Flooring Podcast

Tamara Christian on Coverings 2007 – Part 2

February 12, 2007—Tamara Christian, CEO, National Trade Productions, the producers of the ceramic tile and stone show Coverings 2007, in the secong part of a three-part series talks about the European flavor of the show, its size and how the show at McCormick Place will be different from the in prior years in Orlando and the commercial aspects of the show and the efforts that are underway on the part of NTP to attract the architect and design community to the show

Tamara Christian on Coverings 2007 – Part 1

February 12, 2007—Tamara Christian, CEO, National Trade Productions, the producers of the ceramic tile and stone show Coverings 2007, in the first part of a three-part series outlines the show, its owners and its history and the executive changes made at NTP within the last few months, the company’s growth plans for the future and the Coverings show’s move to McCormick Place in Chicago.

David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface – Part 1 (11:43)

February 11, 2007—David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface, in the first part of a four-part series, talks about the company’s efforts, growth in the hard surfaces arena, industry-wide expansion in the sector in recent years and the choices the company has made in hard surface. Wilkerson discusses the company’s conversion of a former yarn plant in South Pittsburg, Tennessee into an engineered hardwood flooring plant and the decision to convert the plant rather than acquire one.

David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface – Part 2 (12:02)

February 11, 2007—David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface in the second part of a four-part series, discusses the company’s new engineered hardwood flooring plant in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, the expansion possibilities at the plant and the hybrid, engineered product, Epic manufactured at the facility. Wilkerson also discusses the development of Epic, Envirocore.

David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface – Part 3 (14:01)

February 11, 2007—David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface in the third part of a four-part series, discusses the variety of products in the company’s new engineered, hardwood flooring product line Epic, the product’s installation properties, its pricing, the markets at which the products are aimed and the acceptance the product has received to date.

David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface – Part 4 (12:46)

February 11, 2007—David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface, in the final part of a four-part series discusses the company’s efforts in the laminate and ceramic sectors and the products introduced in each. Wilkerson shares his thoughts on the builder market, the long-term challenges to the hardwood sector, the problems related to Chinese hard surface imports, the current state of patent infringement activities in the industry and he also discusses the company’s goals in the hard surface sector.

Barker on a Barron’s Article on Mohawk (17:35)

February 4, 2007—Mike Barker, Investment and Retirement Management discusses an article that appeared in Saturday’s Barron’s entitled, “Roll Out the Green Carpet”, which has some very positive things to say about the company including some forecasts saying that Mohawk shares could hit as high as $120.

Bane-Clene Founder Bill Bane on Cleaning and Maintenance – Part 1 (16:06)

February 3, 2007—Bill Bane, Founder of cleaning and maintenance company Bane-Clene, in the first part of a four part series, marking the company’s 45th anniversary, discusses the launch of the company in 1962 and doing business in the early years. Bane estimates the numbers of customers his company and affiliates have serviced over the years, the company’s work in developing truck-mounted carpet cleaning equipment, the work the company does with carpet manufacturers and the development of the Bane-Clene referral network, which was the industry’s network of its kind.

Bane-Clene Founder Bill Bane on Cleaning and Maintenance – Part 2 (17:54)

February 3, 2007—Bill Bane, Founder of cleaning and maintenance company Bane-Clene, in the second part of a four part series, marking the company’s 45th anniversary, discusses how most carpet cleaning customers are obtained and his observations as to the decrease of carpet in a typical home and how this has effected cleaning operators nationwide. Bane compares the residential and the commercial sectors and shares his observations on the quality of installation in the marketplace and his views as to the conventional wisdom as to why consumers are deselecting carpet.

Bane-Clene Founder Bill Bane on Cleaning and Maintenance – Part 3 (19:32)

February 3, 2007—Bill Bane, Founder of cleaning and maintenance company Bane-Clene, in the third part of a four-part series marking the company’s 45th anniversary, discusses consumer deselection of carpet and the resulting cleaning industry retaliation. Bane discusses bait and switch operators in the cleaning business and the disservice this approach has on the maintenance, retail and manufacturing sectors of the industry and actions that can be taken to reduce the ocurrance of this practice. Bane shares his thoughts on why carpet has continued to lose marketshare, the volume and nature of complaints Bane-Clene and other company’s receive on their web sites.