Flooring Podcast

Economist John McDevitt Assesses the Economy - Part 1 (21:18)

October 20, 2007—John McDevitt, Former 3M Corporate Economist, in the first part of a two-part series assesses the economy discussing the housing sector and Treasury Paulson’s recent remarks related to the housing and credit markets and their impact on the economy. McDevitt talks about the housing slump and its past and future effects on the total economy, the National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index and the commercial building market. Also discusses is the recent Commerce Department’s August snafu when it reported a loss of 4,000 jobs only to have it revised to an increase of 110,000 jobs.

Simonson on the Internet – Part 5 (11:59)

October 19, 2007—John Simonson, President, Webstream Dynamics, in the final part of a five-pqart series talks about the growing impact of the internet as he offers recommendations to retailers about becoming involved with retail group and manufacturer’s web sites. Simonson discusses opportunities for retailers with local search options and also discusses his views on developments for the internet of the future.

Simonson on the Internet – Part 4 (10:18)

October 18, 2007—John Simonson, President, Webstream Dynamics, in the fourth part series talks about the growing impact of the internet Discussed factors the help and hinder website perform to organic keyword searches and the factors that are causing more manufactures and retailers rely on purchasing keywords. Also discussed are the changing challenges of selling products over the internet.

FloorExpo’s Dave Gheesling on The Scotty Foundation (6:12)

October 18, 2007—Dave Gheesling CEO, Floor Expo discusses the Scotty Foundation and its focus, which is supporting organizations that care for and cure children with cancer. Gheesling talks about the foundation’s upcoming charity golf tournament and raffle of a vintage 1925 Chevrolet Coupe. You can learn more at, thescotty.org, carecuredream.org and thescottyraffle.org.

Simonson on the Internet – Part 2 (13:08)

October 17, 2007—John Simonson, President, Webstream Dynamics, in the third part of a five part series talks about the growing impact of the internet Discusses corporate internet policies and how they are changing and factors that help in the marketing of websites, including banner advertising. Simonson also talks about the growing sophistication of industry web sites and their room visualizer tools.

Floor Focus’ Kemp Harr, the Week in the Flooring Industry (33:45)

October 17, 2007—Kemp Harr, Publisher of Floor Focus magazine looks back at the events of the past week in the industry discussing: Faus Group’s fall press event, the company’s expansion plans and its introduction of 17 SKUs; Sears’ move to test the sales of floor covering products in three Ohio stores; The Justice Department’s decision not to pursue PFOA action criminal action against DuPont; Flooring America’s launching of Shop at Home Service; The drop in yesterday’s National Home Builder’s housing market index and; JJJ Floor Coverings joining StarNet.

Simonson on the Internet – Part 2 (12:58)

October 16, 2007—John Simonson, President, Webstream Dynamics, in the second part of a five part series talks about the growing impact of the internet Simonson discusses is the technological advancement of the floor covering industry compared with other industries and the growing impact of the internet Simonson discusses the benefits of keeping up to date with activities on the internet and the growing challenge of getting discovered by search engines.

Simonson on the Internet – Part 1 (11:08)

October 15, 2007—John Simonson, President, Webstream Dynamics, in the first of a five part series talks about the growing impact of the internet and the largest changes that have taken place on the internet in recent years. Also discusses is doing business in an environment with an increasing number of web sites, video, flash and other options as well as consumers that are becoming more sophisticated and the what it takes to meet the needs of those consumers.

Show Director Dana Teague Previews Surfaces ‘08 - Part 2 (16:56)

October 13, 2007—Dana Teague, Show Director, Surfaces at Hanley-Wood and Paul Friederichsen, President, Brand Biz and member of the Surfaces Conference Advisory Council, in the final part of a two-part series, discuss the show, the new initiative aimed at attracting more architects and designers and other commercial attendees. Teague and Friederichsen also talk about the revamped conference program and the contribution made by the advisory council, coordinating seminars with show activities and the changes that have taken place at Surfaces over the past several years, the increased popularity of the down stairs exhibit area

Barker on the Market (34:53)

October 12, 2007—Mike Barker, Investment and Retirement Management discusses the ups and downs of the market yesterday the payroll and unemployment numbers issued last week and the reliability and the market’s reaction to the report. Barker also discusses the housing market and his view of that it will get worse before it gets better, increasing oil prices, the pending earnings report from Mohawk, the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting and yesteday’s retail sales numbers.