August 21, 2006—Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Troubleshooter and president of LGM & Associates, discusses the ever-changing relationship between retailers and floor covering retailers in the arena of claims and claims resolution.
August 20, 2006—Steve Mone, president, Kaindl Flooring USA and Sonna Calandrino, publisher, Fabulous Floors magazine, in the first part of a four-part series, discuss the findings from a recent Fabulous Floors/FloorRadio consumer focus group. Mone and Calandrino talk about the timing for the focus group, how consumers view the laminate category and the motivating factors behind consumer choices and the features consumers most often seek in floor coverings.
August 17, 2006—Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management, discusses the recent meeting of the Federal Reserve, when for the first time in two years, rates were not raised, talking about the market’s reaction to the move and his thought on what may be ahead. Barker discusses some of the action that have taken place historically in similar occurrences, he looks at the price of crude which, as he had forecast, has dropped about $7 a barrel from its high last month. He also looks at the housing market and housing related stocks and second quarter earnings
August 16, 2006—Lew Migliore, Benny Wood and Sim Crisler, in the first part of a three-part series, discuss LGM & Associates, Technical Flooring Services, a recently formed consulting, trouble-shooting partnership, which offers complaints resolution, on-site inspections, as well as installation and product selection consultation across all floor covering categories. The trio discuss the partnership, its focus, the partners and the various industry groups it serves.
August 16, 2006—Lew Migliore, Benny Wood and Sim Crisler, in the second part of a three-part series, discusses LGM & Associates, Technical Flooring Services, a recently formed consulting and trouble-shooting partnership, the groups that the partnership serves, including the legal community, the problem areas, which the group is most often called out to investigate and working with end users prior to the purchasing to reduce the errors.
August 16, 2006—Lew Migliore, Benny Wood and Sim Crisler, discuss LGM & Associates, Technical Flooring Services, a recently formed consulting and trouble-shooting partnership, in the final part of a three-part series, discuss some of the recurring problems that they have seen in industry installations, the procedures they use to solve some of these problems and the educational services that the partnership offers.
August 15, 2006—Frank O’Neill, Co-Publisher, Floor Focus magazine discusses: Home Depot’s second quarter earnings and the company’s plans for the second half of the year; Shaw’s move to offer and activate company credit cards online; Shaw’s trucking fleet; Comments about global competitiveness made by Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Fabrica co-founder Al Frink .
August 15, 2006—Dan Hendrix, President and CEO, Interface, in the final part of a two-part series, discusses growth in the modular sector and his expectations for its evolution and growth in the future. Hendrix talks about the company's top line growth during the second quarter and it’s turnaround plan that set the stage for the performance during the quarter. He also discusses Bentley Prince Street, the company’s broadloom unit, its fabrics division and growth in the company’s divisions in Asia and Europe.
August 14, 2006—Dan Hendrix, president and CEO, Interface, Inc., in the first part of a two-part series, discusses industry-wide activity within the commercial market during the second quarter, and specifically activity within the modular sector. Hendrix talks about the corporate sector, the market expansion of modular into the healthcare, educational, retail and other markets and the rationale behind the expansion, as well as the company’s performance during the quarter.
August 14, 2006—Lew Migliore, the industry’s troubleshooter, president, LGM & Associates, Technical Flooring Services, talks about a problem he was called out on in the field, where the ceramic tile “tented.” Migliore discusses the problem, its cause and how it was ultimately solved.