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.
April 5, 2004—Larry Winter, Winter & Harris CPAs, at this the eleventh hour of the deadline for 2003 income taxes discusses the options that are still open to taxpayers to gain control of their tax liability and how they can prepare for next year’s taxes.
April 4, 2004—John McDevitt, Former 3M Corporate Economist and former weekly regular on FloorRadio, now semi-retired, discusses the state of the economic recovery and Friday’s unemployment report, offering a candid look at the real jobs situation and outsourcing debate. McDevitt also evaluates the housing market, activity in the manufacturing sector and the commercial marketplace offering his outlook on each.
April 1, 2004—Tamara Christian, President, National Trade Productions and Show Director of the ceramic and stone show Coverings 2004, reviews the recently concluded show and discusses the 10% increase in traffic as well as the new venue, the North/South Complex of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Christian also talks about the exhibitors at this year’s show and discusses trends in trade shows.