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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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.