November 12, 2019—John Wu, CEO with Novalis, and Kemp Harr discuss this weekend’s news that click LVT flooring from China is no longer subject to 25% tariffs. Listen to the interview, recorded at the BDNY show, to hear more about this and the increasing use of LVT in hotel rooms.
September 11, 2019—Dave Meberg, CEO of Consolidated Carpet in Manhattan, discusses the acquisition of Vortex in Chicago. Listen to the interview to hear more about the strategy behind these two successful commercial flooring contractors coming together.
November 6, 2019—John Stephens, VP of Marketing with Shaw Contract, and Kemp Harr discuss the brand focus for Shaw Contract globally for the next decade. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 5, 2019—Sonia Wedell-Castellano, Global Director with Domotex Hannover, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights and significance of the upcoming global flooring show that runs from January 10th to the 13th in Germany. Listen to the interview to hear about the changes that are being made to make this show more relevant to its global audience.
November 4, 2019—Mark Bischoff, President and CEO with Starnet, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of this group of commercial flooring contractor’s fall meeting in Indianapolis. Listen to the interview for more details and hear Mark talk about a few of the co-op's key initiatives.
November 1, 2019—Michelle Finn, VP of Boutique Design with Emerald Expositions, and Kemp Harr discuss the Boutique Design New York (BDNY) show scheduled for November 10th and 11th at the Javits Center in New York City. Listen to the interview for more details.
October 31, 2019—Jack Ganley, President of Mannington Commercial, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of Jack’s career as he prepares for retirement at the end of this year. Listen to the interview to hear more about Jack’s life-long career focused on the flooring business with one small gap focused on home textiles.
October 29, 2019—Rick Church, Executive Director of the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA), and Kemp Harr discuss the 10th Total Solutions Plus meeting held this week in Nashville. Listen to the interview to hear more about this business meeting focused on the ceramic tile market as well as the health of the distributors focused on that sector of the flooring business.
October 24, 2019—Harlan Stone, CEO with HMTX, discusses the Halstead recognition at The Home Depot as the 2019 Supplier Partner of the Year award in the Flooring category. Listen to the interview for more details on this award and the longstanding relationship his company has with The Home Depot.
October 23, 2019—Dean Maddalena, President of StudioSIX5, and Kemp Harr discuss this interior design firm’s Senior Living focus and the benefit the firm gets for being a member of the Fuse Alliance. Listen to the interview for more details and also learn more about the flooring used in the Senior Living sector.