Flooring Podcast

LaShon McGinnis and Heather Yamada on Shaw's New Retail Showroom Design

August 29, 2008—LaShon McGinnis and Heather Yamada discuss Shaw's New Design Center Shawroom Layout. This week in Dalton, Shaw Industries rolled out the latest revision to their Shaw Design Center Showroom to 20 prospective dealers. Listen to the interview to hear the details about changes Shaw has made to simplify and optimize the consumer shopping experience. (See showroom photos under the Recent Industry Events section of FloorDaily.net.)

Dan Frierson, Chairman and CEO of The Dixie Group, on the economy and stock repurchase

August 27, 2008—Dan Frierson talks about the economy and Dixie's decision to repurchase stock. Listen to the interview to learn more about Dixie's strategy given the current economic situation.  (9 minutes)

Garth Gaffney, Centiva's Technical Director discusses recent FloorScore certification

August 26, 2008—Garth Gaffney and Kemp Harr discuss the major changes Centiva has made recently to their products, processes and recycling programs to become more of a leader with their sustainability initiatives.  Listen to the interview to hear more details around the investments Centiva is making in this area.

Mark Arbogast, VP of Sales, Bentley Prince Street on Sales Force Changes

August 20, 2008—Mark Arbogast and Kemp Harr discuss the details around Bentley Prince Street's new sales force structure.  Listen to the interview to hear Mark talk about current market conditions and BPS's strategy for gaining market share.

Santo Torcivia, Market Insights on the Newly Released 2009 U.S. FlooReport

August 15, 2008—Santo Torcivia and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of the 2009 U.S. FlooReport market analysis which has just been released.  Listen to the interview to hear a few of highlights and why most of the clients for this report purchase it year over year.

John Baugh, Managing Director for Stifel Nicolaus

August 13, 2008—John Baugh, who has closely followed the publicly traded flooring companies for most of his career, and Kemp Harr discuss the recently reported Second Quarter results Listen to the interview to hear John tell our listeners where he thinks we are relative to other economic declines and when he thinks market conditions will improve. (15 minutes)

Hector Narvaez, Executive VP, Sales & Marketing, American Marazzi on USA Expansion

August 6, 2008—Hector Narvaez and Kemp Harr discuss Marazzi's decision to aggressively expand their manufacturing capacity here in the U.S. Listen to the interview to hear Marazzi's overall strategy for the U.S. market and for the global markets. This interview also contains the latest market revenue information for the U.S. (Marazzi is the largest producer of ceramic/porcelain tile in the world with 21 factories - 14 min)

Denis Darragh, GM of No America & Asia, Forbo on Bonar Acquisition

July 31, 2008—Denis Darragh and Kemp Harr discuss the strategy behind Forbo's acquisition of Bonar Floors. Listen to the interview to learn more about how these two companies will fit together to serve their customers in the future.

Steve Griffith and Gary Johnston at Invista Discuss New Stainmaster Stain Protection

July 28, 2008—Steve Griffith, Gary Johnston and Kemp Harr discuss the details and motivation behind Invista's reformulation of their Stainmaster stain protection.  This Lotus FX fiber treatment is being promoted as 30% cleaner and lasting 50% longer than other carpet fibers.  Listen to the interview for more details and for specific information about Stainmaster's beefed up consumer advertising campaign for August and September (12 min).

Eric Demaree, President Carpet One Floor and Home

July 24, 2008—Eric Demaree and Kemp Harr discuss Carpet One Floor & Homes summer convention and how Carpet One members are doing in the current economy. Listen to the interview to hear a quick summary of the changes Eric is making at Carpet One as he takes the helm position.