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.
April 19, 2004—Host's Ernie Middleton, VP. Sales and Geoff Greeley, Director of Training discuss maintenance as a valuable element of a commercial carpet sale, the old adage, “ don’t clean carpet, it’ll just get dirty quicker”, and the advantages of dry carpet cleaning.
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.