April 27, 2004—Tai Ping Americas’ President Bill Palmer and VP, Design & Product Development Don Marlowe discuss the history of this Asian-based producer of axminster carpet and hand tufted rugs and the company’s growing base within a variety of U.S. market segments. Palmer and Marlowe discuss the company's extensive design capabilities, its focus on installation and it expectations for growth in both the commercial and residential sectors.
April 27, 2004—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus magazine and Dave Foster Host, Floor Radio discuss: The economy and March housing numbers; Simulated samples in the commercial carpet arena; Mohawk’s 1st quarter results; InterfaceFLOR's launch of 14 new product lines and; Bernhardt Furniture’s launch of 67 new SKUs in their the Martha Stewart line.
April 26, 2004—Excerpts from Mohawk Industries 1st quarter conference call featuring opening remarks by Mohawk President and CEO Jeff Lorberbaum as wel as parts of the question and answer session featuring answers from Lorberbaum and CFO John Swift.
April 26, 2004—The conclusion of Mohawk Industries 1st quarter conference call featuring the latter part of the question and answer session with questions answered by Mohawk President & CEO, Jeff Lorberbaum and CFO, John Swift.
April 26, 2004—Larry Winter, Winter & Harris CPAs and FloorRadio regular discusses shifting ethics in the business community in the post Enron era, how these changes have effected small and mid-sized businesses and looking inside your company for it’s ethics quotient.
April 23, 2004—John Swift, Mohawk CFO, presenting the company’s financial report from the company’s 1st quarter conference call.
April 22, 2004—Pam Bowe, Principle, The Bowe Company and Jim Creamer, StarNet member and CEO, Potomac Floor Covering provide a progress report on StarNet’s move in recent years to embrace emerging technologies including the adoption of the industry-wide B2B initiative. Also discussed are the results of a survey to assess StarNet members technology quotient and the upcoming StarNet spring meeting on technology.
April 21, 2004—From the Carpet & Rug Institute, Frank Hurd COO & Dir. of Governmental Affairs and Bob Peoples, Dir. of Sustainability and also the Exec. Dir. of CARE, the Carpet America Recovery Effort provide an update on this industry/governmental initiative to reduce the volume of carpet directed towards the nation’s landfills. Hurd and Peeples also preview the 2nd annual CARE conference, scheduled for April 29 in Pensacola, FL.
April 20, 2004—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus magazine and Dave Foster Host, Floor Radio discuss: Solutia gaining a 90 day delay in for its Bankruptcy plan; Mary Docker’s retirement from Amtico; Lowe’s and Home Depot’s future in the installed products business and; The dominance of Shaw and Mohawk.
April 19, 2004—Jon Dougal, President, Sustainable Design Associates discussess some of the most misunderstood aspects of sustainability, ISO 14000, growth of sustainable products in the flooring industry and landfills in the 2000s.