June 5, 2020--Ken Jackson, CFO with Shaw Industries, and Kemp Harr discuss a few of the key changes at Shaw during Ken's 25-year run. Listen to the interview for more details as well as learn what he plans to do next.
June 4, 2020--Byron Morton and Lisa Simonian, VP of Leasing and VP of Marketing, respectively, with Merchandise Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss the NeoConnect digital portal for the design community to use to access the latest information that would have been presented at NeoCon in Chicago. Listen to the interview for more details.
June 3, 2020--Rob Starr, Director of Marketing with Starnet, and Kemp Harr discuss the recently announced winners of the 22nd annual Starnet design awards. Listen to the interview for more details.
May 28, 2020--Jay Smith and Dave Gheesling, president and CEO, respectively, with the FEI Group, and Kemp Harr discuss how the builder and multifamily business have been affected by the virus slowdown. Listen to the interview for more details as well as other news from the group.
May 26, 2020--Geoff Gordon, Executive Director with the Fuse Alliance, and Kemp Harr discuss the effect the virus slowdown has had on this group of commercial flooring contractors. Listen to the interview to hear more details on how the business has been affected short term and the outlook in the months to come.
May 22, 2020--Denis Darragh, Managing Director for Forbo Flooring in North America, and Kemp Harr discuss how Forbo’s sustainability and performance story is a good good fit in sectors that want hygienic flooring. Denis also gives his global perspective on what numbers should be tracked to accurately evaluate success in the battle against the virus. Listen to the interview for more details.
May 21, 2020--Jeff Macco, Co-owner of Macco's Flooring, and Kemp Harr, Publisher of Floor Focus Magazine, discuss the strategy Jeff's team has used to keep retail flooring shoppers engaged in his seven stores during the virus induced slowdown. Listen to interview for more details.
May 20, 2020--Bart Van der Stockt, managing director of Unilin’s Technology Division, and Kemp Harr discuss the recent news that International Trade Commission’s judge has ruled in favor of Unilin’s patent infringement case that it filed in March 2019 and it is highly likely that the firm will be granted a General Exclusion Order. Listen to the interview to find out what that means for imported flooring that feature a click system.
May 19, 2020--Christiaan Nazarian, sales and project management with Howard’s Rug Company, and Kemp Harr discuss the techniques that Christiaan is using to stay in touch with his customers during these days when you can’t take them to play golf or out to dinner or drinks. Listen to the interview for more details. Howard’s Rug is a commercial contractor based in San Diego.
May 18, 2020--Mark Clayton, President of Phenix Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss Phenix's use of Microban branded antimicrobial treatment on most of its carpet and hard surface products. Listen to the interview to learn more about this germ killing enhancement, how Phenix is telling the story at retail, and how the P&G advertising is raising consumer awareness of the brand.