Larry Winter on the Planning Process
July 23, 2003—Larry Winter, Winter & Harris CPAs discusses the planning process in slow economic cycles and how best mid and small-sized business can best conduct the process.
Flooring Podcast
WFCA’s Chris Davis on National Floor Covering Month and More
July 23, 2003—Chris Davis, CEO, World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) discusses the association’s 2003 National Floor Covering Month promotion, its retailer and installer educational activities, scheduled for Surfaces 2004, and the WFCA’s membership initiative.
Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Trouble-Shooter
July 23, 2003—Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Trouble-Shooter, LGM Technical Services discusses problems that arose in the field when a homeowner installed wool carpet adjacent to a swimming pool.
Chas Sydney Discusses the Summer Rug Market
July 22, 2003—Chas Sydney, Sr. VP AmericasMart looks back at the Atlanta Summer Area Rug Market discussing the market’s timing this summer, during the Atlanta Home Furnishings and Gift markets. Sydney talks about the success of the plan, the additional buyers that were attracted and plans for next year.
Hughes on Mohawk's 2nd Quarter
July 20, 2003—Keith Hughes, VP, Equity Research, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey discusses Mohawk’s 2nd quarter results, comparing activity in the hard and the soft surface sectors. Hughes looks at price increases in quarter, the raw material price story, competition, DalTile’s new Oklahoma plant, acquisition expectations and his earnings forecast for the 3rd and 4th quarters.
Mohawk’s 2nd Qtr. Conference Call
July 18, 2003—Excerpts from Mohawk Industries 2nd Quarter conference call featuring opening remarks by Jeff Lorberbaum and the question and answer session featuring answers from Lorberbaum and CFO John Swift.
Mohawk’s Financial Report
July 18, 2003—John Swift, Mohawk CFO, presenting the company’s financial report from the company’s 2nd quarter conference call.
Mike Riley, EVP, Sphinx
July 17, 2003—From the Atlanta Summer Rug Market, Mike Riley, Exec. VP, Sales and Market, Sphinx by Oriental Weavers discusses the changes in this year’s summer market, business levels, changes in the manufacturing sector, the product expansion taking place within the Sphinx product line, the company’s new product rollouts and his outlook for the future.
Floor Focus Publisher Frank O’Neill
July 15, 2003—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus Magazine and Dave Foster, Host, FloorRadio discuss:The Atlanta International Summer Rug Market 2003 and the new dates tested for this market; The recently announced NeoCon 2003 attendance figures; The appointment of National Trade Productions (NTP) as the new management company for Coverings and the board’s comments about its expectations for future shows; Mohawk Commercial’s move into vinyl; Jeff Sill’s departure from Brinkman to join Anderson Hardwood; FloorExpo’s expansion into the multi-family market and; Results from the Floor Focus Retail survey.
Larry Winter, On What the New Tax Laws Mean
July 14, 2003—Larry Winter, Winter & Harris CPAs looks at the recently enacted tax laws and discusses what they means to businesses large and small, to investors and to individuals and how the laws will effect business planning for the future.