Flooring Podcast

WFCA, CEO Chris Davis on Surfaces & Creating Your Space

February 16, 2007—Chris Davis, CEO, World Floor Covering Association (WFCA), in a conversation recorded at Surfaces 2007, discusses the turnout and the mood of the show as well as reports he has gathered from the show’s exhibitors. Davis also offers an update on the association’s consumer-oriented Internet website, Creating Your Space, discussing the changes that have been made on the site in recent months and the response the site has garnered from WFCA members and other retailers.

TLR Consulting’s Tom Rennie on the Carpets at Surfaces

February 15, 2007—Tom Rennie, Principal, TLR Consulting, in a conversation recorded at Surfaces 2007, discusses this year’s show evaluating the turnout and the exhibitors focusing on the carpets companies taking part in the show and the new styles and colors launched at the show. Rennie also reviews some of the newest current trends in the soft surface sector and the latest developments in the carpet fiber.

Floor Focus Co-Publisher Frank O’Neill and the Week in the Flooring Industry

February 14, 2007—Floor Focus magazine Co-Publisher Frank O’Neill looks back at the week in the floor covering industry discussing: The launch of the Shaw Green Edge, an environmental initiative, within which the company declares its position as the industry leader in environmental stewardship and also the company’s launch of carpet tile into the main street market; The Home Depot buyout rumor and the company’s response and Home Depot’s new innovation and design venture Orange Works.

David Wilkerson, VP, Marketing, Shaw Hard Surface – Part 3

February 14, 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 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.

Tamara Christian on Coverings 2007 – Part 3

February 12, 2007—Tamara Christian, CEO, National Trade Productions, the producers of the ceramic tile and stone show Coverings 2007, in the final part of a three-part series talks about he expectations for attendance at the show, the activity on the part of many distributors to bring their retailer partners to the show.

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.