November 12, 2021—Jim Aaron, executive director with the Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF), and Kemp Harr discuss the initial focus this group is taking to solve the floorcovering industry’s installation labor issue. Listen to the interview, taped at the group’s first face to face meeting, this week in Chattanooga.
November 9, 2021—Randy Weis, president of Sales with Diverzify, and Kemp Harr discuss the Diverzify’s rapid growth, current business conditions, Randy’s new role, the company’s safety performance and today’s news about the firm’s exclusive relationship with Material Bank. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 10, 2021—Brian Carson, CEO with AHF Products, and Kemp Harr discuss the news that AIP has sold its equity ownership of AHF to Paceline Equities out of Dallas. Listen to the interview for more details on this transaction and background on Paceline.
November 8, 2021—David Meberg, CEO of Consolidated Carpet, and Kemp Harr discuss the health of David's commercial flooring contacting business in New York and Chicago and the issues that the Greater New York Floor Coverers Association is facing. This meeting was taped at their annual meeting in Florida.
November 4, 2021—Doug Davis, president of Artisan Design Group, and Kemp Harr discuss the health and growth of ADG’s business, which positions them as the 6th largest dealer on Floor Focus top 100 list, and the group’s latest acquisition of Accents and Interiors, a dealer in the Puget Sound area with approximately $30 million in annual flooring sales. This is the ADG’s 23rd acquisition since it was started in Texas in 2016.
November 3, 2021—Tim Hyland, owner of Bay View Flooring and Design Center in Traverse City, Michigan, and Kemp Harr discuss the trade school apprenticeship program that Tim helped nurture with the local trade school for floorcovering installers. Listen to the interview for more details.
The FEI Group released the following Dave Gheesling tribute video at last week’s annual meeting in Phoenix. It was the first face to face meeting for the group since Dave died last November. Dave Gheesling was the founder and CEO of the FEI Group.
2021 FEI National Conference: Dave Gheesling Tribute from Allison Rea on Vimeo.
October 29, 2021—Neil Daley, VP of merchandising for Broadlume, and Kemp Harr discuss the upcoming FloorCon meeting in Sarasota, Florida on November 17-18. Listen to the interview for more details and visit FloorCon.com.
October 28, 2021—Andy Hogan, Graham Howerton and Max Holland, CEO, President and COO of the FEI Group, respectively, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of their annual meeting this week in Phoenix. Listen to the interview for more details.
October 27, 2021—Herb Upton, VP of Residential Product for Shaw Industries and Chairman of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), and Kemp Harr discuss the RFCI’s new officers and the trade association’s key initiatives for the coming year. Listen to the interview for more details.