Flooring Interviews

Donato Grosser Evaluates the U.S. Ceramic Market

Donato Grosser Evaluates the U.S. Ceramic Market

May 15, 2005—Donato Grosser, President, D. Grosser & Associates, a New York-based marketing and management firm and consultant for the Italian Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association discusses the U.S. ceramic tile market, shifts among countries exporting to the U.S. and the effects of Chinese produced tile on the market. Grosser also discusses rising energy prices and their effects on tile producers, the recent increase in the number of off-shore tile producers building manufacturing facilities in the U.S., his expectations for flooring retailers in ceramic and Coverings 2005.


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