August 8, 2022—Bonnie Fenwick, President of Best Buy Floors, and Kemp Harr, Publisher of Floor Focus Magazine, discuss CCA Global’s Retail 2.0 program that is being rolled out at this week’s CCA summer convention. Listen to the interview to hear Bonnie’s review of the program as one of the test pilot members. Best Buy Floors has 6 retail locations in the Jacksonville market.
August 5, 2022—Michel Vermette and Robert Gould, CEO with Armstrong Flooring and managing director with Gordon Brothers, respectively, and Kemp Harr attempt to clarify how commercial and residential dealers can purchase existing inventory of Armstrong Flooring products through either a customer portal or afisamples@armstrongflooring.com. Listen to the interview for more information on who to contact as well as a 12 month transition product warranty.
August 4, 2022—Harlan Stone, CEO with HMTX, and Kemp Harr discuss the firm’s decision to invest in a Hymmen digital imaging line for his production operation in China. Listen to the interview for more on this strategy, as well as hear about Harlan’s recent testimony to the ITC in Washington as part of the Housing Affordability Coalition.
August 2, 2022—Don Roberts, Owner of 5 retail flooring stores in central Alabama, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and the highlights from the Floors and More meeting, as well as this week’s Certified Flooring Installer (CFI) meeting in Orlando. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 29, 2022—Santo Torcivia, an economist with Market Insights, and Kemp Harr discuss how GDP numbers are misleading as an indicator of economic growth and flooring industry sales. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 27, 2022—Graham Howerton and Tom Hickman, presidents of the FEI Group and Nationwide Marketing Group, respectively, discuss Nationwide Marketing Group’s acquisition of the FEI Group. Listen to the interview to hear how this move should enhance the services that the FEI Group (formerly FloorExpo) can offer its members.
July 25, 2022—Blake Dennard, SVP of Sales and Marketing with Kaleen, and Kemp Harr discuss this week’s World Market in Las Vegas and Kaleen’s recent growth in the broadloom and area rug business. Listen to the interview for more details.
John Rietveldt, CEO with I4F, and Kemp Harr discuss 3 recent patents in partnership with Hymmen related to digital printing technology and the firm’s Be-Lite material savings technology developed in partnership with CFL. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 20, 2022—Dave McClatchy, former VP with Armstrong Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss the Armstrong brand legacy, Dave's experience being recruited to Armstrong out of college and his now role at AHF Products. Listen to the interview for more details.
July 18, 2022—Deb DeGraaf, co-owner of DeGraaf Interiors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Kemp Harr discuss current business conditions and this flooring retailer's focus for continued growth. Listen to the interview for more details.