August 2, 2012— Neil Poland, President of Mullican Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss Mullican's business pace year to date, its outlook for the remainder of the year, and the strategy behind participating in the HGTV Urban Oasis promotion. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 1, 2012—Lindsay Pumpa, Lead Designer with Tui Lifestyle, and Kemp Harr discuss the interior design of the 2012 HGTV Urban Oasis Home in Miami. THis $900,000, 1700 square foot condo will be given away this year to a lucky winner. Listen to the interview to hear more about the overall theme and why she picked Mullican's Castillian Oak engineered hardwood for the flooring.
July 30, 2012—Svend Hovmand, Chairman Emeritus with Crossville, and Kemp Harr discuss why growth in the ceramic tile market is currently outpacing other flooring surfaces. Listen to the interview to hear Svend talk about why tile is a smart flooring option.
July 27, 2012—Dan Hendrix, Chairman and CEO of Interface, and Kemp Harr discuss the company's second quarter performance and the decision to sell Bentley Prince Street, which allows Interface to focus on its global modular carpet business. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 25, 2012—Anthony Minite, President of Bentley Prince Street, and Kemp Harr discuss today's announcement that Dominus Capital has agreed to buy Bentley Prince Street from Interface. Listen to the interview to hear Anthony give more details about this pending acquisition.
July 25, 2012—Tom Levi, Owner of Levi's 4 Floors in Central Ohio, and Kemp Harr discuss Tom's continued success as an independent specialty retailer. Listen to the interview to hear Tom talk about his advertising and product mix strategy that has allowed him to grow even in the current market conditions.
July 24, 2012—Jon Pierce, General Manager at Pierce Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss current business conditions for this mega specialty flooring retailer based in Montana. Listen to the interview to hear Jon talk about nylon carpet, economic conditions and social media.
July 18, 2012—David Wilkerson, Director of Corporate Sustainability with Shaw Industries, and Kemp Harr discuss the new Product Category Rules published this week by NSF and how they will be used to standardize the EPD (environmental product declarations) analysis so that end users and specifiers can compare one product with another.
July 16, 2012—Charlie Dilks, Chief Product Officer with CCA Global—the flooring industry's largest retail buying group, and Kemp Harr discuss many of the dynamics currently in play in the flooring business. Listen to the interview to hear more about market conditions, category shift and channel conflict.
July 13, 2012—Eric Demaree, President of Carpet One Floor and Home, and Kemp Harr talk about what is happening within that organization and the retail market in general. Listen to the interview recorded in Orlando at the Carpet One summer convention to hear more about the state of the market and ways in which retailers are distinguishing themselves from their competition.