May 21, 2012—Barbara Marcy, Director of Product Design for Durkan Hospitality, and Kemp Harr discuss current design trends from this marketshare leader and Mohawk's new investments in tufted print carpet technology.
May 18, 2012—Lindsey Waldrep, VP of Marketing with Crossville, and Kemp Harr discuss Crossville's presence at the Hospitality Design expo and its new exclusive partnership to distribute large format thin tile manufactured by Laminam (System Ceramics) out of Italy. Listen to the interview to hear Lindsey's perception of the show and the Laminam fit in Crossville'l overall plan.
May 17, 2012—Sam Barry, Director of Marketing with Shaw Hospitality, and Kemp Harr discuss Shaw's focus this year on natural looking dyes and rugs over hardwood in addition to their normal tufted and printed pattern program. Listen to the interview to hear where the business is moving and what Shaw is doing to react.
May 16, 2012—Anthony Minite, President of Bentley Prince Street, and Kemp Harr discuss Bentley's fit in the hospitality market and their wide range of products targeted for that market. Listen to the interview to hear Anthony talk about the investments the company has made to be able to offer competitively priced products for this market. Bentley Prince Street offers broadloom, modular, tufted, woven carpets plus area rugs for this market.
May 11, 2012—Three A&D Professionals from Wight & Company and Kemp Harr discuss the Naperville High School project that won the Vision's 2012 Grand prize award. Listen to the interview to hear about Wight & Company, which has a focus on the design of education facilities.
May 5, 2012—Kurt Zanelotti, Owner of contract Carpet Systems in Beltsville, Maryland, and Kemp Harr discuss the favorable changes to Maryland's Workplace Fraud Act which makes it easier to use sub-contractor installers and still be in compliance with Maryland state law. Listen to the interview to hear who helped fund the lobbying efforts to get this law changed. Also learn why the state legislators had singled out the floorcovering companies as their target when the law was first written.
May 8, 2012—Lee Blair, SVP of Sales for Durkan Hospitality, and Kemp Harr discuss next week's Hospitality Design show which starts one week from today in Las Vegas. Listen to the interview to hear more about the state of the hospitality market, who attends the show and about Durkan's message at the show.
May 4, 2012—Jack Thomasson, Builder and Project Manager for HGTV and Kemp Harr discuss the 2012 HGTV Green Home just outside of metro Atlanta in Palmetto, GA. Listen to the interview to hear about the Shaw Industries' hardwood, tile and rugs used in this project. Also learn specifics about how this home earns its "green" rating. For photos of the home and the event go to Floordaily.net Recent Industry Events.
May 3, 2012—Jim Walters, Chairman of the Board for WFCA and Partner with Macco's Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss the recent National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) meeting in Tucson and this week's WFCA board meeting. Listen to the interview to hear Jim talk about the WFCA's key initiatives and the search process for finding a new president and CEO. Jim also discusses the recent uptick in business with his flooring retail stores operation in Wisconsin.
May 2, 2012—Brendan McSheehy, Vice-Chair with the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of CARE's annual meeting held last week in San Diego. Listen to the interview to hear more details of CARE's annual report and their timing on replacing their Executive Director, Georgina Sikorski, who is retiring soon.