January 26, 2010—Laurie Lyza, Director of Marketing for Crossville Tile and Kemp Harr discuss the 2010 Vision Design Award. Listen to the interview to hear more about new contest designed to provide recognition to architects and interior designers for their creative integration of flooring and overall design. For more specific details or to enter go to www.floorfocus.com/designaward
January 25, 2010—David Elyachar and Scott Perron discuss the highlights of their 17th Annual Convention. Listen to the interview to hear about how this year's convention focused on selling to women and also what their outlook is for 2010.
January 22, 2010—Dana Teague, Show Director for Surfaces Expo, and Kemp Harr discuss the anticipated attendance and a few of the new enhancements attendees will see at this years show. Listen to the interview to hear more about this and about what motivated the show to move to the Mandalay Bay next year.
January 20, 2010—Jim Dion, President of Dionco, an expert in consumer buying habits, and Kemp Harr discuss the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts and what effect, if any, that election might have on consumer confidence. Listen to the interview to hear Jim's thoughts on what 2010 will look like at retail.
January 19, 2010—Nicklas Hakansson, R&D Manager with Valinge, and Kemp Harr discuss Valinge's new paperless laminate flooring system (Wood Power) that they will be launching at Surfaces this year. Listen to the interview from Domotex where Nicklas talks about the development and advantages vs. traditional laminate. Valinge spent two years and 20 million Euro developing this product.
January 18, 2010—Susanne Klaproth, Director of Domotex Germany, the largest international flooring show in the world, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of the show from Hannover, Germany. Listen to the interview to hear more about how the economy has affected this show and details about what the show has done to make the exhibitors and attendees get more from their visit here.
January 15, 2010—Jim Garner, one of the owners of Sergenian's Floor Coverings in Madison, Wis., and Kemp Harr, discuss Sergenian's sustainability story and the factors that contributed to the company being selected as Mohawk's Greenworks Dealer of the Year. Listen to the interview to find out how Sergenian's has met its promise, since 2007, to keep every scrap of old carpet out of the landfill, as well as other initiatives related to energy savings.
January 14, 2010—Howard Brodsky, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of CCA Global, and Kemp Harr review the highlights of CCA Glabal's 25 years of Success. Listen to the interview to hear Howard talk about how the business has changed, the challenges retailers face today and his outlook for the near future.
January 13, 2010—Nia Evans, Flooring Marketing Manager for GE Money, and Kemp Harr discuss how the new CARD act of 2009 (which goes into effect next month) will alter the way flooring retailers can offer their consumers credit. Listen to the interview to learn that retailers can no longer offer 6 month or "no pays" credit promotions to consumers.
January 12, 2010—Eric Demaree, President of Carpet One, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of last weeks Winter Convention in Washington D.C. Listen to the interview to hear the details about Carpet One's new offense strategy, how they plan to beat out their competition and their expectations for 2010.