March 14, 2005—Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Trouble Shooter, President, LGM Technical Carpet Services discusses a problem that took place in a library involving carpet that began coming up after a few years of service.
March 14, 2005—Honeywell’s Prinstein, Leary, Merino & McGinnis with a Fiber Update From Honeywell Nylon, in the final part of a two-part series, Dick Prinstein, Brand Director, Carpet Fibers, Mike Leary, Director of Sales, Ann Merino Manager Residential Merchandising and Lashon McGinnis, Residential Merchandising offer an update on the nylon fiber sector, discussing increases in raw material costs and how that has affected the industry. Changes in the rate of new product introductions, fiber branding and fiber company programs and promotions.
March 10, 2005—Carpet & Rug Institute President Werner Braun, in the first part of a two-part series provides an update of the carpet industry and the CRI for 2004 including the organization’s new message platform, establishing the CRIas a science-based organization. Braun also discusses the sustainability projects tackled by the association including the cement kiln project, which will receive federal funding, and the first draft of the Unified National Textile Standard and what that means to the industry.
March 10, 2005—From the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI) President Werner Braun and Director of Sustainability and Executive Director, Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) Bob Peoples, in the second part of a two-part conversation discussing the Unified Sustainable Textile Standard, an industry effort to develop a single industry sustainability standard and rating system, based on life cycle analysis. Discussed is the system, its five areas of accomplishment, how it removes ambiguity and how it will work to improve understanding within the commercial marketplace.
March 8, 2005—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus magazine and Dave Foster Host, Floor Radio discuss: Fourth quarter results of Shaw Industries and Berkshire Hathaway; The fire at Midwest Padding’s Norfolk, Nebraska plant; The agreement that will see Forbo distribute Halo products in Europe and the CVC Capital Partners offer for Forbo; Latex price increases at Dow and BASF; and assessing the threat of Home Depot’s & Lowe’s service efforts.
March 7, 2005—Tom Sullivan, President, Lumber Liquidators discusses this unique manufacturing/retailer organization, its origins, its basic philosophy its product offerings and its brand. Sullivan also talks about the company’s rapid growth, how it got started, its promotional efforts and his plans for expansion.
March 7, 2005—Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Trouble Shooter, President, LGM Technical Carpet Services discusses a problem with a commercial installation involving carpet tiles and moisture.
March 6, 2005—From Tarkett Commercial, VP & General Manager, Pierre Lefort, and VP Marketing, Diane Martel from Surfaces discuss the vinyl floor covering market, their expectations for the sector over the next several years, sustainable aspects of the product and their take on Surfaces 2005.
March 6, 2005—Jon Dougal, President, Sustainable Design Associates and Publisher, igreenbuild.com in the second part of a two-part series looks at the sustainable properties of some of the products rolled out at Surfaces. Dougal also looks at bamboo, linoleum and cork from a life cycle analysis and Leed rating system standpoint and measures a number of other floor covering products including laminate rubber, palm, stone and with the same yard stick.
March 3, 2005—Mike Barker, Investment and Retirement Management discusses the current inert state of the market and the factors that have had the largest impact in this sector over the past weeks. Barker looks at oil prices, interest rates and what Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan meant when he described a conundrum in the interest rate arena. Also discussed, the upcoming unemployment news and events in the areas of social security, tax reform, corporate earnings guidance and the step-up in mergers and acquisitions.