April 7, 2021—Dave Capalbo, VP of Retail Sales for Karndean, and Kemp Harr discuss the growth of Karndean’s residential business and plans for the Dallas regional show being held Thursday and Friday of this week at Texas Stadium. Listen to the interview for more details.
April 6, 2021—Cathy Buchanan, Co-owner of Independent Carpet One in Westland, Michigan, and Kemp Harr discuss how brisk store traffic is now compared to last year, what the consumer is buying, her advertising mix and expectations for the remainder of the year. Listen to the interview for more details.
April 5, 2021—Bob Peoples, Executive Director with CARE (Carpet America Recycling Effort), and Kemp Harr discuss the record recycling rate of used carpet in California in 2020. Listen to the interview for more information about CARE, recent achievements and a brief mention of the fines they are forced to pay the State of California.
April 1, 2021—Natalie Jones, Director of Marketing with Shaw Contract, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and a new web tool for commercial contractors that gives them instant access to a live person to assist them in picking the right product or any other technical question they might have. Listen to the interview to learn more about Shaw Contract’s Live Chat function which goes live this afternoon.
March 26, 2021--Santo Torcivia, an economist with Market Insights, and Kemp Harr discuss factors that are impacting the economy and what impact they will have on flooring sales this year and beyond. Listen to the interview for more details.
March 25, 2021--Robert Dietz, Chief economist with the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders), and Kemp Harr discuss new home construction pace today and the outlook for the year in the U.S. Listen to the interview for more details.
March 24—Herb Upton, Lisa Lux and John Crews, VP of residential product, director of premium branded carpet and director of premium branded hard surface, respectively, and Kemp Harr discuss Shaw’s latest introductions with its Anderson-Tuftex and Coretec branded products. Watch tthe video for more details.
March 23, 2021—Herb Upton, Jon England and Teresa Tran, VP Hard Surface, Director of Category Mgmt. and VP of Retail Channel, respectively, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and the 2021 focus for new products under the Shaw Floors brand. Watch the video for more details.
March 22, 2021--Tim Baucom, CEO of Shaw Industries, discusses his background and focus as he steps into the CEO role at Shaw Industries--the largest flooring supplier in the U.S. Listen to interview to hear more about the challenges that Tim faces as he steps into this role.
March 19, 2021--Katie Engleman, VP of HR at Mohawk, and Kemp Harr discuss the strategy behind the “More with Mohawk” employee brand campaign. Listen to the interview for more details.