July 24, 2005—Larry Winter, Winter & Harris CPAs, discusses the tax problems that many retailers and small business people are confronted with when they conduct business in other states, and how best to deal with these problems.
July 21, 2005—Excerpts of Mohawk Industries 2ndt quarter earnings conference call, featuring an opening statement from Mohawk Chairman & CEO, Jeff Lorberbaum followed by a question and answer period with answers provided by Lorberbaum and CFO, Frank Boykin.
July 21, 2005—The financial report segment of the Mohawk Industries 2nd quarter earnings conference call delivered by Frank Boykin.
July 21, 2005—Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management looks at Mohawk’s 2nd quarter earnings, the market’s reaction to the China currency revaluation and what that means to the floor covering industry and also the market’s reaction to the second London bombing yesterday.
July 20, 2005—Santo Torcivia, Market Insights/Torcivia and publisher of US FLOOReport, in the first part of this two-part series, discusses the forecasts of floor covering industry growth over the next five years, as represented in US FLOOReport. Torcivia also looks at the Mohawk’s acquisition of Unilin, the branding and distribution options that this purchase offers along with the long and short-term effects this acquisition will have on the market, pricing and technological advances of the future.
July 19, 2005—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus magazine discusses: the coming together of the CRI, RCFI and Mannington chairman Keith Campbell to help kill the New Jersey legislature’s attempt to tax floor covering installation; The launch of Mannington’s Virtual Decorator; US FLOOReport’s flooring sales expectations for the next 5 years; Interface’s expanding EPP offerings; The addition of furniture to Big Bob’s Flooring Outlets; and Pharr Yarns' new fiber plant.
July 18, 2005—From Honeywell Nylon, Tim Blount, Manager of Commercial Marketing Products and LaShon McGinnis, Advertising and Merchandising Coordinator discuss the company’s history in the area of sustainability, the launch of the company’s Enviro6ix nylon program - with certified recycled content - which won a Gold, Best of NeoCon award in and the details and logistics of the program. Blount and McGinnis also compare the environmental aspects of nylon 6 to nylon 6,6 and the evolving attitudes toward sustainability in the A&D community.
July 17, 2005—Werner Braun, President, Carpet and Rug Institute discusses the combined floor covering industry action that helped kill a provision in a New Jersey bill that would have taxed flooring intallations in that state. Braun also discusses a recent industry forum on NASA-based x-ray florescence technology sponsored by the association and the CRI’s extraction carpet cleaning testing program and the factors under consideration in the finalization of that program.
July 17, 2005—Larry Winter, Winter & Harris CPA's reviews the factors retailers should know when contemplating an the addition of new location. Winter discusses some of the steps retailers should be aware prior to and during an expansion and knowing when expansion is the right move.
July 14, 2005—Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management, looks at the market’s reaction to the London terrorist attacks, the state of the market today, the real importance to the S&P 500 reaching a four-year high, recent economic news and how Wall Street views it, the latest on oil prices and how they have affected the market and why the upcoming earnings reports are more meaningful than usual.