September 25, 2025—Armando Cafiero, Managing Director of Ceramics of Italy, and Kemp Harr discuss highlights of this week’s Cersaie show in Bologna, Italy and business conditions impacting the tile market worldwide. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 23, 2025—Kelly Dall, President of Diversity’s Tri-State business, and Kemp Harr discuss the strategy behind shifting the branding for the RD Weis brand under the parent brand. Listen to the interview for more details. Diverzify is the largest commercial flooring contractor in the U.S. with a nationwide service area.
August 22, 2025—Jason Waggoner, VP of Sales with ICC Floors Plus, and Kemp Harr discuss the firm’s ability to continue to grow in a flat market in the Indianapolis area. Listen to the interview with this NFA member to hear more about his business and the NFA meeting in Alaska.
September 18, 2025—Eric Foley, VP of Business Development with Happy Floors, and Kemp Harr discuss Happy Floors' new status as a core vendor to the NFA. Listen to the interview, taped in Anchorage, Alaska, for more details.
September 17, 2025—Ashlie Butler and Belinda Krauss, Owner and Controller at Bob’s Carpet and Flooring, respectively, and Kemp Harr discuss this 17-store chain of flooring stores’ decision to switch its ERP software system from RFMS to Q-Floors. Listen to the interview to hear more about what drove this decision and how the integration is progressing.
September 15, 2025—Ian Newton, General Manager of Flooring 101 and President of the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA), and Kemp Harr discuss the buying group's Fall meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 11, 2025—Santo Torcivia, an economist focused on the flooring business, and Kemp Harr summarize a few highlights from Santo’s Market Monitor quarterly report. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 10, 2025—Dave Triepke, CEO with Universal Metro, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and outlook for growth for Dave's commercial flooring contracting business based in Los Angeles. Listen to the interview for more information.
September 5, 2025—Scott Garmon, President of Garmon & Company, a commercial flooring contractor based in Charlotte, and Kemp Harr discuss his company’s sector focus, backlog, outlook and pricing strategy. Listen to the interview for more details.
September 3, 2025—Amie Gilmore, Show Director for Informa’s Surfaces/TISE expo, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights for next year as the show opens registration for the Las Vegas residential flooring show scheduled for January 27 - 29, 2026. Listen to the interview for more details.