August 22, 2023—Monty Rathi, Owner and COO with Kaleen, and Kemp Harr discuss Kaleen’s decision to exit the low-end machine-made rug business and focus on the upper-end soft surface market. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 18, 2023—Keith Christman, President of the Decorative Hardwoods Association, and Kemp Harr discuss recent news related to flooring such as the decline in imports for engineered hardwood, the extended elevated tariff on wood out of China, a recent ruling from the National Advertising Division of the BBB related to Mohawk’s RevWood consumer promotion and the trade association’s support to the Real American Hardwood consumer campaign. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 17, 2023—Deb DeGraaf, co-owner of DeGraaf Interiors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Kemp Harr discuss the recent CFI certified installer training class that she organized in her local market. Listen to the interview for more details.
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.