August 16, 2023—David Rosenwasser, President of Redi Carpet, and Kemp Harr discuss HD Supply’s recent acquisition of Redi Carpet and what impact that business decision will have on the largest multifamily flooring dealer in the U.S. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 14, 2023—Keith Hughes, managing director with Trust, and Kemp Harr discuss the outlook for growth in the flooring business by segment. Listen to the interview for more details. Keith is a securities analyst focused on the flooring and home furnishings markets.
August 10, 2023—Bruce Zwicker, a floorcovering industry consultant, and Kemp Harr discuss recent earnings reports from publicly traded flooring companies and a few other news items in the flooring industry. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 7, 2023—Paul Stringer, retiring president of Somerset hardwood flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of Paul’s 37-year career focused on the hardwood flooring business. Listen to the interview for more details and learn what Paul plans to do next.
August 2, 2023—Matthieu Dekens, president of I4F USA, and Kemp Harr discuss last week’s Domotex Asia show in Shanghai and the new technology that I4F presented at the show. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 1, 2023—Jim McCallum, President of Milliken’s Flooring Business, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of Jim’s 33 years in the Flooring business as prepares to retire in early September. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 31, 2023—Bob Noe, President and founder of Pacific Solutions, and Kemp Harr discuss Cyncly’s acquisition of Pacific Solutions, an ERP software provider focused on the Commercial and Multifamiy sectors of the flooring business. Listen to the interview to learn more about Cyncly and Pacific Solutions. Cyncly, owned by PE Firm T.A. Associates, was formed with the merger of Compusoft and 2020 and the firm acquired RFMS just over a year ago.
July 28, 2023—John Gilbert, President of Carpet One, and Kemp Harr discuss highlights of the co-op's regional meetings being held this summer, current sales trends and the ongoing roll out of Retail 2.0. Listen to the interview for more details.
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July 27, 2023—John McGill, SVP of Sales and Customer Service for Xpress Global Systems (XGS), and Kemp Harr discuss the current state of domestic floorcovering supply chain - post covid, the Yellow Freight Lines pending bankruptcy and XGS integration of the Delta Distribution acquisition. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 26, 2023—Josh McGrane, managing partner with ONIT Worldwide, and Kemp Harr discuss ONIT’s partnership with 4Ocean to remove 1 pound of plastic waste from the nation’s waterways for every 100 feet of True Touch branded flooring sold. ONIT is a family owned supplier of hard surface flooring based in New Smyrna Beach that sells hardwood, laminate and LVT through distribution. Listen to the interview for more details.