Flooring Podcast

Hosko, Giancola and Howerton Discuss the Multifamily Sector – Part 2 (16:20)

May 31, 2006—From the multifamily sector of the housing industry, in the second part of a five part series, floor covering contractors, Jerry Hosko, President, Redi Carpets of Houston, with locations throughout the country and Rick Giancola, owner St. Louis-based United Carpets, both members of the MultiFamily Solutions unit of FloorExpo and Graham Howerton, Vice President of the MultiFamily Solutions discuss the nature of the sector, its relationship to economic cycles and the logistics of dealing with very large numbersof installations.

Hosko, Giancola and Howerton Discuss the Multifamily Sector – Part 3 (13:46)

May 31, 2006—From the multifamily sector of the housing industry, in the third part of a five part series, floor covering contractors, Jerry Hosko, President, Redi Carpets of Houston, with locations throughout the country and Rick Giancola, owner St. Louis-based United Carpets, both members of the MultiFamily Solutions unit of FloorExpo and Graham Howerton, Vice President of the MultiFamily Solutions discuss the role of technology in their operations, dealing with price increases and working with the very large player in the multifamily arena.

Hosko, Giancola and Howerton Discuss the Multifamily Sector – Part 4 (13:16)

May 31, 2006—From the multifamily sector of the housing industry, in the fourth part of a five part series, floor covering contractors, Jerry Hosko, President, Redi Carpets of Houston, with locations throughout the country and Rick Giancola, owner St. Louis-based United Carpets, both members of the MultiFamily Solutions unit of FloorExpo and Graham Howerton, Vice President of the MultiFamily Solutions discuss their views on the future of the sector, their major customers, and the competition and suppliers in the sector.

Hosko, Giancola and Howerton Discuss the Multifamily Sector – Part 5 (15:29)

May 31, 2006—From the multifamily sector of the housing industry, in the final part of a five part series, floor covering contractors, Jerry Hosko, President, Redi Carpets of Houston, with locations throughout the country and Rick Giancola, owner St. Louis-based United Carpets, both members of the MultiFamily Solutions unit of FloorExpo and Graham Howerton, Vice President of the MultiFamily Solutions discuss supplier participation in the sector and rational for joining MultiFamily Solutions and the advantages of membership.

Rohit Bhargava, Ogilvy Public Relations, Blogs and Corporate Communications – Part 3 (10:32)

May 31, 2006—Rohit Bhargava, VP, Interactive Marketing, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and host of the blog, Influential Interactive Marketing, in the third part of a four part series, discusses raising corporate visibility with blogs, the number of corporations large and small that use blogs in their total communication efforts and some typical corporate rules relating to both company and employee blogs.

Rohit Bhargava, Ogilvy Public Relations, Blogs and Corporate Communications – Part 4 (11:32)

May 31, 2006—Rohit Bhargava, VP, Interactive Marketing, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and host of the blog, Influential Interactive Marketing, in the final part of a four part series, discusses blogging, blogs and search engines and building traffic on blogs, dealing with feedback and gauging the corporate benefits of blogging.

Hosko, Giancola and Howerton Discuss the Multifamily Sector - Part 1 (16:27)

May 30, 2006—From the multifamily sector of the housing industry, in the first of a five part series, floor covering contractors, Jerry Hosko, president, Redi Carpets of Houston, with locations throughout the country and Rick Giancola, owner St. Louis-based United Carpets, both members of the MultiFamily Solutions unit of FloorExpo and Graham Howerton, vice president of the MultiFamily Solutions discuss their operations and the sector in last year and this year and the uniquenesses of the sector.

Rohit Bhargava, Ogilvy Public Relations, Blogs and Corporate Communications – Part 1

May 29, 2006—Rohit Bhargava, VP, Interactive Marketing, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and host of the blog Influential Interactive Marketing, in the first part of a three-part series, discusses blogging, and how blogs work as he offers some examples of the most popular blogs on the internet. Bhargava talks about where blogs fit in the corporate world discussing some of the more successful corporate blogs and the primary function served by marketing-oriented blogs.

Phil Gutierrez & Steve Silverman of Abbey Carpet – Part 3

May 25, 2006—From Abbey Carpet, in the final part of a three part series, Phil Gutierrez, chairman & CEO and Steve Silverman, president & COO discuss trading-up and satisfying the demands consumers have for more distinctive products and the broadening use on hardwood and ceramic in today’s homes. Gutierrez and Silverman discuss competition, dealing with a more informed consumer, the company’s approach toward technology and dealing with suppliers in 2006.

Bob Peoples on the Progess of CARE in 2005 - Part 5

May 25, 2006—Bob Peoples, Executive Director, Carpet America Recovery Effort, (CARE) and Director, Sustainability, CRI, in the final part of a five-part series talks about retail organizations that have become involved in the Care Program, and he offers tips on how retailers, large and small can get involved in and learn more about the CARE program and play a role in diverting post-consumer carpet from landfills. Peoples also talks about Champion Polymer, the company that received CARE’s Recycler of the Year award and Ron Greitzer, CEO, Los Angeles Fiber Co. who was named the CARE person of the year.