Flooring Podcast

Dunn & Elyachar on the Alliance, Big Bob’s Partnership – Part 2 (17:23)

October 26, 2006—Ron Dunn, Co-President and CEO of Alliance Flooring and David Elyachar, President of Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet, in the second part of a three part series, discuss the agreement between these two organizations that will see Big Bob’s incorporate Color Tile Outlets within their locations, adding hard surface products to the company’s soft surface product offerings. In this segment Dunn and Elyachar discuss the market segment served by Big Bob’s retailers, why the cash and carry concept has worked so well for the chain in the soft surface sector, the form Color Tile Outlets will take in the existing Big Bob’s Outlet stores and the hard surface products that will be offered through the new outlets.

Dunn & Elyachar on the Alliance, Big Bob’s Partnership – Part 1 (11:29)

October 25, 2006—Ron Dunn, co-president and CEO of Alliance Flooring and David Elyachar, president of Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet, in the first part of a three part series discuss the agreement between these two organizations that will see Big Bob’s incorporate Color Tile Outlets within their locations, adding hard surface products to the company’s soft surface offerings. In this segment Dunn and Elyachar discuss their two groups and the roots of this partnership.

Bruce Weber, President, the American Home Surfaces Group- Part 3 (33:22)

October 25, 2006—Bruce Weber, president, the American Home Surfaces Group, in the final part of a three-part series discusses this diverse group of retailers and its recent annual conference, held at the Biltmore Estates, in Asheville, North Carolina. Weber talks about the group's annual conference, its focus on baby boomers, the new programs rolled out at the event and the groups approach to the internet.

Faus Group President Juan Flores and the New U.S. Facility Part 4 (3:34)

October 24, 2006—Juan Flores, President, Faus Group, in the final segment of a four-part series, discusses the company’s new manufacturing facility in Calhoun, Georgia and its recent grand opening. Flores talks about the new products that have just been introduced, the company’s presence at Surfaces 2007 and the new products it will be launched at the show, the company’s new distribution network and new web site and his expectations for 2006 and 2007.

Frank O' Neiil of Floor Focus Magazine Discusses Industry Events of the Week

October 24, 2006—Frank O'Neill, Co-Publisher Floor Focus Magazine discusses: The grand opening of AquaFil USA's yarn extrusion facility in Cartersville, Georgia; Alliance Flooring's partnership with Big Bob's Flooring Outlet; Cover-All's workers' compensation case in California; The arson arrest in the Anderson Hardwood fire; Mohawk's new recycling efforts, which produces reusable carpet cores from waste plastic material and the slowdown in the furniture industry.

Bruce Weber, President, the American Home Surfaces Group- Part 2 (11:14)

October 24, 2006—Bruce Weber, President, the American Home Surfaces Group, in the second part of a three-part series discusses this diverse group of retailers and its recent annual conference at the Biltmore Estates, in Asheville, North Carolina. Weber talks about competition in the retail sector, threats to AHCG members, anticipate growth of the group and the program at the group's annual conference.

Bruce Weber, President, the American Home Surfaces Group- Part 1 (13:52)

October 23, 2006—Bruce Weber, President, the American Home Surfaces Group, discusses this diverse group of retailers and its recent annual conference at the Biltmore Estates, in Asheville, North Carolina. Weber talks about the size of the group, its history and its focus, the growth it has experienced in the last few years and the company's plans for 2007. Weber discusses the services the group offers to its members and he assesses the current retail floor covering market.

Faus Group President Juan Flores and the Company’s New U.S. Facility – Part 3 (12:31)

October 22, 2006—Juan Flores, President, Faus Group, in the third part of a four-part series, discusses the company’s new manufacturing facility in Calhoun, Georgia and its recent grand opening. In this segment Flores dicusses the two new patent-pending technologies recently launched by Faus, UltraClarity and DualFinish and the company’s philosophy toward intellectual property, how the strategy impacts the company’s marketing strategy and the new products the company launched this month.

Chris Davis & Mike Vogel Discuss wfca.org and Creating Your Space – Part 5 (15:27)

October 20, 2006—Chris Davis, the CEO of the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) and Mike Vogel, President & CEO, Bridgeway Media Group and Creating Your Space, in the final part of a five-part series, talk about wfca.org, the association’s new consumer-oriented web site. In this segment Davis and Vogel discuss driving traffic to the site, the association’s promotion efforts, how the site wile fare on search engines and their ultimate plans for the site.

Barker on the Market (25:26)

October 19, 2006—Mike Barker, Investment and Retirement management, discusses the importance of the Dow breaking the 12,000 barrier yesterday and how many investors view the news. He talks about the meeting of the Fed next week discussing the market’s expectations for the meeting, and his expectations as to what the Fed may do with interest rates early next year and what such a move would say about the state of the overall economy. Also discussed is an OPEC decision to curtail oil production and what that could mean for the floor covering industry and the up coming earnings season.