November 19, 2021—Dean Thompson, President of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute, and Kemp Harr discuss Dean’s Vinyl Institute Partner of the Year award and the issues and programs that the RFCI is focused on. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 18, 2021—Todd Saunders, CEO of Broadlume, and Kemp Harr discuss Broadlume's FloorCon meeting in Sarasota, how the acquisition of Rollmaster fits into their “all in one” digital platform and the firm’s new private label retail selling system. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 16, 2021—Nick Freadreacea, former owner of The Flooring Gallery, and Kemp Harr discuss Nick's lifetime career as an independent floorcovering retailer and his decision to sell his Kentucky based, 5-store operation to America’s Floor Source. Listen to the interview for more information.
November 15, 2021—Kevin O’Meara, VP of Supply Chain for Shaw Industries, and Kemp Harr discuss Shaw’s outlook on the current supply chain backlog affecting the entire industry as well as Shaw’s support of the Homes for our Troops wounded veteran initiative. Listen to the interview for more details.
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.