Bender, Founder and CEO of Circular Polymers, and Kemp Harr discuss the status of the AB-863 California carpet recycling legislation as it heads to the Governor for signature. Listen to the interview to learn what’s in the bill, and what’s not in the bill.
September 5, 2024—Bruce Zwicker, a flooring industry consultant, and Kemp Harr discuss market conditions, the decision by LL Flooring to shut down the business and conjecture on who might be the primary beneficiary of LL’s departure from the business. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 30, 2024—Ashlie Butler, president of Bob’s Carpet and Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss this 17-store retail flooring business’ Labor Day Promotion plans and how the business is shifting its footprint after 55 years of business. Listen to the interview for more details.