September 25, 2003—Evan Hackel, President, Flooring America discusses the organization's recently held Fall Convention, the big-box retailer and the competitive environment, Flooring America’s 5-year plan, the trust factor, the chain's communication culture, developing core competencies and the company’s advertising and merchandising plans.
September 24, 2003—Tom Davis Pres. Mannington Mills and Ulf Mattsson, Pres. & CEO of Domco Tarkett discuss the recently formed Mannington/Domco Tarkett joint venture which will vinyl composition tile (VCT) in Vails Gate, NY.
September 23, 2003—Floor Focus Publisher Frank O’Neill Magazine and Dave Foster: Host, FloorRadio discuss: Home Depot opening of its second Floor Store; Shaw's rollout of the Shaw Living line; Armstrong's six-month extension on its reorganization plan and the ceasing of production its Lancaster stencil line; Columbia announcement of price increases and; INSTALL picks up seven new endorsements.
September 22, 2003—Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management discusses the G7 meeting, the call for more-flexible exchange rates and its effect on the market. Mike also looks at the possibility of another round of irrational exuberance.
September 22, 2003—Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Trouble-Shooter, LGM Technical Services discusses a problem involving linoleum and a dealer snafu.
September 21, 2003—Bob Weiss, Pres. of All Tile and Pres. Of the National Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) discusses the association’s recent annual meeting, the focus of the organization and the state of the distribution sector. Weiss offers his reaction to the potential sale of Armstrong to either Mohawk or Shaw, and discusses current trends in the distribution sector and the positive factors to retailer increasing their business with distributors.
September 18, 2003—Larry Winter, Winter & Harris CPAs reviews the steps retailers and other small business people can take to better manage their businesses through understanding their financial statements. Winters discusses specialized software and the B2B initiatives and the advantages they afford small business people in managing their businesses.
September 17, 2003—Ulf Mattsson, Pres. & CEO of Domco Tarkett and Lars von Kantzow, Pres. TriCrown Consulting discuss Domco Tarkett’s name change to Tarkett, the rational and the research behind the change and the process the change will take. Also discussed, the company's privatization and the role it played in the change, the international implications of the change and the affect it will have on channel partners and Surfaces 2004
September 16, 2003—Frank O'Neill, Publisher. Floor Focus Magazine and Dave Foster, Host, FloorRadio discuss: Amtico’s new Manhattan showroom, the Mannington/Domco Tarkett joint venture, Haworth’s asset acquisition of InterfaceAR, Mullican’s acquisition of Bluegrass Specialty Flooring and Columbia's pending acquisition of Millwood Specialty Flooring and the Floor Focus/FloorDaily.net Surfaces Best Practices Symposium
September 15, 2003—Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management discusses the market in a phase when absolutely nothing is happening and what it keys when in such a phase. Barker discusses the Dick Grasso affair, and the effects it appears to be having the NYSE and the old adage: The markets climbs a wall of worry.