June 24, 2008—Reesie Duncan and Kemp Harr discuss Shaw Contract's Neocon experience and their Silver award for Graphic Nature. Listen to the interview to hear more about their show traffic, their Essay of Clues collection, their EcoWorx broadloom backing and their design lab.
June 20, 2008—Kemp Harr and Allen Parker discuss the recent changes within Mohawk's contract division and the resulting unity within the organization. Listen to the interview to hear about their Neocon award and their new showroom space.
June 19, 2008—Kemp Harr and Melissa Noebes discuss Antron's redesigned Neocon Showroom, their Best of Neocon Silver award, their product changes for 2008, their record number of product placements and their recent EPP re-certification.
June 18, 2008—Kemp Harr and Natalie Jones, Vice-President of Marketing, discuss the highlights of Mannington's experience at Neocon. Listen to the interview to hear more about their Best of Neocon Silver award for the new Create resilient collection (designed with HOK-Chicago) and the new Adorn carpet collection designed in partnership with a young and creative designer from North Carolina.
June 17, 2008—Kemp Harr and Eric Wroldsen, VP of Marketing for The New Patcraft and Designeweave discuss the recent Neocon Show in Chicago where Patcraft and Designweave rolled out their branding changes to the design community. Listen to the interview to hear what motivated the merging of these two brands, their new brand promise and it's fit within the Shaw organization.
June 16, 2008—With Fortune Contract and Bentley Prince Street debuting their Freelay products at Neocon, the revolutionary backing/installation system is back in the news. Listen to Lew Migliore, Raiford McDonald and Kemp Harr explain how the new FreeLay system works and where it fits in the marketplace.
June 13, 2008—In an interview conducted right after NeoCon, Sharon Folliard and Kemp Harr discuss product design trends and the designer seminars from this annual commercial interior design show. Listen to the interview to hear more about the books that designers are reading and the techniques they are using in today's commercial interiors.
June 10, 2008—Mark Falanga and Kemp Harr discuss highlights of next weeks commercial interior furnishings show in Chicago. Listen to hear how to navigate this years show and find out what' worth seeing at the Neocon Show for 2008. In the interview Mark gives an update on hotel bookings which are one indication of how busy the show will be.
June 9, 2008—Juan Flores and Kemp Harr discuss the company's recent decision to service their retail accounts direct (without distributors). Listen to the interview to hear what motivated this decision. Also listen to Mr. Flores talk about the current state of the U.S. laminate market.
June 6, 2008—Werner Braun and Kemp Harr discuss CRI's efforts to minimize the share loss of carpet versus other flooring surfaces. Listen to the interview to hear more about CRI's "horror stories", the year end results of The Carpet America Recovery Effort and their new ANSI certification.