April 15, 2004—Paul Friedrichsen, Executive Vice President of the Hauser Group, in an ongoing series on branding, advertising and amarketing looks at some of the marketing and advertising books and manuals that are available to assist large and small businesses with the marketing function.
April 14, 2004—Dev O’Reilly, CEO, Roll Master discusses industry-wide retail management systems, including features that permit interfacing system with roll cutting equipment.
April 14, 2004—Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management looks yesterday’s events on Wall Street, the threat of rising interest rates and how the street looks at housing related stocks including Mohawk.
April 13, 2004—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus magazine and Dave Foster Host, Floor Radio discuss: March and February retail sales numbers; FieldTurf’s strategic alliance talks with the Tarkett Group; Koch’s reduced price for Invista and; The upcoming Focus 100 Manufacturers List
April 12, 2004—Ed Korczak, Executive Director, National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) discusses the increasing prices of lumber including the lumber used in flooring, looking at the caused and the affects they are having on manufacturers and all in the distribution channel. Korczak also previews the NWFA's Education Conference and Wood Flooring Expo in Charlotte, NC.
April 11, 2004—Dev O’Reilly, CEO, Roll Master provides an update of the industry-wide B2B initiative and discusses the advantages that retailers can gain by sshigting their operations to industry-specific management software.
April 8, 2004—Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management looks at the current situation on Wall Street following some positive economic news and promising pre-earnings releases. Barker compares today’s situation with that of a month ago and he also looks at the bond market, the Fed and tech stocks.
April 7, 2004—Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Trouble Shooter and President, LGM Technical Carpet Services discusses installation techniques and the advantages of using a power stretcher over the knee-kicker, in terms of efficiency, quality of installation and causing minimum damage to the carpet.
April 6, 2004—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus magazine and Dave Foster Host, Floor Radio discuss: Current industry business levels; The WFCA’s 4th annual National Floor Covering Month; Pergo’s Supreme court win; KRG Capital Partners’ acquisition of Interior Specialists; Columbia Flooring’s acquisition of McMinnville Manufacturing; NTP’s announcement of a 10% Increase in Covering’s attendance; Robina’s asset purchase of Classen USA and; Dan River’s Bankruptcy filling.
April 5, 2004—Beverly Albert, Graphic Artist, Suddekor, LLC, the developerr and printer of decorative papers for the laminate flooring industry discusses the process of originating and producing the looks that end up in U.S. produced laminate floors.