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.
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)
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)
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.
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).
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.
July 23, 2008—Vinnie Virga and Kemp Harr discuss the key highlights from this weeks Flooring America convention in Nashville, TN. Listen to the interview to hear how the membership is doing in this economy and what some are doing to grow despite the current slump on the residential side of the business.
July 17, 2008—Roger Farabee and Kemp Harr discuss the many facets of the Columbia brand relaunch. Listen to the interview for details around Columbia's fit in the marketplace and the market strategy for Mohawk's distributor line of hardwood products.
July 14, 2008—Wendy McIlguham and Kemp Harr discuss ArborCraft's recent design council initiative where the company brought in customers from around the the country for input on new product development. Listen to the interview to hear more about Arborcraft's brand and channel strategy and get an update on their current business situation.
July 11, 2008—Jennifer Holzinger and Kemp Harr discuss the latest changes at Dow--including their pending acquisition of Rohm and Haas and their Lomax technology which replaces fossil fuel with methane from a local landfill. Listen to the interview to hear more about Dow's focus on the flooring and synthetic turf business.