May 7, 2020--Keith Campbell, chairman of Mannington Mills, and Kemp Harr discuss Mannington’s ongoing focus on keeping Americans employed and encouraging consumers to buy American-made flooring. Listen to the interview for more details, as well as to hear how Mannington is weathering the virus economic slowdown.
May 6, 2020--Lou Morano, owner of Capitol Carpet and Tile, and Kemp Harr discuss how Lou's five-store retail flooring business, based in Palm Beach, Florida, has been affected by the virus slowdown. Listen to the interview to hear Lou talk about changes in his ad message, staffing and hours of operation.
May 5, 2020--Paul Murfin, President of Taylor Adhesives, and Kemp Harr discuss the recent news that Taylor will become the exclusive supplier to AHF Products for Bruce branded adhesives. Listen to the interview for more details on this business agreement, as well as how Taylor is doing during the virus slowdown.
April 29, 2020--Tom Levi, Co-owner of Levi 4 Floors, and Kemp Harr discuss how Tom's chain of retail flooring stores are managing the business during the virus-induced slowdown. Listen to the interview for a refreshing perspective and more details.
April 27, 2020--Bill Griese, Director of Sustainability and Standards with the Tile Council of North America, and Kemp Harr discuss recent updates to the Environmental Product Declarations, and LEED contribution for ceramic tile. Listen to the interview for more details as well as new virus testing that TCNA is doing at its lab in Anderson, South Carolina.
April 24, 2020--Mark Shannon, EVP of Sales for Crossville, and Kemp Harr discuss Crossville’s marketshare gain, business strategy and response to virus induced economic slowdown. Listen to the interview for more details including Mark’s outlook for what the recovery might look like.
April 23, 2020--Robert Ruscio, principle with Ruscio Studio, and Kemp Harr discuss the retail project that won the Ceramics of Italy commercial design award. Listen to the interview for more details and to hear how his firm has been keeping busy lately.
April 22, 2020--Eric Boender, VP of Business Development with Starnet, and Kemp Harr discuss the varying impact the economic slowdown has had on the Starnet membership and the outlook on what the recovery will look like in June. Listen to the interview for more details as well as learn what the members are doing differently to keep people safe.
April 21, 2020--Jessica Chevalier, senior editor with Floor Focus Magazine, and Kemp Harr discuss the market dynamics within the tile industry that have lead to the first decline in consumption of tile since 2009. Listen to the interview, which is also available on the Coverings Connected website, for more information.
April 20, 2020--Neil Poland, President of Mullican Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss issues that affected the growth of the hardwood flooring business in 2019 and a new consumer sample program that Mullican started to get real hardwood flooring samples in the hands of consumers. Listen to the interview for more details.
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