April 17, 2020--Ian Newton, General Manager with Flooring 101 and VP of the NFA, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions in his seven-store flooring chain in Southern California and the decision by the NFA to cancel their Spring meeting. Listen to the interview for more details.
April 16, 2020--Kermit Baker, the Harvard economist focused on the commercial and residential building and remodeling sectors, and Kemp Harr discuss the likely outlook for these sectors as the nation starts to go back to work in May. Listen to the interview to hear where we were at the first of the year and how long it will take us to get back there.
April 15, 2020--Jennifer Hoff, President of Taffy Events Strategies - who manages the annual Coverings Expo, and Kemp Harr discuss the digital online event called Coverings Connected scheduled for next week. Listen to the interview for more details on the highlights and ways to participate.
April 14, 2020--Deb DeGraaf, co-owner of DeGraaf Interiors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Kemp Harr discuss the state of Deb's business during the Coronavirus economic slowdown. Listen to the interview to hear how she is dealing with her employees in a state that has a Governor mandated shutdown.
April 13, 2020--Michael Martin, CEO of the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), and Kemp Harr discuss the NWFA’s plan to hold a virtual trade show April 29 to May 1 using the NWFAexpo.org website as a portal. Listen to the interview for more details.
April 9, 2020--Alan Beaulieu, President of ITR Economics, and Kemp Harr discuss Alan’s perspective on how quickly the economy will recover once the threat of the Coronavirus starts to subside. Listen to the interview to hear more details by sector.
April 8, 2020--John Baugh, managing director with Stifel Nicolaus, and Kemp Harr discuss how this virus induced economic slowdown is affecting the equity market and the publicly traded flooring companies. Listen to the interview to hear more about John’s analysis of what his perspective is at this point.
April 6, 2020--Howard Brodsky, Co-CEO with CCA Global, and Kemp Harr discuss the advisory and support role the co-op has taken to support its membership during the economic slowdown caused by the Coronavirus. Listen to the interview for more details about what Independent retailers should be focused on to make sure they make it to the other side.
April 3, 2020--Phil Shrimper, President of JP Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss the steps Phil is taking to survive the economic slowdown caused by the Coronavirus. Listen to the interview to hear more about his store and business in West Chester, Ohio.
April 2, 2020--Jeff Meadows, President of Mohawk’s North American Residential Business, and Kemp Harr discuss Mohawk’s Live Town Hall meeting scheduled for tomorrow at noon eastern time to advise independent retailers how to take advantage of the CARES act. Listen to the interview for more details.